39. Used Cars (Nebraska, 1982)

Jag känner inspirationen flöda i dag. Vi tar en till. Used Cars är en av de vackraste små låtarna på Nebraska. Texten först. Så enormt bra:

My little sister's in the front seat with an ice cream cone
My ma's in the black seat sittin' all alone
As my pa steers her slow out of the lot for a test drive down Michigan Avenue

Now, my ma, she fingers her wedding band
And watches the salesman stare at my old man's hands
He's tellin' us all 'bout the break he'd give us if he could, but he just can't
Well if I could, I swear I know just what I'd do

Now, mister, the day the lottery I win I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again

Now, the neighbors come from near and far
As we pull up in our brand new used car
I wish he'd just hit the gas and let out a cry and tell 'em all they can kiss our asses goodbye

My dad, he sweats the same job from mornin' to morn
Me, I walk home on the same dirty streets where I was born
Up the block I can hear my little sister in the front seat blowin' that horn
The sounds echoin' all down Michigan Avenue

Now, mister, the day my numbers comes in I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again

Nebraska är den stora sitta-uppe-sent-och-lyssna-på-musik-skivan och i den kontexten är Used Cars den kanske mest centrala låten. Lugn, stillsam, försiktig, ändlöst vacker. En plockande gitarr, ett munspel och Springsteens sång.Det här You Tube-kollaget är kanske inte så spännande att se på, men blunda och njut av musiken.