Jakarta PinangRaya - Lagu "Born to Run" adalah karya buatan musisi dan penulis lagu asal New Jersey, Amerika Serikat Bruce Springsteen dan titel lagu dari album studio ketiga Springsteen berjudul "Born to Run" nan dirilis tahun 1975.
Sebelum "Born to Run", Springsteen telah merilis dua album melalui Columbia Records, "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." dan "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle". Tapi kedua albumnya mempunyai sedikit pengaruh dari segi komersial. Sehingga itu memacu Springsteen untuk kudu sukses di album ketiga.
Menurut sejumlah sumber nan dilansir di Jakarta, Kamis, lagu "Born to Run" ditulis menggunakan perspektif pandang orang pertama, lagu itu merupakan surat cinta seseorang untuk seorang gadis berjulukan Wendy, nan tampaknya mempunyai gairah untuk mencintai laki-laki nan mengendarai mobil tua/ "hot rod", tapi sang laki-laki percaya gadis itu lebih menginginkan kecepatan.
E Street Band adalah nama grup musik rock pengiring utama Bruce Springsteen saat pertunjukannya sejak tahun 1972.
Gitaris E Street Band, Steven Van Zandt, dalam wawancara tahun 2017 nan dikutip dari laman Songfacts di Jakarta, Kamis, menyampaikan bahwa Springsteen dalam "Born to Run" memainkan rangkaian nada gitar seperti style Duane Eddy.
Duane Eddy adalah gitaris rock 'n roll Amerika nan dikenal lantaran bunyi gitarnya nan khas, "twangy".
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Lirik lagu "Born to Run" sebagai berikut:
In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway nine,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected, and steppin' out over the line
Oh, baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims
And strap your hands 'cross my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back
Oh, will you walk with me out on the wire
Girl I'm just a scared and lonely rider
I gotta find out how it feels
I want to know if love is wild
I want to know if love is real
Oh can you show me?
Beyond the palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
Girls comb their hair in rear view mirrors
Boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you Wendy on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss
One, two, three
Highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
But there's no place left to hide
Together wendy we can live with the sadness
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Oh, someday girl I don't know when
We're gonna get to that place
Where we really wanna go
We'll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
Baby we were born to run
Tramps like us baby we were born to run
Tramps like us baby we were born to run
(Oh oh oh oh)
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