ANOTHER THIN LINE

Album version


Joe Grushecky:		Gray morning sky
		Splits through the shade
		Another day come
		More time to make
		Kids growing up
		Cat's getting fatter
		Lying here with you
		Nothing else matters

Bruce Springsteen:		You work hard
		Keep your eyes on the prize
		Wake up
Joe Grushecky:		Wake up
Bruce Springsteen:		Makes you open your eyes
		Every muscle
Joe Grushecky:		Every muscle
Bruce Springsteen:		In your body hurts
		Stop praying for things to get better
		Pray they don't get worse
Grushecky and Springsteen:		They don't get worse

Joe Grushecky:		Another thin line
Grushecky and Springsteen:		I don't dare cross
Joe Grushecky:		Another home game
Grushecky and Springsteen:		Another close loss
Joe Grushecky:		Well, we'll get by
Grushecky and Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Baby, we'll get by
Bruce Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by

Joe Grushecky:		The work week
		Time to move on
		Another heartache
		Another dream gone
Bruce Springsteen:		A cold day
Joe Grushecky:		A cold day
Bruce Springsteen:		Ain't no sun
		No use complaining
Joe Grushecky:		No use complaining
Bruce Springsteen:		Gotta get the job done
Joe Grushecky:		Gotta get the job done

Joe Grushecky:		Another thin line
Grushecky and Springsteen:		I don't dare cross
Joe Grushecky:		Another home game
Grushecky and Springsteen:		Another close loss
Joe Grushecky:		Yeah, we'll get by
Grushecky and Springsteen:		We'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Baby, we'll get by
Bruce Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Yeah, we'll get by

Joe Grushecky:		Well it ain't us
		Up on the stocks
		I stand below
		You sit pretty on top
Bruce Springsteen:		Well, how long
		Before it's my turn
		The bottom line's
		That souls do burn
Joe Grushecky:		Souls do burn
Grushecky and Springsteen:		Souls do burn

Joe Grushecky:		The money's all gone
		Nothing in the banks
Bruce Springsteen:		Somebody gets sick
		Family closes rank
Joe Grushecky:		Before you know it
		Christmas is here
Grushecky and Springsteen:		You wake up
Grushecky and Springsteen:		It's a new year
Joe Grushecky:		It's a new year

Joe Grushecky:		Another thin line
Grushecky and Springsteen:		I don't dare cross
Joe Grushecky:		Another home game
Grushecky and Springsteen:		Another close loss
Joe Grushecky:		Well, we'll get by
Grushecky and Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Baby, we'll get by
Bruce Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by

Joe Grushecky:		Another thin line
Grushecky and Springsteen:		That I don't dare cross
Joe Grushecky:		Another home game
Grushecky and Springsteen:		Another close loss
Joe Grushecky:		Well, we'll get by
Grushecky and Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Baby, we'll get by
Bruce Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Baby, we'll get by
Bruce Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Baby, we'll get by
Bruce Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Baby, we'll get by
Bruce Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Baby, we'll get by
Bruce Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Baby, we'll get by
Bruce Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Baby, we'll get by
Bruce Springsteen:		Baby, we'll get by
Joe Grushecky:		Baby, we'll get by

Page last updated: 20 Aug 2012

Info

ANOTHER THIN LINE is a song co-written by Bruce Springsteen and Joe Grushecky and released on Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers 2009 album East Carson Street. Springsteen participated in the recording of three of the album's tracks; he plays guitar on EAST CARSON STREET, sings duet vocals and plays lead guitar on ANOTHER THIN LINE, and plays lead guitar on BROKEN WHEEL.

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The above lyrics are transcribed from Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers' studio version of ANOTHER THIN LINE, as released on East Carson Street.

Composition

ANOTHER THIN LINE was co-written by Bruce Springsteen and Joe Grushecky sometime between late 1997 and early 2000. In a Spring 2007 interview for Backstreets magazine, Grushecky explained that Springsteen asked him if he had any stuff he thought he could use for rock songs for the E Street Band. This lead to some writing sessions and ANOTHER THIN LINE was something that Grushecky had written and sent to Springsteen long-distance by fax.

Springsteen would later use the lyrics "Gray morning sky / Splits through the shade" in SHACKLED AND DRAWN.

Live History

ANOTHER THIN LINE was performed 3 times during the 132-date-long The Reunion Tour. All three outings were during the 10-night stand at Madison Square Garden that concluded the tour. The song was the opener of those three shows.

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ANOTHER THIN LINE was performed twice during the 120-date-long The Rising Tour, on the very last two dates.

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ANOTHER THIN LINE was performed during the tenth (2010) and eleventh (2011) annual Light Of Day benefits. The song was played with Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers.

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ANOTHER THIN LINE was performed off-tour on 04 and 05 Nov 2010 and 03 and 04 Nov 2011 at Soldiers And Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh, PA, when Bruce Springsteen appeared at Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers concerts.

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Credits

Thanks Timmy Peterson (Terry at Greasy Lake).