In 1973, Springsteen released his first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, neither of which earned him a large audience. He changed his style and reached worldwide popularity with Born to Run in 1975. It was followed by Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) and The River (1980), which topped the US Billboard 200 chart. After the solo recording, Nebraska (1982), he reunited with the E Street Band for Born in the U.S.A. (1984), his most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums of all time. Seven of its singles reached the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100, including the title track. Springsteen recorded his next three albums, Tunnel of Love (1987), Human Touch (1992), and Lucky Town (1992) using mostly session musicians. He reassembled the E Street Band for 1995's Greatest Hits, then recorded the sparse acoustic The Ghost of Tom Joad, followed by the EP Blood Brothers (1996), his last release of the decade.
Springsteen dedicated his 2002 album The Rising to the victims of the September 11 attacks. He released two more folk albums, Devils & Dust (2005) and We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006), followed by two more albums with the E Street Band: Magic (2007) and Working on a Dream (2009). The next two, Wrecking Ball (2012) and High Hopes (2014), topped album charts worldwide. His latest releases include the solo Western Stars (2019), the E Street Band-featuring Letter to You (2020) and a solo cover album Only the Strong Survive (2022). When Letter to You went to No.2 in the US, Springsteen became the first artist to score a Top Five hit across six consecutive decades.
Among the album era's prominent acts, Springsteen has sold more than 140 million records worldwide and more than 71 million in the United States, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Special Tony Award (for Springsteen on Broadway). Springsteen was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, named MusiCares person of the year in 2013, and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2016. He ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone's list of the Greatest Artists of All Time, which described him as being "the embodiment of rock & roll".
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Studio albums
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973)
Born to Run (1975)
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
The River (1980)
Nebraska (1982)
Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Human Touch (1992)
Lucky Town (1992)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
The Rising (2002)
Devils & Dust (2005)
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Magic (2007)
Working on a Dream (2009)
Wrecking Ball (2012)
High Hopes (2014)
Western Stars (2019)
Letter to You (2020)
Only the Strong Survive (2022)
All I'm Thinkin About
Bruce Springsteen Lyrics
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I'm in a flat bed Ford carrying a heavy load
With a sweet thing sippin' on a blueberry wine
On a flat black highway down in Carolina
Black bird slippin' in a sky of blue
All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
All I'm thinkin' about is you, honey
All I'm thinkin' about is you
Ain't nothin' in this world I can do about it
All I'm thinkin' about is you
Little boy carryin' a fishin' pole
Little girl pickin' berries straight off of the vine
Brown bag filled with a little green toad
We hook 'em through the lip and throw 'em off of the line
Your sweet brown legs got me feeling so blue
All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
All I'm thinkin' about is you
All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
All I'm thinkin' about is you
Ain't nothin' in this world I can do about it
All I'm thinkin' about is you
Black car shinin' on a Sunday morn
Mama go to church now, Mama go to church now
Friday night daddy's shirt is torn
Daddy's goin' downtown, daddy's goin' downtown
Ain't no one understand this sweet thing we do
All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
All I'm thinkin' about is you
All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
All I'm thinkin' about is you
Ain't nothin' in this world I can do about it
All I'm thinkin' about is you
Field turned up, the seed is sowed
Rain comin' in from over 'cross the road
Big black curtain coming 'cross the field
Blind 'll see, the lame will be healed
Brown eyed girl, I turned my back on you, now it's lonely
All I'm thinkin' about is you, babe
All I'm thinkin' about is you
All I'm thinkin' about is you, babe
All I'm thinkin' about is you,
Ain't nothin' in this world take away these blues
All I'm thinkin' about is you
All I'm thinkin' about is you, babe
All I'm thinkin' about is you
All I'm thinkin' about is you
All I'm thinkin' about is you
Ain't nothin' in this world I can do about it
All I'm thinkin' about is you
The lyrics of Bruce Springsteen's All I'm Thinkin' About feature a series of vignettes. In each, he describes a series of everyday scenes, such as a blind man waving by the side of the road, a little boy carrying a fishing pole, and a black car shining on a Sunday morning. Each of these scenes is anchored by a single consistent idea: all Springsteen can think about is his sweetheart. He describes her as a "sweet thing", and the couple's love is a source of joy, despite the mundane difficulties of everyday life. The chorus is a repeated refrain of the idea that all he can think about is his lover, and there's nothing in the world he can do about it. The song's rhythm is relaxed and lingering, giving the sense of a man savouring the quiet moments of his life as he contemplates his affections.
Line by Line Meaning
Blind man wavin' by the side of the road
I am driving past a blind man who is waving his hand on the side of the road
I'm in a flat bed Ford carrying a heavy load
I am driving a flat bed Ford that is carrying a heavy load
With a sweet thing sippin' on a blueberry wine
I have a lovely companion next to me who is sipping blueberry wine
On a flat black highway down in Carolina
I am driving on a flat black highway in Carolina
Black bird slippin' in a sky of blue
I see a black bird gliding through a blue sky
All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby
I cannot stop thinking about you, my dear
All I'm thinkin' about is you, honey
I cannot stop thinking about you, my sweet
Ain't nothin' in this world I can do about it
There is nothing that can be done to change my thoughts about you
Little boy carryin' a fishin' pole
I see a little boy carrying a fishing pole
Little girl pickin' berries straight off of the vine
I see a little girl picking berries from the vine
Brown bag filled with a little green toad
I see a brown bag that has a little green toad in it
We hook 'em through the lip and throw 'em off of the line
We put a hook through its lip and drop it off the fishing line
Your sweet brown legs got me feeling so blue
I am feeling down because I miss the sight of your lovely brown legs
Black car shinin' on a Sunday morn
I see a black and shiny car on a Sunday morning
Mama go to church now, Mama go to church now
Mothers are heading to church now
Friday night daddy's shirt is torn
On Friday night, fathers have torn shirts
Daddy's goin' downtown, daddy's goin' downtown
Fathers are going downtown
Ain't no one understand this sweet thing we do
No one truly understands our sweet relationship
Field turned up, the seed is sowed
I see a field that has been turned and seeds have been planted
Rain comin' in from over 'cross the road
Rain is falling from across the road
Big black curtain coming 'cross the field
A large and dark rain cloud is moving across the field
Blind 'll see, the lame will be healed
This is a hopeful statement that suggests that those who are suffering will be healed
Brown eyed girl, I turned my back on you, now it's lonely
I turned my back on my brown-eyed lover and now I feel lonely
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