Bruce Springsteen's lyrics are too hot for Starbucks. Newsweek has learned that the nation's favorite coffee chain has retreated from a potential deal to sell the singer's new album, Devils & Dust, because of one steamy tune on the 12-song disc.

The episode appears to be the first time Starbucks has declined to stock an album by a major act because of concern over lyrics, notwithstanding the warning sticker. The java juggernaut, with almost 6,400 outlets in the U.S., has become an influential link in music distribution in just a few short years, especially in 2004. Starbucks boldly demonstrated its power in music last year when its outlets accounted for at least a third of sales of the million-selling album of Ray Charles duets, Genius Loves Company.

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