[gerbilly]

> the ability to write song lyrics does not make Bruce Springsteen unique.

Springsteen is fact very good at writing lyrics.

Some of his lines draw beautiful character portraits, very economically:

> Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack

> I went out for a ride and I never went back

[hgsgm]

Songwriting isn't a niche that an aspiring rockstar accidentally falls into. It's half the point of the whole enterprise.