what one line reflects where your life is right now?

[dari]

i know that we all have our favorite lines...but if you had to choose only one line from any song, what line would best describe the state of your life right now at this moment? (doesn't have to necessarily be a bruce song)
i was just thinking today how this could change in a minute if something happens to change something about your life.


dari

[Zephyrs 23]

"But all I'm thinkin' is
I'm the same old story same old act
One step up and two steps back"

[Toots]

"My ass was draggin.."

(I'm still looking for that passing gypsy wagon)

Toots

[BigBonesBilly]

Now baby I don't wanna be just another useless memory holding you tight
Or just some other ghost out on the street to whom you stop and politely speak when you pass by
Vanishing into the night
Left to vanish into the night
No baby

"Fade Away"

Not to be a downer, but the wife and I just decided to separate the other night. So that's where I'm at right now.

BBB

[Boss MD]

As a guy, I shouldn't be admitting this or run the risk of being kicked out of the secret guys clubs, but...

I am so in love with my wife (Boss RKS), every day is such a joy. With Valentine's Day coming up the song that has really been in my mind is I Want You (from Main Point).

Therefore, the line (repitiously sung) is "I Want You."

Maybe I shouldn't sign this post to remain anom...Ah heck with it.

[gyspyangel]

"At the end of every hard earned day, people find some reason to believe."

still believing, still hoping, still singing....

gypsy

[NCBruce Fan]

I have two...

"Got a head on collision, smashing in my guts man, I'm caught in a crossfire that I don't understand"

and "God have mercy on the man who doubts what he's sure of."

I'll explain on a seperate thread. I was going to post something nice and happy today, then a bomb dropped at work, and a friend's daughter was kidnapped. Not a great day here.

BossMD, I envy you. I dream of having a wife, heck even a girlfriend that I can say that about. With Valentine's Day coming up, makes me even more upset about that.

BigBonesBilly, I'm sorry :(. I hope that everything can work out for the best.

[carey415]

"Life I love you, all is groovy" by Simon & Garfunkel.

[Magic Rat]

BURP!!

[Edited by Magic Rat on January 24th, 2001 at 07:35 PM]

[Magic Rat]

BigBonesBilly:
I feel for you-been there and done that(twice). The first was for the better (the evil and dreaded ex) and the second time fortunatly we worked it out and now, so Boss MD don't feel alone, I 'm right there with him. I really apprciate and love the Mrs more each day. She's one of a kind.

Boss MD:
Let them kick us out of the Secret Guys Club-they're just jealous!

As for the answer I have two-one Bruce and one not:

Twenty years now, Where'd they go... Bob Seger

because my oldest daughter turns 20 next week
but that song has been stuck with me since it's release for other reasons

All my life I fought this fight
The fight that man can ever win..

Just seems that the more you try the worse it gets.
Enough of True Confessions... :D

[Nebraska Fan]

Well maybe baby the gypsy lied.

[daven]

.....Still haven't found what I'm looking for - U2

[Boss MD]

BigBones and NCBF...
We'll be praying for both of you. I can't imagine the pain the you are feeling. NCBF, I've seen your posts for a while now and hope that 01 is better than 00. Good Lord. We'll be praying for the safe return of the kidnapped daughter too. A parent's terrifying nightmare. I am viciously protective of our children.

Nebraska...I love that line too!

[Great White North]

MagicRat and BossMD,

I'm with ya, guys!

"I got a new suit of clothes and a pretty red rose,
and a woman I can call my friend"

I can probably think of others, too, but I feel pretty lucky after 14 years of marriage!

BBB, hope things work out for you. Keep the faith!

NCBF, how horrible about your friend. Praying for his daughter's safe return.

[Diamond D]

Keep pushin' till it's understood!

Shootin for valedictorian, and it's gonna be quite a fight!

[Dr. Zoom]

BBB & NCBF: sorry to hear that.:( Hope things work out.

Yeah just sittin' around waitin' for my life to begin
While it was all just slippin' away
I'm tired of waitin' for tomorrow to come
Or that train to come roarin' 'round the bend

It's the workin', the workin', just the workin' life

[Edited by Dr. Zoom on January 24th, 2001 at 08:38 PM]

[lj]

With the birth of my precious daughter on January 5, I would have to say:
"I found living proof..."

[carey415]

I don't know what lyric fits the mood I'm in now. I know this is totally silly, but today I found a pic of me and George Clooney from the Warner Bros/In Style party. I'm the little face over his left shoulder above the Golden Globe. You have to click on #3 to see my pic. Some computers show it better than others. When I get my pics back, I'll try to post them. Maybe "I'm walking on sunshine" or I guess the feeling groovy lyric still works.

http://www.instyle.com/instyle/read/ci/partyhopper

[Edited by carey415 on January 24th, 2001 at 09:17 PM]

[lobster65]

I fight authority , authority always wins......

Seems to be the story of my life, not complaining though, I like a good fight!

[Bustedsister]

Congratulations LJ, and welome to you and Baby LJ !!

Here's an invocation from the Omaha tribe:

"All ye of the heavens,
All ye of the air,
All ye of the earth,
I bid you all to hear me !!
Into your midst has come a new life !"

Good luck to all of you.


-Bustedsister

[doctort]

put your foot to the floor darlin
and don't look back ......

[Great White North]

Doc,

Somehow I thought your song would be the old Bob Seger tune, "Get Out of Denver"! :D

[DKW]

...you can get used to anything, sooner or later it just becomes your life....


Doesn't really fit my life, except for my job, but I love this line and think it is so true.

DKW

[RMO]

Like NCBruceFan: "God have mercy on the man..." -- Just tryin' to make sure I don't fall into some old patterns.


And from "GOTJ" (I can't remember the line exactly at this late hour): "...no sleep, no rest" -- Been workin' and traveling a lot lately.

Hope everyone is well.

[Incident]

gotta kind of go with Doc, here

Good Night, Good Luck, One, Two Powershift.

[white sox]

"....you better learn to live with, what you can't rise above....."

life's tough sometimes.......

whitesox

[Voyager]

"...better look hard and look twice"
something I often forget to do. I then realize afterwards I could've saved myself a lot of hassle or disappointment...the signs are usually there.
Anne

[mjmfarms]

Not a Bruce song....

"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"...(or it goes something like that....

(at 19 I was so determined, etc....now I've learned to just let it happen when you can)

And from LOHAD

"I will provide for you and I'll stand by your side,
You need a good companion for this part of the ride"...

( for me this refers to middle age, parents aging, etc., etc.)

not exact quotes, but you get what lines I'm talking about

[thundrrds40]

My life has taken quite a few wonderful turns recently.....
some lines which are high on the list (for many reasons) are:
All I know's since I found you, I'm happy when I'm in your arms.
and:
When you need me call my name. Cause without you my life wouldn't be the same...
or:
I had a dream our love would last forever, I had a dream tonight my dream comes true... rendevous...

and there are a number of other lines but.. that's enough for now.
joanne

[cobalt]

...halfway to heaven, but just a mile outta hell...

[since 78]

Poor man wanna be rich.....:) :) :)

[therat]

"Your eyes go blind and your blood runs cold, sometimes I feel so weak I just wanna explode"

[brn2rn_99]

I'm a Registered Nurse who is currently on Night Duty (2245 - 0715 hrs) so right at this moment the first verse of DITD descibes my life EXACTLY.

"I get up in the evening, and I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the moring, I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain't nothing but tired, man I'm just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark"

In fact the whole song kinda descibes the way I feel when I'm on nights - guess I go into a bit of a depression once a roster! Only one more night to go then back to normal YAY!

Kylie

[Marsha]

Meet me tonight in Atlantic City.
Heading there in an hour!


cobalt, I sing that line everyday.

Marsha

[NaughtySherry]

It ought to be easy, ought to be simple enough
Man meets woman and they fall in love
But the house is haunted and the ride gets rough
You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above

[Show A Little Faith]

It's a little more than just one line, but...

When you need me call my name
'Cause without you my life just isn't the same
'Cause when this world kicked me around
You picked me up off the ground
So if you need me I'll be there.

Still in that newlywed bliss, 3 1/2 yaers now and my wife has picked me up more times than I can count.

[Dirty Annie]

But there are things that'll knock you down you don't even see coming...and send you crawling like baby back home.

[swamptramp]

I think Paradise By the "C" pretty much sums it up ;)

Well now the years have gone and I've grown from that seed you've sown. But I didn't think there'd be so many steps I'd have to learn on my own. Well I was young and I didn't know what to do, When I saw your best steps stolen away from you, Now I'll do what I can, I'll walk like a man.

[young again]

"You can't start a fire
worrying about your little world falling apart
this gun's for hire
even if we're just dancing in the dark"

sorry, I can't limit it to just one -

"These are better days"

[DiamondJacquie]

Well...I'm unaccustomed to sharing that which is in the depths of my soul to folks I haven't met but...

"I put my heart and soul, baby
Put 'em high up on a shelf
Right next to that faith
Faith that I lost in myself"

And, oddly enough, the other line that echoes in me right now is

"Walk tall....or baby don't walk at all"


But dari....won't you share with us your line?

[Redrocks]

In and out -- could not resist this one.

"Now every man has the right to live
The right to a chance to give what he has to give
The right to fight for the things he believes
For the things that come to him in dreams"

Springsteen -- Follow that Dream -- It's what I'm doing.

Cheers!

[RammaJamma]

Sometimes I sit up in the darkness
And I watch my baby as she sleeps. . .

Gonna be a twister that blows everything down
That ain't got the faith to stand its ground

Redrocks - You beat me to the click on FTD

[cadillac ranch]

Being a month after chritsmas and credit card bills coming in. I have to go with "I got debts that no honest man can pay"

[Candy's Boy]

I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself
I've been searching for an angel in white
I've been waiting for a woman who's a little of both
And I can feel her but she's nowhere in sight.

[ArcataK]

"When it comes to luck, you make your own.
Tonight I've got dirt on my hands, but I'm building me a new home"

[ArcataK]

Welcome aboard Lonely Rider! You've come to the right place.

[murphy]

at this moment "trapped";) i am at work

but gotta go with doc (even though i was in pre law at faber)

put your foot to the floor darlin
and don't look back ......

[Sandy4th]

.........Missy Bimbo sits in her chair and yawns.

[BackstreetsGirl]

....and I'm ready to grow young again.

No retreat, baby, no surrender.

Dari: How about yours?

[bates]

When you're alone, you ain't nothin' but alone--

[radiogirl70]

So now sweet sixteens turned thirty one
Get to feelin weary when the work day's done
Well all you got to do is get up and into your kicks
If you're in a fix ...Come back baby rock and roll never forgets...

[JanieGirl]

This is not a good time to answer this ... but I'll be truthful:

I need a lover that won't drive me crazy!

[imabrucefan]

Great topic, Dari.

Don't make no difference what nobody says, ain't nobody like to be alone.

This is me. Half of me says, who needs a man, I don't have time for him anyway. The other half says, hmmmmmm.

[Estreetgirl's mom]

Terrific thread, Dari. I read this one before work and thought about it for all of ten minutes.
This is how I feel today, tomorrow who knows.


"What I've got, I have earned.
What I'm not, baby, I have learned."

[GoCartMozart]

I have to duplicate Great White North's:

"I got a new suit of clothes and a pretty red rose,
and a woman I can call my friend"

We just had our 8th anniversary this week, and I'll join the others on this board who will openly admit that we're Happily Married Men.

Plus, she bought me the Anthology DVD for an anniversary present --- "Thank you, baby! Thank you, honey!"

I will, however, also admit the Seger line about where did the last 20 years go strikes a chord. It just doesn't seem like it's been 16 years, or that I'm now 8 years older than Bruce was when he was saying: "Clarence! We're .... ADULTS!"

[jukebox graduate]

Badlands you gotta live em every day, let the broken heart stand for the price you gotta pay--whoa whoa whoa!
Even though my life really isn't that bad, it is somehow a motivating song

[Paulie]

"C'mon Slim slip me in, man
I'll make it up to you somehow
I can't be late I got a date
With all that heaven will allow."

There are actually many more that come to mind, but this one just seems extremely appropriate. :) :) :)

Paulie

P.S. Dari, we're still waiting for your lines.

[phil rathe]

I`m stuck in a moment and I can`t get out of it -U2

[JERSEYJIMintennessee]

"After all this time we find
We're just like all the rest
Stranded in the dark
And forced to confess to
Hidin' on the Backstreets"

[H&H]

"We've given each other some hard lessons lately
But we ain't learnin'
We're the same sad story that's a fact
One step up and two steps back."
--One Step Up


and...

"It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when..."
--Loose Ends

as usual, bruce seems to have found the words that capture what i'm feeling. i only wish it more more uplifting :(

keith

[Seamore]

Very good topic, Dari.

My choice of line is 'Ain't no sin to be glad you're alive'
and its corollary (my own composition) 'Life is too short to drink cheap wine (tequila, whiskey, etc).

I've had a couple of people in my immediate family die in
the last year at much too young of age. We need to enjoy life while we can.

Cathy

[C]

As of last week

"Bobby said he'd pull out, bobby stayed in"

[ForYou]

"Last night I dreamed that I was a child
out where the pines grow wild and tall
I was trying to make it home through the forest
before the darkness falls"

[dari]

i haven't even been online since i posted this and i couldn't believe how much your answers got to me and revealed how each person is feeling at this moment. that was the point of asking the question i guess....wondering if anyone was feeling the same way i am at this moment. as estreet girl's mom said...it could all change tomorrow but right now it's:

when the night's quiet and you don't care anymore
and your eyes are tired and someone's at your door
and you realize you wanna let go
and the weak lies and cold walls you embrace
eat at your insides and leave you standing face to face with

streets of fire.......


dari

[Zephyrs 23]

I'm officially changing (actually expanding) lines for today, same song:

"bird on a wire outside my hotel room,
but he ain't singing
Girl in white inside a Chruch in June,
but the church bells they ain't ringing.
Sitting here in this bar tonight, but all I'm thinking
Is I'm the same old story, same old act.
One Step up, One Step back."

I find it curious how many people have used ToL songs.

[Edited by Zephyrs 23 on January 25th, 2001 at 09:17 PM]

[6String]

EVERY LINE in ONE STEP UP.

I'm only 16 and I've had too many bad experiences in love.

[Zephyrs 23]

I'm already 19 and I haven't had enough.

[RiverJeff]

brn2rn_99 - Kylie - I can empathize with your feelings regarding working the graveyard shift. How about:

"Someday mister I'm gonna lead a better life than this."

[brn2rn_99]

Fortunately River Jeff I don't work the graveyard shift all the time - only about 4 night every 1 1/2 months or so which is just as well or I'd be unbearable!

Kylie

[Phillyfan1]

I think this was already posted..but with credit card bills piling up after Christmas..

I've got debts that no honest man can pay...

[All Heaven Will Allow]

This one really made me think... The last 4 months of my life have been so wonderful and there is only one reason for it...finding the right person (Paulie). There are so many lines that I have thought of, but one that really sums it up..

Two hearts are better than one.

Bruce has been right on so many lyrics at so many points in my life and I never thought that he would be right about this one. Having that one special person to share everything with has been such a wonderful gift that I can't even begin to describe how grateful I am. Thank you for everything Paul. You are the best and I am so happy that we found each other.

Beth

[Edited by All Heaven Will Allow on January 26th, 2001 at 09:36 AM]

[dari]

glad you guys found each other too! can't wait to see you both out here...


dari

[kayorocks]

I left Texas 13 years ago, and never looked back...my fave line as i was driving from west texas into a most beautiful place in the world, Colorado...
"It's a town full of losers, and I'm pulling out of here to win!"
and, just recently, I saw the Who in concert, during the prez. primaries..
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"--and I'm not referring to Bruce!

[TSnide]

Holy smokes, AT THIS MOMENT? Well you asked for it!

Last night I heard your voice
You were crying, crying, you were so alone
You said your love had never died
You were waiting for me at home

Sorry it couldn't be more cheerful, but if it helps, I will say that I do intend "to lose these blues I've found down in Lucky Town."

My prayers to BBB and NCBF and I'll go back over the posts for anyone else who needs them.

Did anyone else notice how many obviously true Bruce fans "came out" for this one! I mean, so many replies from folks who are touched by his music came from people who are either new or have been lurking. Glad to see it!!

[TSnide]

Nice choice (Dylan's My Back Pages). It's the song I'd most love to hear Bruce cover (from one of these surveys way back when).

[All Heaven Will Allow]

Thanks dari...

Can't wait to see you either...

Beth

[teenage werewolf]

Great thread Big Sis!

Two parter,
"twenty years of school'n and they put you on the day shift"- Dylan

"I'm still Alive" -Vedder

TW

[PIMDBOSSFAN]

"When the Promise was broken, I cashed in to fulfil my own dreams"
"When the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference something in your heart runs cold"

Those 2, sorry, have sustained me through this year. Those and a few 100 more. PIMDBF

[BruceNut]

well......

They made their choices and they'll never know,
What it means to steal, to cheat, to lie,
What it's like to live and die.


Mickey

[Flory Days]

Another great topic, dari. I admit I checked this out yesterday and didn't post. Not much changed for me since then.

1. As another happily married man I have to quote from "Lucky Town" too.
"We said we'd walk together baby come what may
That come the twilight should we lose our way
If as we're walking a hand slips free
I'll wait for you and should I fall behind
Wait for me"

2. This one I try to think of every day:

"I'll be on that hill, with everything I've got"

The thing about Bruce's music is there is always a song that speaks directly to my experience. Kylie's post reminded me of when BITUSA was first released. A local radio station announced a new Springsteen song and I heard
Dancin in the Dark. It was exactly where I was in my life then, and I remember laying in bed and thinking that song was about me. It sort of gave me hope and inspiration that I could rise above....and eventually get out of the dark. Many years later, I finally did!

NCBF - If you're out there I'm thinking about you as I type this because when BITUSA came out I was exactly the age you are now. Take Care and all the best to you in 2001.

[stephj24]

"For what are we
Without hope in our hearts
That someday we'll drink from God's blessed waters
And eat the fruit from the vine
I know love and fortune will be mine
Somewhere across the border"

This has always been one of my favorites and basically sums up my life right now, couldn't be better.

-Steph

[stephj24]

"For what are we
Without hope in our hearts
That someday we'll drink from God's blessed waters
And eat the fruit from the vine
I know love and fortune will be mine
Somewhere across the border"
-Across the Border

This has always been one of my favorites and basically sums up my life right now, couldn't be better. I'm young, healthy, madly in love, air in my lungs, and blessed by God daily. I can't complain, but I keep those of you who are going through pain and trial in your life in my thoughts and prayers.

-Steph

[Edited by stephj24 on January 26th, 2001 at 03:50 PM]

[obsessed]

It's cloudy out in Pittsburgh, it's raining in Saigon...snows falling all across the Michigan line...

[scootbigman]

Well now when in doubt and you can't figure it out
Just Stand On It
If your mind's confused, you don't know what you're gonna do
Well Buddy, Stand On It
Well if you've lost control of the situation at hand
Go grab a girl and go see a rock and roll band
And Stand On It
Come On Man, Stand On It

[Dr.Rick]

This one's easy...the tour is over, the memory of the Holiday shows faded and... I wanna be where the bands are.

[Hummer]

I get by with a little help from my friends....

[BADABING/NJ]

bruce....im just tired n bored with myself pink floyd.......shorter of breath n 1 day shorter to death the doors...........when the music overs,turn out the lights

[C]

everyday things progress and I change and so do the words that follow my life

It was all wrong well now I am moving on

[Pickle]

"We all know that money, don't buy you love
You just get a job and somewhere to live
You have to look for happiness, within yourself
And don't go chasin' thinkin' it is somewhere else
I'm not feelin' it no more, I'm not feelin' it anymore
I'm trying to give you the score, I'm not feelin' it anymore"

" You spend your life waiting
For a moment that just won't come
Well don't waste your time waiting
Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us
good"

[Dusty BR]

"Oh, the price you pay, oh, the price you pay,"
"Now you can't walk away from the price you pay"

I chose these lines because they remind me of the "TEXAS SEVEN". The last two guys surrendered at the Holiday Inn here in Colorado Springs which is 4 blocks from where I live!

Let's just say that folks in this area feel very grateful that all of the fugitives have been captured!

[lucynsky]

Mine is:
" I want to know if love is wild and I want to know if love is real."
Still hoping to find passion and the real thing! A lot of you are really lucky!

[Edited by lucynsky on January 29th, 2001 at 03:49 AM]

[BADABING/NJ]

BECAUSE IM tired of bein sick..pink floyds< shorter of breath n 1 day closer to death. the doors< when the musics over turn out the light. from the moody blues> face piles n pliles of trials with smiles it riles them to percevive the web they weave. and my most memorible,led zep...DOES ANYONE REMEMBER LAUGHTER?