“Clouds” is the first entry in Bruce’s legendary lost 1968 Notebook. Likely performed in his solo acoustic shows that year, “Clouds” is the lament of a Vietnam soldier clinging desperately to visions of home, love, and life.
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Another excerpt from the “1968 Notebook,” “Slum Sentiments,” shows how well Bruce had already honed his writing by the tender age of eighteen.
Bruce grappled with depression through song as early as 1968, as this unreleased entry from his notebook demonstrates.
It’s time for another dip into the “1968 Notebook” — this time for a song so early in development that it doesn’t even have a name.
Unearthed handwritten lyrics by an 18-year-old Bruce Springsteen.