Sorry to disillusion all you theorists but I know the true source of these lyrics...It's all about a young lady called Pauline with whom Mr Springsteen was living with in the 1970's...Despite living in the US for almost 60 years she has retained her British citizenship hence the references to England...Union Jack...Cheshire smile and so on...Pauline moved up to NYC for a while and got in some bad company and ended up in Belle Vue with a bad reaction to the substances she was partaking in. Mr Springsteen jumped in his car and brought her back to Long Branch....He makes a reference to Pauline on page 157 of his autobiography...Pauline is my sister.
Sorry to disillusion all you theorists but I know the true source of these lyrics...It's all about a young lady called Pauline with whom Mr Springsteen was living with in the 1970's...Despite living in the US for almost 60 years she has retained her British citizenship hence the references to England...Union Jack...Cheshire smile and so on...Pauline moved up to NYC for a while and got in some bad company and ended up in Belle Vue with a bad reaction to the substances she was partaking in. Mr Springsteen jumped in his car and brought her back to Long Branch....He makes a reference to Pauline on page 157 of his autobiography...Pauline is my sister.
@Safeway56 How is Pauline now?
@Safeway56 How is Pauline now?