ABSTRACT
“I won’t change my mind… Keep your hand on my thigh tonight!” That’s a line from the chorus of the echt Springsteen track of the past decade. But it’s not by Bruce. The song is Kathleen Edwards’ “Oil Man’s War”—a tale of 247Bobby (“who wished he was from the past/He said those cars they used to drive were the best”) and Annabel (“no way in hell I’m going home/Mamma says she always knows best/God love her, but her life is a mess”). Bobby’s gone AWOL and they’re heading for Canada: “When we get up north/we’ll buy us a store/live upstairs after the kids are born.” Their hopes ride on a guitar riff that lifts like “Born to Run’s.”
