Skid Row is a dumping ground for inmates released from the nearby county jail, and it's a place where the sirens never stop screaming.

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Some nights, Springsteen stays a little longer in his dressing room, ginning himself up for all the running, jumping, and screaming, but there is never the thought of taking a pass.

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"I never get tired of hearing people laughing and screaming, " he says.

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