"What Love Can Do" was written, in Springsteen's words, as a "love in the time of Bush" meditation, but felt like the start of something new rather than a candidate for Magic.
Prema Springsteenovim riječima, "What Love Can Do" napisana je kao "ljubavna meditacija u Bushovo vrijeme", ali je označila početak nečeg novog, i nije kandidirala za Magic.