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
The Promised Land (Bruce Springsteen song) The Promised Land (Bruce Springsteen song) "The Promised Land" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1978 album "Darkness on the Edge of Town". It was released as a single in Europe, backed by another song from "Darkness on the Edge of Town", "Streets of Fire", the third single from the album after "Badlands" and "Prove It All Night". "The Promised Land" was also included on the compilation album "The Essential Bruce Springsteen". The song has been a staple of Springsteen's live shows since 1978, and has been included on several concert albums and videos. The live album "Live/1975–85"