You've seen me, I come and stand at every door You've seen me, I always leave with less than I had before You've seen me, bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor Tell me, fan, can you ask for anything more? Tell me, fan, can you ask for anything more?
Have you ever seen a one-legged man trying to dance his way free? If you've ever seen that man then you've seen me
Tell me, fan, can you ask for anything more? Tell me, fan, can you ask for anything more?
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Bruce Springsteen wrote and released this song as the title track to Micky Rourke’s 2008 film “The Wrestler.”
It was nominated for the 2008 MTV music award but lost to Miley Cyrus’s “The Climb,” all of which seems to be a kind of barometer for the state of “American-ness” as measured through Springsteen’s declining popularity and the rise of a new, young, sexualized “brand” of pop. See Tiqquon’s “Materials for a theory of the Young-Girl” for more on this…
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