Goodbye and Good Luck

Lyrics

[ROB] Why can't I be like the Boss? 'Cause being like me is no fun Why was I doomed to be left? Why wasn't I born to run? Why can't I let loose of this heavy load Of rage and of pain? Why can't I be from Thunder Road And not from Pudding Hill Lane? With my girl on stage there smiling across Even for one night Why can't I be like the Boss? Woah Woah, woah, woah, woah Why can't I be like the Boss? Woah Woah, woah, woah, woah Why can't I be like the— [BRUCE, spoken] Why can't you, Rob? [ROB, spoken] What? [BRUCE, spoken] Why can't you, y'know, be like me? [ROB, spoken] Boss? [BRUCE, spoken] Please, call me Mr. Springsteen You know, with your top five break-ups Why don't you get in touch with 'em? [ROB, spoken] Uh, why would I? [BRUCE, spoken] Well, it's, it's like in "Bobby Jean..." [ROB, spoken] Oh, where you call the girl up, but she's left town And you're pissed off you didn't know about it? [BRUCE, spoken] Right! 'Cause I wanted to say goodbye And that I missed her And I wish her good luck It's closure, man And it's the same with your Top Five! [BRUCE] Why don't you call them like the ghosts That roam the main street of the steel town Where the plant's been closed Since Veteran's Day? [ROB, spoken] What plant? [BRUCE] You're a lost soul drowning In the memories that haunt you All those pretty bare feet runnin' into the night See them runnin' away [ROB, spoken] But what would I say? [BRUCE] Just tell 'em how you are And ask 'em how they are Then look into their eyes And talk without makin' a sound Then you can forgive them for messin' around And they can forgive you for messin' around Yeah, you can forgive them for messin' around And they can forgive you for messin' around Think how good you'll be feelin' then Shinin' like the chrome on your bike All revved up and ready to start again Laughin' as you're thinkin' back to when Love was somethin' you didn't like So bottled up with pain you might explode So if you want to be lifted of your heavy load Say goodbye and good luck to your top five break-ups And move on down the road [ROB, spoken] Say what? [BRUCE] Say goodbye and good luck to your top five break-ups And move on down the road [ROB] Alison who ditched me After three days in the park [BRUCE, spoken] Call her! [ROB] Penny who wouldn't let me feel her up Then had sex with that bastard Clark [BRUCE, spoken] Woo, cold! [ROB] Charlie who was too much for my heart to defend [BRUCE, spoken] That's right! [ROB] Sarah who was safe, but then turned gay in the end [BRUCE, spoken] C'mon! [ROB & BRUCE] Laura who made me/you The mess that I am/you are today! [BRUCE, spoken] One, two, three! [BRUCE] Goodbye and good luck to your top five break-ups And move on down the road! [Four cell phones ring.] [ALISON, spoken] Hello? [PENNY, spoken] Hey-hey-hey [CHARLIE, spoken] Pronto [SARAH, spoken] Yo [ROB] Well, hey there, I just called to say hello And wish you well and that I cherish those times we shared Despite what you did [ALISON, spoken] Who is this? [ROB] Though you wouldn't even let me Touch your breast Then gave it up for Clark Let's put the past to rest Hey, you were only a kid [PENNY, spoken] How'd you get this number? [ROB] Sure, I was naive then My-heart-on-my-sleeve then And I never quite got my feet Back on the ground [CHARLIE, spoken] That's my call-waiting [SARAH, spoken] I'm a dyke! [ROB] But, girl, I forgive you for messin' around And I hope you forgive me for messin' around Just know I forgive you for messin' around And I pray you forgive me for messin' around Now I'm feeling clean and new and fresh Shining like the chrome on my bike [BRUCE, spoken] Schwinn! [ROB] All revved up and ready to start again [BRUCE] Yeah, you're laughin' as you're thinkin' back to when Love was somethin' you didn't like [ROB] I put an end to that old episode [ROB & BRUCE] And if you want to be lifted of your heavy load Say goodbye and good luck to my/your top five break-ups And move on down the road Say goodbye and good luck to my/your top five break-ups [BRUCE] Ciao and adios to your top five break-ups [ROB & BRUCE] So long and sayonara To that old pain and sorrow [ROB] I'm movin' on down [BRUCE] You won't stick around [ROB] Yeah, I'm movin' on down— [ROB & BRUCE] The road!