More songs by Bruce Springsteen
Description
Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition
Vocal, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer: Bruce Springsteen
12- String Guitar: Larry Campbell
Celeste: Charlie Giordano
Lyricist, Composer: B. Springsteen
Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer: Rob Lebret
Recording Engineer: Monty Carlo
Mastering Engineer: Brian Lee
Mastering Engineer: Bob Jackson
Lyrics and translation
Original
My little sister's in the front seat with an ice cream cone.
My ma's in the back seat sittin' all alone.
As my pa steers her slow out of the lot for a test drive down Michigan Avenue.
How my ma, she fingers her wedding band, watching the salesman stare at my old man's hands.
He's telling us all about the break he'd give us if he could, but he just can't.
If I could, I swear I'd know just what I'd do.
How mister, the day the lottery I win, I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again.
How the neighbors come from near and far as we pull up in our brand new used car.
Wish pa just hit the gas and let out a cry.
Tell 'em all they can just kiss our asses goodbye.
Pa sweats the same job from morning to morn.
Me, I walk home the same dirty streets where I was born.
Up the block I can hear my little sister in the front seat blowing that horn.
Sound echoing all around Michigan Avenue.
How mister, the day my number comes in, I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again.