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Quiz about Rhymin Bruce Still on the Loose

Rhymin' Bruce, Still on the Loose Quiz

Sequel to "On the Loose With Rhymin' Bruce." Read a line from a Bruce Springsteen song and choose the line that comes next. ** All lyrics are from his songs AFTER "Nebraska," up to and including "The Rising."

A multiple-choice quiz by d2407. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
d2407

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
171,092

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
17 / 25

Plays
1700

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Question 1 of 25

1. "Well now way back in the Bible, temptations always come along..." Hint

There's always somebody tempting somebody into doing something they know is wrong

And the Garden of Eden, man, that's a place I don't belong

Temptations nail the weak ones, temptations nail the strong

With a power that I swear could knock over Mister King Kong

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Question 2 of 25

2. "Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest..."
Hint

Thought movin' to California would turn things around for the best

No home no job no peace no rest

Harborin' pain they can't get off their chests

Banker looked at them, laughed, said "They're failin' the test"

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Question 3 of 25

3. "Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true..."
Hint

But you're tired of me and I'm tired of you

But there's too much good stuff darlin' we're still waitin' to do

But be honest with me baby, am I good enough for you?

But you and I know what this world can do

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Question 4 of 25

4. "Now I work down at the carwash where all it ever does is rain..."
Hint

My days are filled with sadness and hurt and sorrow and pain

Gimme one more chance now girl, I promise that I can explain

Been six years, I swear, since last time I used my brain

Don't you feel like you're a rider on a downbound train

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Question 5 of 25

5. "My soul is lost, my friend..."
Hint

And the pain in my heart will never end

Tell me how do I begin again

Don't wanna break, but I gotta bend

My love and respect to you I must send

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Question 6 of 25

6. "You and me we were the pretenders, we let it all slip away..."
Hint

In the end what you don't surrender, well the world just strips away

And the clouds swept in and darkened what was left of a sunny day

All we built up in our lives together, we lost the last of it today

18 years of nothing but hard work, will we ever have a chance to play?

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Question 7 of 25

7. "Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby edgy and dull..."
Hint

And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul

And took my life away piece by piece till I had nothing at all

And put me on the ground and made me crawl

And turned me into a cow when I'd been born a bull

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Question 8 of 25

8. "You see all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home..."
Hint

Then you treat 'em like dogs beggin' for a bone

Wherever you go and whatever you do, your eyes always start to roam

But when the action fades you're left all alone

And take four for you and give two to your sister Joan

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Question 9 of 25

9. "If an officer stops you promise you'll always be polite..."
Hint

Say "yessir officer, I know wrong from right"

Stay loose and relaxed and don't act uptight

Tell him you just finished working 12 hours and were headed home tonight

That you'll never ever run away, promise Mama you'll keep your hands in sight

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Question 10 of 25

10. "This train carries saints and sinners..."
Hint

This train carries losers and winners

There's room on it for experts and beginners

This train carries crazy yarn spinners

Take a bumpy ride on it and jar your innards

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Question 11 of 25

11. "We stood at the alter, the gypsy swore our future was right..." Hint

But come the wee wee hours well maybe baby the gypsy lied

Thought our love would hold us together and we'd grow tighter than tight

And we were just beginning way back then, our future sunny and bright

If I live to be 100, I'll never know went wrong that night

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Question 12 of 25

12. "Without you I'm workin' with the rain fallin' down..."
Hint

Without you I'm deaf and can't hear a sound

May as well be a silly clown

Half a party in a one dog town

Without you, I'll surely drown

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Question 13 of 25

13. "Go in the bathroom and put your makeup on..." Hint

We're gonna take that little brat of yours and drop her off at your mom's

You're not an ugly ducklin', you're a beautiful swan

And don't leave your purse on the back of the john

Dance with me in the moonlight on your backyard lawn

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Question 14 of 25

14. "I'm Daniel waitin' in the lion's den, Daniel waitin' for that lion to come..."
Hint

Daniel waitin'in the lion's den, dum dum dee dum dum dee dee dum dum

Where'd I go wrong, Jill, how could I have been so dumb?

Feelin' my spirits sag while my arms go numb

Used to be a hero, girl, now I'm just gutter scum

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Question 15 of 25

15. "In '65 tension was running high at my high school..."
Hint

Some call them the glory days, but for me it just felt cruel

The synchronized swimmers and the IM relay team both wanted to use the pool

There was a lot of fights between the black and white, there was nothing you could do

The popular girls would just play around, playin' guys like me for a fool

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Question 16 of 25

16. "I got a brother on a rig just off the gulf coast..."
Hint

He says the girls down there, well they're really the most

Man he's just my everything, he's simply the most

Been workin' so long and hard that he looks like a ghost

All day in the sun till he cooks like a roast

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Question 17 of 25

17. "So I bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast..."
Hint

And in just one instant my future became my past

And a case of whiskey and got myself smashed

And for 72 hours, man I had me a blast

And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast

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Question 18 of 25

18. "I'm dying for some action, I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book..."
Hint

Come answer my prayers baby, get my back up off this hook

It's a killer case of writer's block... all the best rhymes are already took

I need a love reaction, come on now baby gimme just one look

Wish it was like ten years ago at the Stone Pony, man that place just really shook

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Question 19 of 25

19. "It ought to be easy ought to be simple enough, man meets woman and they fall in love..."
Hint

Whoever told me that, man I'm callin' his bluff

But the house is haunted and the ride gets rough

Well that's just a big lie, that's some nasty stuff

And they spend their lives kissing like a coupla' doves

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Question 20 of 25

20. "Spirits above and behind me, faces gone, black eyes burnin' bright..." Hint

Images burned forever into my mind, never forgotten by day and by night

Struck down in weakness for a coupla' days, and ever since then I've been finding my might

The whole world upside down in my mind, but you bet I can tell what is wrong and what's right

May their precious blood forever bind me Lord as I stand before your fiery light

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Question 21 of 25

21. "Now you were the Red Sea I was Moses..."
Hint

I took off your shoes and kissed your little toeses

I kissed you and slipped into a bed of roses

We rubbed our noses like we was Eskimoses

Your love prescription came in heavy doses

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Question 22 of 25

22. "At night I could hear the blood in my veins..."
Hint

And hear the far-off rumble of a fast-movin' train

See the tears in my clothes and the holes and the stains

Just as black and whispering as the rain

As I wait and I wait for my love to explain

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Question 23 of 25

23. "I got seven pictures of Buddha, the prophet's on my tongue..." Hint

The easy part lies behind me finished, the work on the hard part has only begun

Standin half way up a ladder tryin' and reachin' for just one more rung

Eleven angels of mercy sighin' over that black hole in the sun

Hear Him in the words I've spoken, cryin' out in the songs that I've sung

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Question 24 of 25

24. "Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold, we swore blood brothers against the wind..."
Hint

Now I don't even know where I'd begin

But that was then and this is now, hand me another gin

But I'm tired now and so are you and there's nothing left to win

I'm ready to grow young again

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Question 25 of 25

25. "House got too crowded, clothes got too tight..."
Hint

Everything I took for granted just no longer seems right

Stay awake tossin' an' turnin' at night

Everything that I'm doin', I'm doing for spite

And I don't know just where I'm going tonight

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Well now way back in the Bible, temptations always come along..."

Answer: There's always somebody tempting somebody into doing something they know is wrong

From "Pink Cadillac," released in 1984 as the "B" side to the "Dancing in the Dark" single and later included on his "Tracks" and "18 Tracks" compilation albums in the late 90s.

2. "Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest..."

Answer: No home no job no peace no rest

From the title track of 1995's "The Ghost of Tom Joad"

3. "Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true..."

Answer: But you and I know what this world can do

"If I Should Fall Behind" from 1992's "Lucky Town."

4. "Now I work down at the carwash where all it ever does is rain..."

Answer: Don't you feel like you're a rider on a downbound train

From "Downbound Train" off "Born in the USA" - for my money, one of the most underappreciated hidden gems of a song he ever did.

5. "My soul is lost, my friend..."

Answer: Tell me how do I begin again

From "My City of Ruins" on 2002's "The Rising." This is the song that Bruce performed as he opened the September 21, 2001 broadcast of "America: A Tribute to Heroes," which raised money for the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

6. "You and me we were the pretenders, we let it all slip away..."

Answer: In the end what you don't surrender, well the world just strips away

The opening words to the title track of "Human Touch," which was released in 1992 with "Lucky Town." These were the first full-length CDs for Bruce since 1987's "Tunnel of Love," and in that time, he'd gotten divorced, remarried, and become a father. The changes can be heard in the tone of the lyrics.

7. "Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby edgy and dull..."

Answer: And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul

"I'm on Fire" from "Born in the USA" (1984).

8. "You see all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home..."

Answer: But when the action fades you're left all alone

This is from "Be True," released on a mini-CD called "Chimes of Freedom." "Chimes of Freedom" is a collection of four live songs that were recorded in 1988 while Bruce toured for Amnesty International's "Human Rights Now!" campaign.

9. "If an officer stops you promise you'll always be polite..."

Answer: That you'll never ever run away, promise Mama you'll keep your hands in sight

From "American Skin (41 Shots)," a song Bruce wrote in 1999 to protest the killing by NYC police of Amadou Diallo, a West African immigrant who had been reaching for his wallet when police thought it was a gun.

10. "This train carries saints and sinners..."

Answer: This train carries losers and winners

From "Land of Hope and Dreams," which appears on 2001's "Live in New York City."

11. "We stood at the alter, the gypsy swore our future was right..."

Answer: But come the wee wee hours well maybe baby the gypsy lied

From "Brilliant Disguise" off 1987's "Tunnel of Love."

12. "Without you I'm workin' with the rain fallin' down..."

Answer: Half a party in a one dog town

This is from "Waitin' On a Sunny Day" from "The Rising" from 2002.

13. "Go in the bathroom and put your makeup on..."

Answer: We're gonna take that little brat of yours and drop her off at your mom's

This is from "Jersey Girl," which first appeared on his "Live/1975-85" collection. It's actually a 1980 Tom Waits song, but Bruce added several verses, including the lines in this question.

14. "I'm Daniel waitin' in the lion's den, Daniel waitin' for that lion to come..."

Answer: Daniel waitin'in the lion's den, dum dum dee dum dum dee dee dum dum

This is from "Lion's Den," first released on "Tracks" from 1998. Decent song, although not exactly the best pair of lines he's ever written!

15. "In '65 tension was running high at my high school..."

Answer: There was a lot of fights between the black and white, there was nothing you could do

From "My Hometown" off 1984's "Born in the USA."

16. "I got a brother on a rig just off the gulf coast..."

Answer: He says the girls down there, well they're really the most

This is from "Light of Day," which he performed on his MTV Unplugged appearance and released on the 1993 CD of that show.

17. "So I bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast..."

Answer: And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast

From "57 Channels," off 1992's "Human Touch." Hard to believe that in 1992, 57 channels was a LOT of channels to have!

18. "I'm dying for some action, I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book..."

Answer: I need a love reaction, come on now baby gimme just one look

1984's "Dancing in the Dark" off of "Born in the USA." It was the first single from the album, and won Bruce his first rock Grammy (he'd won a Grammy in 1982 for his contributions to "In Harmony 2," a children's record).

19. "It ought to be easy ought to be simple enough, man meets woman and they fall in love..."

Answer: But the house is haunted and the ride gets rough

Title track from 1987's "Tunnel of Love"

20. "Spirits above and behind me, faces gone, black eyes burnin' bright..."

Answer: May their precious blood forever bind me Lord as I stand before your fiery light

"The Rising" from 2002's album of the same name. The song and album, and his vocal performance, won Grammys at the 2003 awards.

21. "Now you were the Red Sea I was Moses..."

Answer: I kissed you and slipped into a bed of roses

1992's "Leap of Faith" from "Lucky Town."

22. "At night I could hear the blood in my veins..."

Answer: Just as black and whispering as the rain

From "Streets of Philadelphia," which won Bruce his first Oscar (Best Original Song) and four Grammys.

23. "I got seven pictures of Buddha, the prophet's on my tongue..."

Answer: Eleven angels of mercy sighin' over that black hole in the sun

The opening words to "Mary's Place" from 2002's "The Rising."

24. "Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold, we swore blood brothers against the wind..."

Answer: I'm ready to grow young again

"No Surrender" off "Born in the USA" from 1984. I love that version, and the stark rendition on "Live/1975-85" sends chills up my spine.

25. "House got too crowded, clothes got too tight..."

Answer: And I don't know just where I'm going tonight

The opening words to the title track of 1992's "Lucky Town," which was released concurrently with "Human Touch."

Source: Author d2407

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