This Life

Bruce Springsteen

1. A bang then stardust in your eyes,
   a billion years for just this night;
   in a way it will be alright
   
   A blackness then the light of a million stars,
   as you slip into in my car;
   the evening sky strikes sparks

R: This life, this life and then the next,
   with you I have been blessed
   What more can you expect?

2. At night at my telescope alone,
   this emptiness I've roamed;
   
   The stars, a brief string of shining charms,
   rushing in right out of our arms;
   into the drifting dark

R: This life, this life and then the next...

R1: This life, this life and then the next,
    I finger the hem of your dress
    My universe at rest

3. We reach for starlight all night long,
   but gravity is too strong;
   chained to this earth we go on and on and on and on and on
   
   Then a million sighs cresting were you stood,
   a beauty in the neighborhood;
   this lonely planet never looked so good

R: This life, this life and then the next...

R1: This life, this life and then the next...

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