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"Downbound Train" is a song that appears on the 1984 Bruce Springsteen album Born in the U.S.A. The song is a lament to a lost spouse, and takes on a melancholy tone. Author Christopher Sandford described the song as beginning "like a Keith Richards' riff" that ultimately moves to "one of those great country busted-heart lines, 'Now I work down at the car wash/where all it ever does is rain.'"

Reception
Author Robert Kirkpatrick contended that "Downbound Train" "might be the best song on the album", Other observers analyzed it in retrospect as a harbinger, with naturalistic imagery lacing the song throughout in an approach that Springsteen would return to heavily in his Dylan-"Series of Dreams"-influenced early 1990s. ==Personnel==
Personnel
According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon and the album's liner notes: • Bruce Springsteen – vocals, guitars • Roy Bittan – synthesizer • Garry Tallent – bass • Max Weinberg – drums ==Cover versions==
Cover versions
The Smithereens contributed a cover of "Downbound Train" to the 1997 album, One Step Up / Two Steps Back – The Songs of Bruce Springsteen. • Kurt Vile included a cover of "Downbound Train" on his EP, So Outta Reach. • ''Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska'' included a cover of "Downbound Train" by Raul Malo. ==See also==
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