Teksterne udtrykker Springsteens frustration, som efter flere års økonomiske hårde tider – folk er blevet mindre villige til at hjælpe hinanden. Sagen begynder:<ref name=rs>{{cite web|title=We Take Care of Our Own|author=Fricke, D.|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/we-take-care-of-our-own-20120119|publisher=[[Rolling Stone Magazine]]|date=19. januar 2012|access-date=2012-01-27|archive-date= 3. marts 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303164415/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/we-take-care-of-our-own-20120119|url-status=dead}}</ref>
:''I've been stumblin' on good hearts turned to stone
:''The road of good intentions has turned dry as a bone.
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