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Old 01-22-2024, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Snapolit1 View Post
Bruce is a great songwriter, but to me a lot of his vibe is life is a grind, you work your ass off, the boss is an ass, enjoy the time racing cars or hanging with friends, and boy if feels great to unsnap that girl's jeans under the boardwalk with a nice buzz on. All solid, well founded, blue collar sentiments.

Seger seems comfortable going to much darker place of existential despair.
In my opinion, the single most heartbreaking lyric ever written is from "The River."
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse?
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