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SONG: Working on the Highway ALBUM: Born in the USA LYRIC: "We lit out down to Florida we got along all right/One day her brothers came and got her and they took me in a black and white" SLANT: Anti...
SONG: Jungleland ALBUM: Born to Run LYRIC: "The local cops, Cherry Tops, rips this holy night" SLANT: No clue
SONG: Highway Patrolman ALBUM: Nebraska LYRIC: "I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville, barracks number eight/I always done an honest job as honest as I could/ I've got a brother named Franky and Franky ain't no good" SLANT...
SONG: Johnny 99 ALBUM: Nebraska LYRIC: "Johnny's wavin' his gun around and threatenin' to blow his top/When an off-duty cop snuck up on him from behind/ Out in front of the Club Tip Top they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99" SLANT...
This longing led Simon and Garfunkel to pen the lyric, "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you." Replacing DiMaggio with Jordan, Gretzky, Elway or Marino would convey that same emotion for a new era of Americans...