Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Canonical path: /bruce-springsteen/the-angel
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Angel
Read The Angel lyrics by Bruce Springsteen on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Angel
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The angel rides with hunch-backed 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 weather-beaten 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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Who performs "The Angel"?
Bruce Springsteen performs "The Angel", and this lyric page sits inside the Bruce Springsteen catalog on LyroVerse.
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