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[Lily]

On September 16, 2017, the group chose Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen as their read for October 21, 2017.

[Lily]

Here is a video of Springsteen singing "Born to Run":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuTh...

And here are the lyrics:

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway nine,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected, and steppin' out over the line
H-Oh, Baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run.

Yes, girl we were

Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs ‘round these velvet rims
And strap your hands ‘cross my engines
Together we could break this trap
We’ll run till we drop, baby we’ll never go back
H-Oh, Will you walk with me out on the wire
‘Cause baby I’m just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta know how it feels
I want to know if love is wild
Babe I want to know if love is real.

Oh, can you show me

Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
Girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you Wendy on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss

One, two, three, four!

The highway’s jammed with broken heroes on a last chance powered drive
Everybody’s out on the run tonight
But there’s no place left to hide
Together Wendy we can live with the sadness
I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul
H-Oh, Someday girl I don’t know when
We’re gonna get to that place
Where we really wanna go
And we’ll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
Baby we were born to run

Oh honey, tramps like us
Baby we were born to run

Come on Wendy, tramps like us
Baby we were born to run

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen
Born To Run lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bruce+sp...

[Lily]

Barnes and Noble entry and access to its customer reviews:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/born...

Simon and Schuster page promoting the book:

http://www.simonandschuster.com/books...

Synopses from a number of book reviews in Entertainment Weekly:

http://ew.com/article/2016/09/27/born...

Appear to be links here to the reviews themselves. (I haven't pursued these yet.)