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Quiz about On the Loose with Rhymin Bruce

On the Loose with Rhymin' Bruce Quiz

Easy but fun! Read a line from a Bruce Springsteen song and choose the line that comes next. See how much better Bruce's lyrics are than my attempts to come up with other lines. ** All lyrics are from his records BEFORE "Born in the USA"

A multiple-choice quiz by d2407. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
d2407

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
167,751

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
18 / 25

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 25

1. "Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend, I want to guard your dreams and visions..."

Hint

Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims and strap your hands across my engines

The love we share, it's big, it's bold, so much more than I'd envisioned

One kiss from you baby holds the key, to let me out of this prison

Move my engine to the redline baby, and feel the hum of my pistons

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Question 2 of 25

2. "Crazy Janey and her mission man..." Hint

Shared a single spoon and ate their beans from a can

Lyin' in the moonlight tryin' to get a tan

Were back in the alley tradin' hands

Drove in from Laramie and tried to join the band

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Question 3 of 25

3. "She sits on the porch of her daddy's house but all her pretty dreams are torn..." Hint

She's still waiting around for her Prince Charming, a tennis instructor by the name of Bjorn

Her dress is ripped, her dreams are dashed, her future looks so forlorn

She stares off alone into the night with the eyes of one who hates for just being born

She gave away her wedding dress and veil and left her face so unadorned

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Question 4 of 25

4. "Seen a man standin' over a dead dog lyin' by the highway in a ditch..."
Hint

Like a burned out batter standin' watin' for a pitch

Said "Mister I promised you you could call me in a pinch"

He's lookin' down kinda puzzled pokin' that dog with a stick

Stared at him for an hour and he didn't even flinch

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Question 5 of 25

5. "Like a river that don't know where it's flowing..."
Hint

I took a wrong turn and I just kept going

The repo man found my car and started towing

Like a wind that don't know which way it's blowing

Don't know what I'm doing so I just keep rowing

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Question 6 of 25

6. "You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain..." Hint

Waste away your life and flush it down the drain

Don't wait up for me, I'll be out with Elaine

Take a ride to nowhere on a one-way train

Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain

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Question 7 of 25

7. "I was the king of the alley, mama, I could talk some trash..."
Hint

A big shot at the Sunoco, man you shoulda seen me pump the gas

I was the prince of the paupers crowned downtown at the beggar's bash

Surrounded by senioritas, man, Jesse Owens never moved so fast

Bummin' dimes and nickels to buy dinner, can o' Spam and plate o' hash

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Question 8 of 25

8. "I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch..." Hint

I had everyone askin "man do you need a hand," and I'd tell them all "man not much"

I strolled all alone through a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched

And the Amish kicked me out and the Quakers too and even the Pennsylvania Dutch

And losing was my game and I had grease in my mane and all kinds of problems and such

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Question 9 of 25

9. "But I remember us riding in my brother's car..."
Hint

Then the engine died and it was "no cigar"

Holdin' fake IDs and trying to crash a bar

Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir

On one tank of gas tryin' to get real far

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Question 10 of 25

10. "If dreams came true, oh, wouldn't that be nice..." Hint

But you blew your one chance, don't look to find it twice

But from the apple pie of life, looks like I won't get a slice

But you want something fine, girl you gotta pay the price

But this ain't no dream we're living through tonight

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Question 11 of 25

11. "The hungry and the hunted explode into rock'n'roll bands..." Hint

That's Charlie playin' bass and Willie on the baby grand

That face off against each other out in the street down in Jungleland

Earnin' every dime they get to pay for life's demands

Thumb their noses at the rules, won't work no more for The Man

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Question 12 of 25

12. "He came home too drunk from mixin' Tanqueray and wine..."
Hint

Went to the basement for a nightcap, took a drink of turpentine

Wound up nearly dead after he'd started feelin' fine

He got a gun shot a night clerk now they call'm Johnny 99

Made a bad mistake or two, now he's out there doin' time

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Question 13 of 25

13. "We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar..." Hint

Of some metal-tempered engine on an alien, distant shore

And I was climbin' the walls sittin' there watchin' you walkin' the floor

And goodbye said I, my oh my, don't ask why, and then walked out the door

We had an open road and open lives, the world was ours to explore

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Question 14 of 25

14. "Gonna be a twister to blow everything down..."
Hint

Lay waste to the joke that's this loser town

Gonna be a bad flood comin' gonna make you drown

So better start runnin' 'stead of standin' round

That ain't got the faith to stand its ground

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Question 15 of 25

15. "One soft infested summer me and Terry became friends..." Hint

Promised undying loyalty from then until the end

Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in

Made our way from the city to a meadow and a glen

Till her daddy caught me with her and the friendship had to end

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Question 16 of 25

16. (altered lyrics that he used in live shows for a while)

"Your father won't think I'm some freak..." Hint

'Cause I just got my picture of the cover of Time and Newsweek

Once I shut my mouth and let my guitar speak

Once he sees how polite I can be and calm and nice and meek

The day I stop being strong and start acting weak

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Question 17 of 25

17. "Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on..."
Hint

Close your eyes darlin' and I'll see you in the morn

I wanna ramrod with you honey, till half-past dawn

Stop thinkin' 'bout your daddy and talkin' 'bout your mom

Used to date my best friend and his twin brother Tom

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Question 18 of 25

18. "Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king..."
Hint

But every single woman's just lookin' for a ring

I'm your king baby, and to you riches I will bring

King wanna hear the lowly peasants sing

And a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything

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Question 19 of 25

19. "And the world is busting at its seams..."
Hint

And you're just a prisoner of your dreams

Kinda makes you wanna jump and scream

But things just ain't what they seem

Like a locomotive pumpin' steam

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Question 20 of 25

20. "I just got tired of hangin' in them dusty arcades bangin' them pleasure machines..." Hint

And the soda jerk, he makes a spill, and says "over here boy - get this clean"

The boredom, the pain, the bad vibes I get, just push me to extremes

Chasin' the factory girls underneath the boardwalk where they promise to unsnap their jeans

Chasin' the arcade girls who'll never leave their teens

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Question 21 of 25

21. "Hey, little girlie in the blue jeans so tight..."
Hint

Put your hands in my pockets, make me start feelin' right

Drivin' alone through the Wisconsin night

Put on some rockin' music and then turn out all the lights

Never seen a piece of heaven just lookin' oh so right

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Question 22 of 25

22. "When the change was made uptown and the Big Man joined the band..." Hint

We all got married off and gave up the one night stands

We said hello to happenin' music and a goodbye to the bland

You never heard such magic as a sax in that fella's hands

From the coastline to the city all the little pretties raise their hands

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Question 23 of 25

23. "Well now everything dies baby that's a fact..."
Hint

They always take your life and never give it back

But maybe everything that dies someday comes back

And every train one day finds itself off the track

But we're still alive honey, let's make a pact

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Question 24 of 25

24. "Well I got some beer and the highway's free..."
Hint

And Sherry knows I'm her baby

And wouldn't you know that I've gotta pee

And I got you, and baby you've got me

And it's two hours to the big city

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Question 25 of 25

25. "They're still racing out at the Trestles, but that blood it never burned in her veins..." Hint

Got married early and had four kids and that pretty much put out the flames

She wanted a man to come into her life and say "Baby, hand me the reins"

Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview and a style she's trying to maintain

She lived ten years and said not a word, used the bottle to ease the pain

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend, I want to guard your dreams and visions..."

Answer: Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims and strap your hands across my engines

From "Born to Run" ... but you knew that, right?

2. "Crazy Janey and her mission man..."

Answer: Were back in the alley tradin' hands

("Spirit in the Night" from "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ")

3. "She sits on the porch of her daddy's house but all her pretty dreams are torn..."

Answer: She stares off alone into the night with the eyes of one who hates for just being born

("Racing in the Street" from "Darkness on the Edge of Town")

4. "Seen a man standin' over a dead dog lyin' by the highway in a ditch..."

Answer: He's lookin' down kinda puzzled pokin' that dog with a stick

("Reason to Believe" from "Nebraska")

5. "Like a river that don't know where it's flowing..."

Answer: I took a wrong turn and I just kept going

("Hungry Heart" from "The River")

6. "You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain..."

Answer: Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain

("Thunder Road" from "Born to Run")

7. "I was the king of the alley, mama, I could talk some trash..."

Answer: I was the prince of the paupers crowned downtown at the beggar's bash

("It's Hard to be a Saint in the City" from "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ")

8. "I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch..."

Answer: I strolled all alone through a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched

("Growin' Up" from "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ")

9. "But I remember us riding in my brother's car..."

Answer: Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir

("The River" from the album of the same name)

10. "If dreams came true, oh, wouldn't that be nice..."

Answer: But this ain't no dream we're living through tonight

("Prove it all Night" from "Darkness on the Edge of Town")

11. "The hungry and the hunted explode into rock'n'roll bands..."

Answer: That face off against each other out in the street down in Jungleland

("Jungleland" from "Born to Run")

12. "He came home too drunk from mixin' Tanqueray and wine..."

Answer: He got a gun shot a night clerk now they call'm Johnny 99

("Johnny 99" from "Nebraska")

13. "We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar..."

Answer: Of some metal-tempered engine on an alien, distant shore

("For You" from "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ")

14. "Gonna be a twister to blow everything down..."

Answer: That ain't got the faith to stand its ground

("The Promised Land" from "Darkness on the Edge of Town")

15. "One soft infested summer me and Terry became friends..."

Answer: Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in

("Backstreets" from "Born to Run")

16. (altered lyrics that he used in live shows for a while)

"Your father won't think I'm some freak..."

Answer: 'Cause I just got my picture of the cover of Time and Newsweek

As an up and coming relative unknown, Bruce got his picture on the Ocotober 27, 1975 covers of both Time and Newsweek. This was quite a coup at a time that both magazines usually had hard news on their covers, and almost never the same "feature" stories in the same week. Bruce would occasionally alter the lyrics of "Rosalita" in concert to commemorate the cover stories!

17. "Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on..."

Answer: I wanna ramrod with you honey, till half-past dawn

("Ramrod" from "The River")

18. "Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king..."

Answer: And a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything

("Badlands" from "Darkness on the Edge of Town")

19. "And the world is busting at its seams..."

Answer: And you're just a prisoner of your dreams

("Night" from "Born to Run")

20. "I just got tired of hangin' in them dusty arcades bangin' them pleasure machines..."

Answer: Chasin' the factory girls underneath the boardwalk where they promise to unsnap their jeans

("4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" from "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle")

21. "Hey, little girlie in the blue jeans so tight..."

Answer: Drivin' alone through the Wisconsin night

("Cadillac Ranch" from "The River" - see also Question 17... Bruce must have had a "thing" for girls in tight blue jeans when he made that album...)

22. "When the change was made uptown and the Big Man joined the band..."

Answer: From the coastline to the city all the little pretties raise their hands

("Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" from "Born to Run")

23. "Well now everything dies baby that's a fact..."

Answer: But maybe everything that dies someday comes back

("Atlantic City" from "Nebraska")

24. "Well I got some beer and the highway's free..."

Answer: And I got you, and baby you've got me

("Sherry Darling" from "The River")

25. "They're still racing out at the Trestles, but that blood it never burned in her veins..."

Answer: Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview and a style she's trying to maintain

("Darkness on the Edge of Town" from the album of the same name)

Source: Author d2407

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