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
Better Days (Bruce Springsteen song) Springsteen songs. Better Days (Bruce Springsteen song) "Better Days" is the first single from American rock singer/songwriter Bruce Springsteen's tenth studio album "Lucky Town". It was originally released in the United States in March 1992 as a double A side with "Human Touch", reaching No. 16 on "Billboard" Hot 100 and the second position on the US Mainstream Rock chart. It was later released in the rest of the world as a stand-alone single in May and reached its highest position in Italy (No. 2). On "Rolling Stone" "Better Days" peaked at position #70 on their list of the 100