BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN JUST RELEASED A NEW SONG — AND “STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS” CUTS DEEPER THAN ANYONE EXPECTED. With little warning, Bruce Springsteen has unveiled a stark new track titled Streets of Minneapolis, and it lands with the quiet force of a reckoning rather than a radio single. Stripped-down and heavy with atmosphere, the song walks through grief, unrest, and moral unease, letting the weight of the streets speak louder than any chorus ever could. Springsteen doesn’t shout or sermonize — he observes, reflects, and lets the silences do as much work as the lyrics, creating something that feels less like a release and more like a statement. It’s the kind of song that demands stillness, inviting listeners to sit with it rather than sing along, and once it ends, the echo lingers — proof that when Springsteen turns his attention to a place and a moment, he doesn’t just write about it… he leaves a mark.
Listen to Bruce Springsteen’s New Song, ‘Streets of Minneapolis’
SiriusXM’s E Street Radio will start playing the song today (January 28).
Bruce Springsteen released a new protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” on January 28.
“I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis,” Bruce wrote. “It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.”
In “Streets of Minneapolis,” Bruce denounces “King Trump’s private army” and praises the observers and demonstrators who “stood for justice, their voices ringing through the night.” Check out the song and its lyrics below, and listen to it on E Street Radio with host Jim Rotolo starting today at 5pm ET on car radios and the SiriusXM app.
“Streets of Minneapolis” Lyrics
Through the winter’s ice and cold
Down Nicollet Avenue
A city aflame fought fire and ice
‘Neath an occupier’s boots
King Trump’s private army from the DHS
Guns belted to their coats
Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law
Or so their story goes
Against smoke and rubber bullets
By the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Trump’s federal thugs beat up on
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Crying through the bloody mist
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Now they say they’re here to uphold the law
But they trample on our rights
If your skin is black or brown my friend
You can be questioned or deported on sight
In chants of ICE out now
Our city’s heart and soul persists
Through broken glass and bloody tears
On the streets of Minneapolis
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
Source: siriusxm.com