Human Touch

Album: Human Touch (1992)
Charted: 11 16
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  • You and me we were the pretenders
    We let it all slip away
    In the end what you don't surrender
    Well, the world just strips away

    Girl, ain't no kindness in the face of strangers
    Ain't gonna find no miracles here
    Well, you can wait on your blessin's, my darlin'
    I got a deal for you right here

    I ain't lookin' for praise or pity
    I ain't comin' 'round searchin' for a crutch
    I just want someone to talk to
    And a little of that human touch
    Just a little of that human touch

    Ain't no mercy on the streets of this town
    Ain't no bread from heavenly skies
    Ain't nobody drawin' wine from this blood
    It's just you and me tonight

    Tell me, in a world without pity
    Do you think what I'm askin's too much?
    I just want something to hold on to
    And a little of that human touch
    Just a little of that human touch

    Oh girl, that feeling of safety you prize
    Well, it comes with a hard hard price
    You can't shut off the risk and the pain
    Without losin' the love that remains
    We're all riders on this train

    So you've been broken and you've been hurt
    Show me somebody who ain't
    Yeah, I know I ain't nobody's bargain
    But, hell, a little touch up
    And a little paint

    You might need somethin' to hold on to
    When all the answers, they don't amount to much
    Somebody that you could just to talk to
    And a little of that human touch

    Baby, in a world without pity
    Do you think what I'm askin's too much?
    I just want to feel you in my arms
    Share a little of that human touch
    Share a little of that human touch
    Feel a little of that human touch
    Feel a little of that human touch
    Share a little of that human touch
    Feel a little of that human touch
    Give you a little of that human touch
    And you give me a little of that human touch Writer/s: Bruce Springsteen
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 12

  • S4c from NomanslandThe song is a tribute to the experience of succumbing to the control and abuse of a narcissistic woman. Deciding to accept her torment rather than be without her. Offering himself to become like her if she could never change. Sacrificing everything and everyone he had only to be abandoned.
    The song was originally meant to be titled “Natalia”.
  • Jay G. from Black Hills Of SdIt's "I ain't lookin' for prayers or pity" -- not "praise or pity".
  • Jeffrey from P M, Manitoba My favourite Springsteen song, inspires with tears.
  • Simon Mcpartland from AustraliaI love it best song all time listen many like great feelings .. 10/10 keep on going The boss BS
  • Sarah Remmel from Twinsburg, OhioThis is one of Bruce's, all-time greatest songs ever, & one of my all-time, favorite songs, he ever did. Bruce is awesome. Love you, Bruce. Bruce is the best. Nobody kicks ass, like Bruce Springsteen.
  • Timothy from Long Beach, Nybut hell a little touch up and a little paint
  • Nancy from Washington, DcOne of the best things of this song-- the lyrics.
  • Nancy from Winnipeg, MbBelieve it or not, this song was used in a scene from ABC's daytime soap, "All My Children," years ago. It was a seduction scene (surprise!) with former characters Dixie Martin and Brian Bodine. The song was used the one time and made me wonder why someone as big as Springsteen would lend(?) a song to a soap. Well, it made me remember it anyway...
  • Gene from San Diego, CaI freakin' love this album. It is extremely underrated, though, as the previous person said. Also loved Lucky Town.
  • Tommy from Balen, BelgiumGreat song from a not so great album.
  • Deb from Cleveland, OhThe lyrics "you might need someone to hold on to when the answers they dont amount to much" is just one of Springsteen's many, many amazing one-liners. I can say with confidence that I know most of them. A fan since 1975.
  • Ace from Ceasd, MtGreat song , springsteen has an ability to write great songs that are the perfect amount of rock and good thoughts put into a song. The lyrics "you might need someone to hold on to when the asnwers they dont amount to much" are amazing. one fo the best
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