Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen song) in Long Branch, New Jersey in early 1974, the song was Bruce Springsteen's final attempt to become successful. The prior year, Springsteen had released two albums to critical acclaim but with little commercial movement. Written in the first person, the song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod-riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience. However, Springsteen has noted that it has a much simpler core: getting out of Freehold. Route 9 is mentioned from the lyric "sprung from cages out on Highway 9". In his 1996 book
Point Blank (Bruce Springsteen song) Point Blank (Bruce Springsteen song) "Point Blank" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and first released on Springsteen's 1980 album "The River". In Europe, it was also released as a single in 1981, backed by another song from "The River", "Ramrod". Although it was not released as a single in the US, it did reach #20 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Point Blank" was written in 1978, and was the first song Springsteen wrote after completing the "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album. "Point Blank" had its live premiere on July 7, 1978 in a concert