"You Know You're A Fan If..."

PART III

... you consider quitting your job to follow Bruce on tour.
... Terry McGovern has seen you so many times he has you on his "possible stalkers" list
... your wardrobe starts to match what Bruce is wearing on the current tour.
... you've been to Abbey Road - and I don't mean the one in England!
... you consider naming your firstborn son Kyle William
... you did name your first born son Kyle William
... someone calls out for your friend: "Billy!?", and you respond: "He's down by the railroad tracks..."
... you have more knowledge about the sections and seating at the Meadowlands than people that actually work there
... you have more Ticketmaster numbers plugged into your cell phone than friends and family
... you buy the Asbury Park Press and USA Today every day of the tour, just in case there are articles to add to your Bruce scrapbook.
... you name your boat Crazy Janey, Rosalita, or Wendy.
... you name your pets Clarence, Steve, or Bruce.
... you plan your life around a Bruce concert date.
... you name your cats "Crazy Janey" and "Go-Kart Mozart"
... you WILL NOT date anyone that cannot pass your "Bruce test".
... you call Bob Dylan "The Old Springsteen"
... you are making birthday cakes for your colleagues at work on the night of September 22
... you can't read "Backstreets" without getting tears in your eyes
... the only time your daily newspaper got you mad enough to write to them is when they spoke badly of Bruce
... you keep checking out a message board every couple of hours
... you don't ask at a Bruce concert "who is opening for Bruce and the E street band?"
... when riding a bus you tell the driver to keep the change
... you are spending your 21st wedding anniversary at the Spectrum with 20,000 of your "closest friends" and your spouse is at home
... you've ever sat barefoot on the hood of a Dodge drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain
... you've eagerly picked up someone from out of town that you've never met before and shown them the local sights before going to the concert

... getting a new Bruceleg in the mail is a good excuse to be late for work
... you refer to police cars as "cherry tops"
... your high school cafeteria has a mural of Born to Run's cover.
... you cried when the people from Abbey Road were arrested.
... you have a real "BRUCE RD" street sign in your room.
... your senior prom song was "Jersey Girl" because you rigged the votes.
... you play "My Hometown" every time you drive down Main St. Freehold.
... you read this list more than once.
... you belong to TLU
... you know what kind of shoes are on Bruce's guitar
... you are in love with a Jersey girl
... you nearly got into an wreck while driving though Niagara Falls because the truck next to you said "Freehold" on the door and you were trying to wave your concert t-shirt out the window at him
... you've ever grabbed your baby like a wild pitch
... you've got a 69 Chevy with a 396...
... your tires were slashed and you almost crashed...
... you live in NJ and stayed up until 2a.m. because you "had" to see the set list from the west coast shows
... you live in Europe and the first thing you do in the morning is check out the US setlist (given that you didn't stay up all night to follow it...)
... you know who the Scooter is (and it's not Phil Rizzuto)
... you look at Sony's "Blazing Hot Springsteen News" and realize that "Blazing Hot" means 2 or more months old
... you own two or more credit cards that have different names and addresses so you can get more tickets
... anytime you hear the name Bruce you automatically assume someone's talking about Springsteen
... you know that Tom Waits did the original version of "Jersey Girl"
... you hear someone say "100 miles" you start singing "...200 miles.... 300 miles..."
... you never, -ever- turn off "Born To Run" in the car before it's done, even if you have to sit in a parking lot waiting.
... when in a multi-car caravan with relatives/friends, you flash another driver 1-2-3-4 fingers and they nod in appreciation.

... you put 'Bruce' lines in the Anniversary Card to your spouse (Two Hearts are better than One")
... you hear a Bruce song on the radio you smile real big and **Demand** that your kids take note that it's **Not** a tape or CD!
... you know more tape traders than people on your block
... on the all forms that ask for your date of birth, you put down the date of your first Bruce show
... when you meet Steve Van Zandt, you can't decide whether to call him Littlle or Miami
... there is a welcome mat on your doorstep to all members of the E STREET NATION
... you're unemployed because you've "been looking for a job, but it's hard to find"
... you're single cause no one you ever looked straight at has looked straight back
... everyone that knows you brings in articles and pictures of Bruce from their newspapers.
... the only tapes/CDs in your car are Bruce.
... you buy Bruce memorabilia off of E-bay.
... the first thing you say when your beautiful niece is born is-"it's Bruce's birthday".
... you get kicked out of the show for taking pictures!
... you stand in line for hours hoping to get a ticket at the ticket drop.
... all your computer passwords have something to do with Bruce.
... you're trying to push it till it's all understood
... you are searching for a reason to believe
... you still have hopes and dreams
... you still have a little faith in the night
... you are tired of dancin in the dark
... tonights gonna be everything I said
... you are searching for something real
... you just want to dance 'cause you're happy to be alive
... you are listening to a song, and for some strange (unknown) reason, you yell out in the middle "C'mon Steve!"
... your spouse/partner/roommate doesn't even ask you what was in the package you got today (and just says : "You got some more CDs")

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