Wrecking Ball

Album: Wrecking Ball (2012)
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  • I was raised out of steel here in the swamps of Jersey, some misty years ago
    Through the mud and the beer, and the blood and the cheers, I've seen champions come and go
    So if you got the guts mister, yeah, if you got the balls
    If you think it's your time, then step to the line, and bring on your wrecking ball

    Bring on your wrecking ball
    Bring on your wrecking ball
    Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you got
    Bring on your wrecking ball

    Now my home's here in these meadowlands where mosquitoes grow big as airplanes
    Here where the blood is spilled, the arena's filled, and giants played their games
    So raise up your glasses and let me hear your voices call
    Because tonight all the dead are here, so bring on your wrecking ball

    Bring on your wrecking ball
    Bring on your wrecking ball
    Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you got
    Bring on your wrecking ball

    One, two, a one two three four!

    Yeah! Hey!

    Yeah, we know that come tomorrow, none of this will be here
    So hold tight on your anger, you hold tight on your anger
    Hold tight to your anger, don't fall to your fears

    Now when all this steel and these stories, they drift away to rust
    And all our youth and beauty, it's been given to the dust
    When the game has been decided and we're burning down the clock
    And all our little victories and glories have turned into parking lots
    When your best hopes and desires are scattered through the wind
    And hard times come, and hard times go
    And hard times come, and hard times go
    And hard times come, and hard times go
    And hard times come, and hard times go
    And hard times come, and hard times go
    Yeah just
    to come again

    Bring on your wrecking ball
    Bring on your wrecking ball
    Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you got
    Bring on your wrecking ball
    Bring on your wrecking ball (bring on your wrecking ball)
    Bring on your wrecking ball (bring on your wrecking ball)
    Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you got
    Bring on your wrecking ball

    One, two, a one two three four!
    (Whoa whoa whoa-whoa)
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    (Whoa whoa whoa-whoa)
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    (Whoa whoa-whoa)
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    (Whoa whoa-whoa)
    (Whoa whoa-whoa) bring on your wrecking ball
    (Whoa whoa whoa-whoa) bring on your wrecking ball
    (Whoa whoa-whoa)
    (Whoa whoa-whoa)
    (Whoa whoa-whoa) Writer/s: Bruce Springsteen
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 1

  • Doreen from Paterson, NjIt is about Giants Stadium coming down in Secaucus, NJ.
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