In the new song from Bruce Springsteen’s upcoming album Western Stars, the singer is waiting for his lover on the “Tucson Train.” The song further showcases the 70s singer-songwriter sound of the new album.
In “Tucson Train,” the singer has left behind the “pills and the rain” of San Francisco, out to find a new life in Tucson. And now he is waiting for his love to follow him there and arrive on the train.
Although he keeps repeating that she’s coming on the train, a listener might wonder whether it is wishful thinking based on some of the other lyrics. In recounting his past life, he says “seemed all our our love was in vain.” And he adds, “We fought til nothin’ remained.”
He finds relief in hard work and the “hard sun” of Arizona. Now, he explains, ” I’ll wait all God’s creation / Just to show her a man can change/ Now my baby’s coming in on the Tucson train.”
The music sounds more hopeful than despairing. My bet is that she is on that train.
The album Western Stars hits the Internet on June 14, 2019.
Speaking of trains, check out this post on one of Springsteen’s all-time great songs that uses train imagery. What do you think of Springsteen’s new song? Leave your two cents in the comments.
