One of the final entries in Bruce’s 1968 Notebook is a tender (bordering on sappy) love song he never recorded.
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Let’s take another trip into Bruce’s 1968 Notebook with a lengthy entry that reads more like a poem than a song.

From the pages of his 1968 Notebook comes Bruce’s retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

It’s time for another installment from Bruce’s 1968 notebook–this time a poem rather than a song.

Nineteen-year-old Bruce Springsteen grappled with the horrors of the Vietnam War in one of his earliest compositions.

This early composition by 18-year-old Bruce Springsteen reveals a growing awareness and concern for societal ills.

Long before “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” nineteen-year-old Bruce Springsteen adapted another great work of literature into song.

Never recorded or performed, Bruce’s notebook lyrics for “New York Morning Love” reveal a budding 18-year-old songwriter grappling with some very adult themes.

Let’s take another trip back to Bruce’s 1968 Notebook, where an 18-year-old Bruce Springsteen aims a bit too high this time.

In this installment from the 1968 Notebook, we learn that Bruce had his lean, spare storytelling chops long before he revealed them on Nebraska.