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".
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen
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)
Lady and the Doctor
Bruce Springsteen Lyrics
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A place inside her pocket
The circle made of silver like a wheel
The doctor gives a strange love
But the lady she don't knock it
She's glad to get a piece of anything
Because the lady needs the medicine he brings
Doctor needs the lady to see
On the history of communicable diseases
The lady's been to school
She lets the doctor play it cool
He writes the script, she follows his lead
'Cause the doctor writes love story so fine
The lady's learned to read between the lines
Sometimes the doctor
He takes house calls where
He visit's the animals in their stalls
Shoots them full of juice and then goes home
The lady hit's the supermarket
Where she rides
The aisles in a shopping cart
'till she feels she's played enough of
The part to get by ooh
The lady feels it's enough to just be good
But the doctor has his need to be understood
The doctor feels he's so abused and
The lady feels she's so unused
And demands the doctor tends her daily parts
Ooh, but the doctor just can't do it
Because so long ago the lady blew it
They're too old now to make another start
The lady feels the doctor's made of stone
The doctor' heart, it just ain't found a home
The lyrics to Bruce Springsteen's song "Lady and the Doctor" tell a story of a complicated relationship between a lady and her doctor. The lady keeps the doctor close to her, like a circle made of silver wreath in her pocket. She needs the medicine and strange love that the doctor provides, and he needs her to keep coming back to him. The doctor keeps the lady in a page in a book on the history of communicable diseases, but she's been to school and lets him play it cool. He writes the love story between them, and she's learned to read between the lines.
The lady and the doctor have different needs in the relationship - the lady just wants to be good enough, and the doctor wants to be understood. They both feel abused and unused in their own ways. The lady keeps up her daily farce, but the doctor can't do it anymore. They both know it's too late to start over, and the lady feels like the doctor's heart is made of stone. But he's still looking for a home - maybe with her, but he's not sure.
Line by Line Meaning
The lady keeps the doctor in a place inside her pocket
The lady has control over the doctor and she keeps him close to her.
The circle made of silver like a wreath
The circle symbolizes a bond or connection, and is made of silver like a wreath.
The doctor gives the strange love but the lady she don't knock it, 'Cause she's glad to get a piece of anything
The doctor gives the lady a love that is different and unusual, but she accepts it because she is happy to get any kind of love.
'Cause the lady needs the medicine he brings
The lady needs the medicine or care that the doctor provides.
And the doctor needs the lady to see
The doctor needs the lady to understand and appreciate his love and care.
The doctor keeps the lady in a page in a book, On the history of communicable disease
The doctor sees the lady as just another patient and keeps her in a record book like he does with other patients.
The lady's been to school, she lets the doctor play it cool, He writes the script, she follows his lead
The lady has knowledge and education, but she lets the doctor take the lead and follow his instructions.
'Cause the doctor writes a love story so fine, The lady's learned to read between the lines, Sometime
The doctor expresses his love in a subtle way, and the lady has learned to understand it.
The doctor, he takes house calls where he visits the animals in their stalls shoots them full of juice and then goes home.
The doctor takes care of animals in addition to his human patients, and he administers medication to them before returning home.
The lady hits the supermart where she rides the aisles in a shopping cart, 'till she feels she's played enough of the part to set by ooh,
The lady goes to the supermarket and feels like she's playing a role or part, until she feels satisfied.
The lady feels its enough to just be good, But the doctor has his need to be understood
The lady is content with being good, but the doctor wants the lady to understand his love and care for her.
The doctor feels he's so abused and the lady feels she's so unused, And demands the doctor tends her daily farce
The doctor feels mistreated, and the lady feels neglected, and she demands daily attention from the doctor.
Oh, but the doctor just can't do it, 'Cause long ago the lady blew it And they're too old now to make another start
The doctor can't give the lady what she wants because she ruined things in the past, and they are now too old to start anew.
The lady feels the doctor's made of stone, But the doctor's heart, it just ain't found a home
The lady thinks the doctor is cold and unfeeling, but in reality, he's just looking for a place to belong.
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Peter Hecht
I love Springsteen! Found this off a tweet that talked about B2R being released thirty-eight years ago today. If Bruce ever reads this, I moved out of Jersey come visit me in Denver sometime.
Bruce Goldsmith
most of which never get released if you look around here you could probably easily find a dozen similar or revised versions of studio tracks that were all part of that writing process he throws out more decent lyrics than most artist write in their careers so that may explain Mary queen of Arkansas and this one seeming similar hope that helped
Barbara / Babsy
Beautiful 💘 I love Bruce 🌹
christina wolfle
I wish I knew the story behind this...
Sladjana Ristic
Volim te kralju najbolji si.
Bruce Goldsmith
queen of the supermarket came out in 2009 on working on a dream this was recorded somewhere between 72' and 73' if its a greetings from Asbury Park NJ outtake so it couldn't be in reference to queen of the supermarket maybe the other way around but i don't think that's the case either as far as being similar to Mary queen of Arkansas that could be attributed to his writing style he starts with one line of a song and builds on that until he has several songs all branched from the original idea
Tomo
LOVE YOU BRUCE!!!!!!!BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CROATIA.FIND US ON FACEBOOK.
moocow117
@sharpshooterrn I don't think so. This song is awesome. .."but the doctor has this need to be understood" ...these lyrics are incredible. Similar to Mary Queen, but not the same song. How about the reference to "the lady riding in th ailses in a shopping cart...is the a reference to Queen of the Super Maketmarket?
sharpshooterrn
Original version of Mary Queen of Arkansas?