While the song was written during the troubled final years of Springsteen’s first marriage to Julianne Phillips, it has since become synonymous with his enduring partnership with Patti Scialfa.
: Decades later, the song served as a cornerstone of Springsteen on Broadway , performed as an intimate duet that Springsteen himself has said feels "incomplete" without Scialfa’s voice. Enduring Resonance tougher_than_the_rest
: Artists like Emmylou Harris and the band Midland have embraced the song's "rough enough for love" ethos, finding its country-soul heart. While the song was written during the troubled