DARKNESS ON THE
EDGE OF TOWN

. Badlands
. Adam Raised a Cain
. Something In the Night
. Candy's Room
. Racing In the Street
. The Promised Land
. Factory
. Streets of Fire
. Prove It All Night
. Darkness On the Edge of Town

Factory

Early in the morning factory whistle blows,
Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes,
Man takes his lunch, walks out in the morning light,
It's the working, the working, just the working life.

Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain,
I see my daddy walking through them factory gates in the rain,
Factory takes his hearing, factory gives him life,
The working, the working, just the working life.

End of the day, factory whistle cries,
Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes.
And you just better believe, boy,
somebody's gonna get hurt tonight,
It's the working, the working, just the working life.

Só após uma longa batalha judicial entre o Boss e o seu manager e co-produtor Mike Appel, pelos direitos das vendas dos discos, na qual Springsteen sai vencedor, consegue editar "Darkness on the Edge of Town".
Três anos depois de "Born to Run", este é um albúm de excelentes canções, misto de desespero e raiva.