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NEBRASKA

I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton
Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died

From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska with a sawed off .410 on my lap
Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path

I can't say that I'm sorry for the things that we done
At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun

The jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death
Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest

Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor head back
You make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap

They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my soul'd be hurled
They wanted to know why I did what I did
Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world

Played in the Born In The USA and The Ghost Of Tom Joad tours. Often soundchecked, but never played, during the Reunion tour.

NEBRASKA is the title song, about Charlie Starkweather, the serial killer chronicled in the movie Badlands, is one of two of the album about men who see the electric chair as their natural, God-given fate, if not their salvation.

Along with STATE TROOPER, was covered live by Steve Earle and included on his 19 tracks album The Collection.

Appeared on a single in 1996 with THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD, MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER, and ONE STEP UP.

Available on:

Nebraska (track 1)
The Essential (disc 1- track 14)
Live 1975-85 (disc 2- track 10)
Tribute 2000: Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (track 1), performed by Chrissie Hynde and Adam Seymour