Springsteen's 'Wrecking Ball' best sports song ever

Bruce wrote this song for a recent string of shows at the soon-to-be-demolished Giants Stadium, a venue he has played and filled plenty of times over the years.

On the surface it seems like a fun little tribute to the stadium, New Jersey and the Giants -- but I think there's a lot more to the song than that. Here's the bridge and final verse:

Now when all this steel and these stories, they drift away to rust
And all our youth and beauty, it's been given to the dust
And your game has been decided, and you're burning the clock down
And all our little victories and glories, have turned into parking lots
When your best hopes and desires, are scattered through the wind
And hard times come, hard times go
Hard times come, hard times go
And hard times come, hard times go
Hard times come, hard times go
Hard times come, hard times go
Yeah just to come again

Bring on your wrecking ball
Bring on your wrecking ball
Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you've got
Bring on your wrecking ball

I think it's really a song about getting old, mortality, the anger and fear that come with losing the dreams and things you cherished most. And in the face of that stepping to the line and facing the ol' wrecking ball.

I know in the past year I've talked to enough guys -- and a few women -- my age who are learning to play hockey and I can't help but think there's a little more to it than seeking a new fitness routine. You want fitness you go to the gym. You want life and to spit in the face of growing old, you go to the rink and and face the ol' wrecking ball.

--Steve Hymon