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1. The lyrics on the album "Nebraska" include a song which is a meditation on the motivation of the serial killer Charles Starkweather. The lyric begins; "Saw her standin' on her front porch, just a-twirlin' her baton." Which song is this?
2. Which Bruce Springsteen song has these lyrics: "The hungry and the hunted explode in a rock'n'roll band"?
3. Name the Springsteen song with these lyrics: "I see you walking, baby, down the street, pushing that baby carriage at your feet."
4. This is a song that audiences worldwide have made their own, by singing the lyrics of the first verse and chorus without Bruce or the E Street Band. It starts: "Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack, I went out for a ride and I never came back." That song is:
5. From which Springsteen song are these lyrics taken? "Hard times, baby well they come to us all, sure as the tickin' of the clock on the wall"?
6. Bruce penned these lyrics about the human tendency to bloodthirstiness, which we often are uncomfortable admitting: "I can make you smile as the blood hits the floor, tell me friend can you ask for anything more?" From which 2009 song?
7. Here is a line from a romantic ballad written by Bruce: "Where aisles and aisles of dreams await you, and the cool promise of ecstasy fills the air." Which song tells us the title of his ladylove?
8. This number wasn't written by Bruce, but he sings a great cover of this old Elvis Presley hit. It begins: "Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire." What's the name of the song?
9. Bruce Springsteen recorded an album of traditional folk songs with a band who were not his usual back-up. What is this band known as?
10. "I had a brother at Khe San, fighting off the Viet Cong. They're still there; he's all gone." What anthemic Springsteen song has these lyrics?
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