8 thoughts on “ Meeting Across The River ”

1. Meeting Across the River Lyrics: Hey, Eddie, can you lend me a few bucks / And tonight can you get us a ride / Gotta make it through the tunnel / Got a meeting with a man on the other side / Hey.

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2. "Meeting across the River," from Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album, is a song with an evocative melody and lyrics that unfold like a noir fable: a man down on his luck but desperate to make things right with his girl tells his buddy, Eddie, that they have to get across the river for a last-chance meeting with someone, all in the hopes of a big score, two grand/5(7).

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3. This is one of Springsteen's character songs where he examines the psyche of someone down on his luck. The main character is a common criminal who has worked himself into a bit of trouble. This song was the inspiration for the book titled Meeting Across the River: Stories Inspired by the.

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4. "Meeting Across The River" Hey, Eddie, can you lend me a few bucks And tonight can you get us a ride Gotta make it through the tunnel Got a meeting with a man on the other side Hey Eddie, this guy, he's the real thing So if you want to come along You gotta promise you won't say anything.

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5. Surprisingly good collection of short stories all with loose tie-ins to the Bruce Springsteen song Meeting Across the River. Plots are varied settings but usually include Eddie, Cherry and rivers to cross; sometimes the pawned radio is mentioned, and usually the plots result in things not going quite as planned, just as one imagines the song would end if it continued/5.

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6. "Meeting Across The River" is the darkest and most mysterious song in Bruce Springsteen's catalog. Sung from the protagonist's point of view, it tells of some sort of small-time criminal who in speaking to his friend (and possibly) partner Eddie needs a ride and some to make one last big score/5(2).

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7. Meeting Across the River song meanings Add your thoughts 21 Comments. sort form View by: Highest Rated General CommentI believe that this song is about a broke guy who is going across the river to rob a drug dealer. He is trying to get his friend to help him EAHon May 13, Link.5/5(3).

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8. Dec 04,  · "Meeting Across the River," from Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album, is a song with an evocative melody and lyrics that unfold like a noir fable: a man down on his luck but desperate to make things right with his girl tells his buddy, Eddie, that they have to get across the river for a last-chance meeting with someone, all in the hopes of a /5(7).

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