{"id":24156,"date":"2020-12-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=24156"},"modified":"2023-01-02T17:05:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T01:05:49","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/15\/roll-of-the-dice-red-headed-woman\/\">Red Headed Woman<\/a>&#8221; is generally considered to be Bruce&#8217;s first officially released song featuring cunnilingus, but it&#8217;s actually his second. He slipped &#8220;Cross My Heart&#8221; past fans with very little notice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x6dxQpS8_xY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Buried deep on Side One of\u00a0<em>Human Touch<\/em>, &#8220;Cross My Heart&#8221; beat &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/15\/roll-of-the-dice-red-headed-woman\/\">Red Headed Woman<\/a>&#8221; to market by a full year. (&#8220;Red Headed Woman&#8221; gets bragging rights for being performed earlier, however.)<\/p>\n<p>Why one song attracted prurient notice and the other didn&#8217;t, I can&#8217;t answer; why Bruce found himself compelled to write two songs featuring the act in short order&#8230; hey, the guy was a newlywed.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, &#8220;Cross My Heart&#8221; isn&#8217;t about cunnilingus any more than &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/21\/roll-of-the-dice-reno\/\">Reno<\/a>&#8221; is about butt stuff, but since the act is what attracts attention on first listen, I thought it best to address it before moving on to the main event.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, Bruce drew upon more than just blue subject matter for his inspiration for this <em>Human Touch<\/em> deep cut&#8211;he also drew on the blues itself, borrowing his song&#8217;s title, theme, and so much of the lyrics from &#8220;Cross My Heart&#8221; by Sonny Boy Williamson II that he gave Williamson a co-writer&#8217;s credit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PNdfgx8Rqq4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Musically, the two songs couldn&#8217;t be more different. Williamson&#8217;s 1958 single is considered a blues classic with a stunning harmonica solo; Bruce&#8217;s song&#8230; well, compared to the other songs on <em>Human Touch<\/em> we can at least admire the restraint shown in the arrangement and production. (It still screams early nineties, though.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cross My Heart&#8221; is downright spare by\u00a0<em>Human Touch\u00a0<\/em>standards, with a total of four instruments: Bruce&#8217;s guitar, Roy&#8217;s keys, Randy Jackson on bass, and Toto&#8217;s Jeff Porcaro on drums. Bruce seems to be reaching for something steamy and sultry with this backing track, but he never quite gets there.\u00a0 Or maybe he overshoots, I can&#8217;t quite decide.<\/p>\n<p>Lyrically, though, Bruce hews pretty closely to Williamson&#8217;s line&#8211;both songs center around a protagonist desperately pleading to be forgiven for his indiscretions, promising faithfulness evermore. But whereas Williamson&#8217;s narrator seems a genuinely repentant and changed man (like the narrator of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/10\/roll-of-the-dice-back-in-your-arms\/\">Back in Your Arms<\/a>&#8220;), Bruce&#8217;s protagonist seems to be a bit more self-aware.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>First time I crossed my heart I was begging baby please<\/em><br \/>\n<em>At your bedside down on my knees<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When I crossed my heart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It&#8217;s when I crossed my heart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I crossed my heart pretty baby over you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The action begins with a couplet largely lifted from Williamson&#8217;s song and transformed into a devilishly clever visual double entendre. Clearly, our narrator has done something wrong and is begging his lover to take him back, but by placing his character&#8217;s act of supplication besides his lover&#8217;s bedside, Bruce suggests that his narrator&#8217;s apology is accompanied by an earthly act of contrition. In other words, he&#8217;s about to orally please his lover if only she&#8217;ll let him.<\/p>\n<p>Although likely employed as idiom, the narrator&#8217;s use of the sign of the cross to promise his faithfulness (from now on) is ironic given the morality tale that lies beneath &#8220;Cross My Heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Second time I crossed my heart rain came in from the south<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I was lying there with something sweet and salty in my mouth<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When I crossed my heart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It&#8217;s when I crossed my heart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When I crossed my heart pretty darling over you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, that means what you think it does. If the first verse was foreplay, the second is afterglow.<\/p>\n<p>Our narrator&#8217;s oral skills brought his lover to climax, with sweet and salty rain coming &#8220;from the south&#8221; into his mouth. Perhaps his first promise was meant to convince his lover, but this second heart-cross seems more like a promise to himself: <em>I&#8217;m not gonna screw this up again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Maybe.<\/p>\n<p>As is often the case, Bruce hides the moral of the song in the bridge&#8211;or in this case, two bridges. Here&#8217;s the first:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Well you may think the world&#8217;s black and white<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And you&#8217;re dirty or you&#8217;re clean<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Son<\/strong>, you better watch out you don&#8217;t slip<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Through them spaces in between<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite our narrator&#8217;s promises of fidelity, Bruce is suggesting that we are listening to someone who rationalizes his actions when he falls short. He&#8217;s <em>generally<\/em> good, <em>mostly <\/em>faithful. But the world isn&#8217;t binary, Bruce cautions, and you can find yourself going south in small increments.<\/p>\n<p>Significantly, the bridge is addressed not to the narrator&#8217;s lover but to the narrator himself. (Notice the &#8220;son&#8221; that&#8217;s almost under his breath.) That&#8217;s a subtle but significant detail. Combined with the sudden context switch, it suggests that we are listening to the narrator&#8217;s inner conscience talking, or perhaps even the voice of the omniscient songwriter.<\/p>\n<p>But before either we or our narrator can consider this further, Bruce brings us back to the heat of the moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Where the night gets sticky and the sky gets black<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Grabbed you baby and you grabbed me back<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And we crossed our heart<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s an extended instrumental break (accompanied by some vocal whooping) that implies our protagonist is getting busy and ignoring that pesky inner voice.\u00a0But then comes that second bridge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Well little boys, little girls<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Yeah they know their wrongs from their rights<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And once you cross your heart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Well you ain&#8217;t ever supposed to lie<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That second couplet is another lift from Sonny Boy, and it&#8217;s a telling one. Our narrator may mean his promise in the moment, but he knows himself well enough to know he&#8217;s not apt to keep it forever. But he&#8217;s not going to ponder that now&#8211;he&#8217;s too content in this moment.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce brings it home in a final verse that lays his character&#8217;s motivation bare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Well life ain&#8217;t nothing but a cold hard ride<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I ain&#8217;t leaving &#8217;til I&#8217;m satisfied<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I cross my heart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Yeah I cross my heart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Well I cross my heart pretty darling over you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are at least a couple ways to read this, none of them charitable. When he says &#8220;I ain&#8217;t leaving &#8217;til I&#8217;m satisfied,&#8221; our narrator may be referring to his lover&#8217;s bedroom or to life in general, but either way his motivations are selfish ones. His pledge may be sincere, but its duration is suspect, and he knows it.<\/p>\n<p>This is a man who is easily swayed by temptation when his cold, hard ride offers an attractive detour. He lives in the moment&#8211;and for the moment, at least, he is content.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Of all the songs on\u00a0<em>Human Touch<\/em>, &#8220;Cross My Heart&#8221; is the song Bruce has played the least in concert. Even &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/01\/roll-of-the-dice-cover-me-pony-boy\/\">Pony Boy<\/a>&#8221; has had more outings.\u00a0Count yourself fortunate if you caught one of its only two performances (both in 1992), but doubly so if you caught the second instead of the first.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce debuted &#8220;Cross My Heart&#8221; at a homecoming show in East Rutherford on July 31, 1992, in an arrangement very close to the one on the album.<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-qHcQSaYj-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='568' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/qHcQSaYj?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Bruce&#8217;s second and final performance to date was the special one, however. At Nassau Coliseum that fall, Bruce performed &#8220;Cross My Heart&#8221; in a moody and acoustic arrangement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ry54U4Fn5aM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>With just Roy on keyboards and Bruce on guitar and harmonica (with a solo that Bruce would one day lift for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/06\/roll-of-the-dice-blood-brothers\/\">Blood Brothers<\/a>&#8220;). Bruce&#8217;s grey lyrics get a chance to breathe, and the song gains a depth (murky as it may be) that it never achieves on record.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cross My Heart&#8221; is one of the stronger songs on\u00a0<em>Human Touch<\/em>, as well as its most overlooked, even by its author. Especially in its acoustic arrangement, it deserves more consideration than it receives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cross My Heart<br \/>\nRecorded:<\/strong> September 1989 &#8211; March 1991<br \/>\n<strong>Released:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Human Touch<\/em> (1992)<br \/>\n<strong>First performed:<\/strong> July 31, 1992 (East Rutherford, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> November 10, 1992 (Uniondale, NY)<\/p>\n<p>Looking for your favorite Bruce song? Check our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/roll-of-the-dice-album-by-album\/\">full index<\/a>. New entries every week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beneath its prurient lyrics, there&#8217;s surprising substance to Bruce&#8217;s nuanced updating of Sonny Boy Williamson&#8217;s classic blues song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[1372,126],"class_list":["post-24156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-roll-of-the-dice","tag-cross-my-heart","tag-human-touch"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ken\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.3\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"E Street Shuffle\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart | E Street Shuffle\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"fb:app_id\" content=\"506162303136980\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"fb:admins\" content=\"358461094680441\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/crossmyheart-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/crossmyheart-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1363\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1363\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-29T13:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-03T01:05:49+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/estreetshuffleblog\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Krosen\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart | E Street Shuffle\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/crossmyheart-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart | E Street Shuffle\",\"headline\":\"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/ken\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/crossmyheart-1.jpg?fit=1363%2C1363&ssl=1\",\"width\":1363,\"height\":1363},\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-29T05:00:00-08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-02T17:05:49-08:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":5,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Roll of the Dice, Cross My Heart, Human Touch\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/category\\\/roll-of-the-dice\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Roll of the Dice\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/category\\\/roll-of-the-dice\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Roll of the Dice\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/category\\\/roll-of-the-dice\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/category\\\/roll-of-the-dice\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Roll of the Dice\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Ken\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d037d3a05b6c9e4ee09ccdf24f113649cbc6f244d3e0a5706ee0a42186f079dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Ken\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/ken\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/ken\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ken\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d037d3a05b6c9e4ee09ccdf24f113649cbc6f244d3e0a5706ee0a42186f079dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Ken\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/\",\"name\":\"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart | E Street Shuffle\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/ken\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/ken\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/crossmyheart-1.jpg?fit=1363%2C1363&ssl=1\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":1363,\"height\":1363},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/29\\\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-29T05:00:00-08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-02T17:05:49-08:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"E Street Shuffle\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/estreetshuffle.com\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart | E Street Shuffle","description":"","canonical_url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#article","name":"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart | E Street Shuffle","headline":"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/author\/ken\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/crossmyheart-1.jpg?fit=1363%2C1363&ssl=1","width":1363,"height":1363},"datePublished":"2020-12-29T05:00:00-08:00","dateModified":"2023-01-02T17:05:49-08:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":5,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Roll of the Dice, Cross My Heart, Human Touch"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/#listItem","name":"Roll of the Dice"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Roll of the Dice","item":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#listItem","name":"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/#listItem","name":"Roll of the Dice"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/#person","name":"Ken","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#personImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d037d3a05b6c9e4ee09ccdf24f113649cbc6f244d3e0a5706ee0a42186f079dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Ken"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/author\/ken\/#author","url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/author\/ken\/","name":"Ken","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d037d3a05b6c9e4ee09ccdf24f113649cbc6f244d3e0a5706ee0a42186f079dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Ken"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/","name":"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart | E Street Shuffle","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/author\/ken\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/author\/ken\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/crossmyheart-1.jpg?fit=1363%2C1363&ssl=1","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#mainImage","width":1363,"height":1363},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2020-12-29T05:00:00-08:00","dateModified":"2023-01-02T17:05:49-08:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/","name":"E Street Shuffle","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"E Street Shuffle","og:type":"article","og:title":"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart | E Street Shuffle","og:url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/","fb:app_id":"506162303136980","fb:admins":"358461094680441","og:image":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/crossmyheart-1.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/crossmyheart-1.jpg","og:image:width":1363,"og:image:height":1363,"article:published_time":"2020-12-29T13:00:00+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-01-03T01:05:49+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/estreetshuffleblog\/","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@Krosen","twitter:title":"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart | E Street Shuffle","twitter:image":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/crossmyheart-1.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"24156","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":[],"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"article","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":[],"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[],"defaultGraph":"","defaultPostTypeGraph":""},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2022-07-07 02:13:20","updated":"2025-06-04 20:49:33","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/\" title=\"Roll of the Dice\">Roll of the Dice<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tRoll of the Dice: Cross My Heart\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/"},{"label":"Roll of the Dice","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/"},{"label":"Roll of the Dice: Cross My Heart","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-cross-my-heart\/"}],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-6hC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29186,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/15\/roll-of-the-dice-red-headed-woman\/","url_meta":{"origin":24156,"position":0},"title":"Roll of the Dice: Red Headed Woman","author":"Ken","date":"September 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Keep your room clean, kids.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Roll of the Dice&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Roll of the Dice","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bruce-springsteen-red-headed.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bruce-springsteen-red-headed.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bruce-springsteen-red-headed.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bruce-springsteen-red-headed.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bruce-springsteen-red-headed.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34840,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/20\/cover-me-the-mandrillos-cross-my-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":24156,"position":1},"title":"Cover Me, The Mandrillos: Cross My Heart","author":"Ken","date":"May 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Cross My Heart\" always had more potential than its album arrangement allowed for, and this three-man combo proves it.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mandrillos.jpg?fit=959%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mandrillos.jpg?fit=959%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mandrillos.jpg?fit=959%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mandrillos.jpg?fit=959%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19179,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/04\/roll-of-the-dice-the-fuse\/","url_meta":{"origin":24156,"position":2},"title":"Roll of the Dice: The Fuse","author":"Ken","date":"July 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the strongest tracks on The Rising, \"The Fuse\" focuses on the one sure antidote for existential dread.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Roll of the Dice&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Roll of the Dice","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fuse.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fuse.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fuse.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fuse.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fuse.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2465,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/07\/roll-of-the-dice-seven-angels\/","url_meta":{"origin":24156,"position":3},"title":"Roll of the Dice: Seven Angels","author":"Ken","date":"June 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Seven Angels\" is a terrific pop song with a great riff--a surprising castoff from the Human Touch sessions that deserves greater exposure.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Roll of the Dice&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Roll of the Dice","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/7angelslogo.png?fit=438%2C422&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":26708,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/16\/roll-of-the-dice-devils-arcade\/","url_meta":{"origin":24156,"position":4},"title":"Roll of the Dice: Devil&#8217;s Arcade","author":"Ken","date":"May 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce's Magic album closer is one of his most carefully constructed, emotionally harrowing, and deeply romantic songs ever.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Roll of the Dice&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Roll of the Dice","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/devils.jpg?fit=1100%2C836&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/devils.jpg?fit=1100%2C836&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/devils.jpg?fit=1100%2C836&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/devils.jpg?fit=1100%2C836&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/devils.jpg?fit=1100%2C836&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5733,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/16\/roll-of-the-dice-marias-bed\/","url_meta":{"origin":24156,"position":5},"title":"Roll of the Dice: Maria&#8217;s Bed","author":"Ken","date":"November 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Sister song to \"Reno\" and cousin to \"Further On (Up the Road),\" \"Maria's Bed\" is a carefree jaunt with surprising depth and hidden poignancy--it's one of Bruce's best 21st-century songs.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Roll of the Dice&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Roll of the Dice","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maria.jpeg?fit=450%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/crossmyheart-1.jpg?fit=1363%2C1363&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24156"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40510,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24156\/revisions\/40510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}