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Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton
Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died
From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska with a sawed off .410 on my lap
Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path
I can't say that I'm sorry for the things that we done
At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun
The jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death
Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest
Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor head back
You make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap
They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my soul'd be hurled
They wanted to know why I did what I did
Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world
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- This is about Charles Starkweather, who was 19 when he went on a murder spree in 1958. Along with his 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Fugate, he killed 11 people in Nebraska and brought out fears that rebellious movies and rock music were creating a new breed of offenders. Springsteen considered "Starkweather" as the title.
I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton
Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died
From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska with a sawed off .410 on my lap
Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path
I can't say that I'm sorry for the things that we done
At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun
The jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death
Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest
Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor head back
You make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap
They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my soul'd be hurled
They wanted to know why I did what I did
Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world
Springsteen har nyligen suttit hos Jim Axelrod i CBS Sunday Morning och pratat om Nebraska, som alltjämt är hans favoritalbum, och om Starkweather-historien.
https://americansongwriter.com/the-m...iece-nebraska/
Oddly enough, Springsteen was watching TV one night when he came across the 1973 film, Badlands. Inspired by the real-life killers Charles Starkweather and Caril-Ann Fugate in Nebraska and Wyoming. Following the film, a switch flicked, and Springsteen found his next subject.
“I tried to locate where their humanity was as best as I could,” Springsteen said. This snippet is seemingly what drove Springsteen to create the 10-track album. However, the direct correlation between Springsteen’s hardship and the murder mystery is as complex as can be.
Ofta utpekad som en av få riktigt dåliga Beatles-låtar... (t ex av Per Gessle, ett stort Beatles-fan) 
