Lyrics to
The Angel

This version of The Angel was released by Bruce Springsteen in 1973.

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The angel rides with hunchbacked children, poison oozing from his engine
Wieldin’ love as a lethal weapon, on his way to hubcap heaven
Baseball cards poked in his spokes, his boots in oil he’s patiently soaked
The roadside attendant nervously jokes as the angel’s tires stroke his precious pavement

The interstate’s choked with nomadic hordes
In Volkswagen vans with full running boards
Dragging great anchors, followin’ dead-end signs into the sores
The angel rides by humpin’ his hunk metal whore

Madison Avenue’s claim to fame in a trainer bra with eyes like rain
She rubs against the weatherbeaten frame and asks the angel for his name
Off in the distance the marble dome reflects across the flatlands with a naked feel off into parts unknown
The woman strokes his polished chrome and lies beside the angel’s bones

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Bruce Springsteen has released many songs over the years besides The Angel. Bruce Springsteen released songs from 1973 to 2007 spanning across albums like The Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., Born To Run, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, The River, Nebraska, Born In The U.S.A., Tunnel Of Love, Human Touch, Lucky Town, The Ghost Of Tom Joad, The Rising, Devils & Dust, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, and Magic. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bruce Springsteen.

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About Lyrics and The Angel by Bruce Springsteen

The lyrics for The Angel are defined as the words making up the song released by Bruce Springsteen in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to The Angel have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bruce Springsteen and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to The Angel by Bruce Springsteen if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to The Angel" means the words set to the music of The Angel, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bruce Springsteen. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to The Angel and the lyrics to The Angel are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bruce Springsteen who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Angel, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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