The Wily Filipino

They Call Me Cormac?

From Bruce Springsteen's "Black Cowboys" (from the 2005 album Devils and Dust):

In the twilight Rainey walked to the station along streets of stone. Through Pennsylvania and Ohio his train drifted on. Through the small towns of Indiana the big train crept, as he lay his head back on the seat and slept. He awoke and the towns gave way to muddy fields of green, corn and cotton and an endless nothin' in between. Over the rutted hills of Oklahoma the red sun slipped and was gone. The moon rose and stripped the earth to its bone.

Okay -- lame pun on the bad '80s comedy They Call Me Bruce? aside, the new Springsteen album is (I think) the best he's done since the underrated Tunnel of Love (1987). I'll post a review later. Posted by the wily filipino at September 25, 2005 09:17 PM