*Bruce Springsteen (The Boss)

Here in northeast Ohio
back in eighteen-o-three
James and Danny Heaton
found the ore that was linin' yellow creek.

They built a blast furnace
here along the shore
and they made the cannon balls
that helped the union win the war.

Here in Youngstown
here in Youngstown
my sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down
here darlin' in Youngstown.

Well my daddy worked the furnaces
kept 'em hotter than hell
I come home from 'Nam worked my way to scarfer
a job that'd suit the devil as well.

Taconite, coke and limestone
fed my children and made my pay
then smokestacks reachin' like the arms of god
into a beautiful sky of soot and clay.

Here in Youngstown
here in Youngstown
my sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down
here darlin' in Youngstown.

Well my daddy come on the 0hio works
when he come home from world war two
now the yards just scrap and rubble
he said, "Them big boys did what Hitler couldn't do".

These mills they built the tanks and bombs
that won this country's wars
we sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam
now we're wondering what they were dyin' for.

Here in Youngstown
here in Youngstown
my sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down
here darlin' in Youngstown.

From the Monongaleh valley
to the Mesabi iron range
to the coal mines of Appalacchia
the story's always the same.

Seven-hundred tons of metal a day
now sir you tell me the world’s changed
once I made you rich enough
rich enough to forget my name.

In Youngstown
in Youngstown
my sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down
here darlin' in Youngstown.

When I die I don't want no part of heaven
I would not do heavens work well
I pray the devil comes and takes me
to stand in the fiery furnaces of hell.

Bruce Springsteen, Nueva Jersey, 1949, apodado "The Boss" ("el Jefe"), es un cantante, compositor y guitarrista estadounidense ampliamente conocido por su música rock vinculada a letras poéticas y a sentimientos tradicionales americanos.
Las grabaciones de Springsteen han tendido a alternar, a lo largo de tres décadas, entre el rock comercial y otros trabajos orientados hacia el folk. Gran parte de su éxito deriva de su vinculación a la E Street Band, presente en una gran parte de sus grabaciones, y especialmente relevante por su particular sonido y su profesionalidad en el escenario, llegando a ofrecer conciertos de más de tres horas de duración.
En su extensa trayectoria musical, Bruce Springsteen ha sido galardonado con numerosos premios, incluyendo diecinueve premios Grammy, dos Globos de Oro y un Premio de la Academia. Ha vendido 120 millones de álbumes en todo el mundo.