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
My Lucky Day (Bruce Springsteen song) into any GH game since "World Tour", making it one of only two Springsteen songs ever to appear in the series. It peaked at #18 on the American Triple-A charts in early June. Despite being a single the song wasn't played a lot during the Working on a Dream Tour making just five appearances during Springsteen's U.S. shows and a total of nineteen performances total on the world tour. My Lucky Day (Bruce Springsteen song) My Lucky Day is a song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen. It was released as the second single on his 2009 album "Working on