From one of my all time favourite albums and a concept album at that. Some of the imagery is amazing but how I interpret the songs seems different to what Springsteen intended.
I always imagined Madame Marie was either part of organised crime or knew that the cops were bent and who they were going to lean on.

He tried selling his heart to the heart girls over on Easy Street
(apologies if any lyrics incorrect it's from memory)

Great tunage.

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