Bruce Springsteen - Land Of Hope & Dreams Album Lyrics

Bruce Springsteen - Land Of Hope & Dreams Lyrics

Land of Hope and Dreams (Introduction) (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)
Land of Hope and Dreams (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)
Long Walk Home (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)
My City of Ruins (Introduction) (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)
My City of Ruins (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)
Chimes of Freedom (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)

Land of Hope and Dreams (Introduction) (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)

Good evening 
It's great to be in Manchester and back in the UK 
Welcome to the Land of Hope and Dreams Tour 
The mighty E Street Band is here tonight 
To call upon the righteous power of art, of music 
Of rock 'n' roll in dangerous times 
 
In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about 
That has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands 
Of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration 
Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience 
To rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism 
And let freedom ring 
 
This is "Land of Hope and Dreams"

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Good evening 
It's great to be in Manchester and back in the UK 
Welcome to the Land of Hope and Dreams Tour 
The mighty E Street Band is here tonight 
To call upon the righteous power of art, of music 
Of rock 'n' roll in dangerous times 
 
In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about 
That has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands 
Of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration 
Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience 
To rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism 
And let freedom ring 
 
This is "Land of Hope and Dreams"

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Land of Hope and Dreams (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)

Grab your ticket and your suitcase 
Thunder's rollin' down this track 
Well, you don't know where you're goin' now 
But you know you won't be back 
Well, darlin' if you're weary 
Lay your head upon my chest 
We'll take what we can carry 
Yeah, and we'll leave the rest 
 
Big wheels roll through fields 
Where sunlight streams 
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams 
 
Well, I will provide for you 
And I'll stand by your side 
You'll need a good companion now 
For this part of the ride 
Leave behind your sorrows 
Let this day be the last 
Tomorrow there'll be sunshine 
And all this darkness past 
 
Big wheels roll through fields 
Where sunlight streams 
Oh meet me in a land of hope and dreams 
 
This train... 
Carries saints and sinners 
This train... 
Carries losers and winners 
This train... 
Carries whores and gamblers 
This train... 
Carries lost souls 
 
I said this train... 
Dreams will not be thwarted 
This train... 
Faith will be rewarded 
This train... 
Hear the steel wheels singing 
This train... 
Bells of freedom ringing 
 
This train... 
Carries saints and sinners 
This train... 
Carries losers and winners 
This train... 
Carries whores and gamblers 
This train... 
Carries lost souls 
 
I said this train... 
Carries broken hearted 
This train... 
Thieves and sweet souls departed 
This train... 
Carries fools and kings 
Lord, this train... 
All aboard 
 
I said now this train... 
Dreams will not be thwarted 
This train... 
Faith will be rewarded 
This train... 
Hear the steel wheels singing 
This train... 
Bells of freedom ringing 
 
Come on, this train... 
People get ready 
Don't need no ticket 
All you gotta do is just get on board 
On board this train 
This train 
People get ready 
Don't need no ticket 
You don't need no ticket 
Just get on board 
You just thank the lord 
You just thank the lord 
You just thank the lord

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Grab your ticket and your suitcase 
Thunder's rollin' down this track 
Well, you don't know where you're goin' now 
But you know you won't be back 
Well, darlin' if you're weary 
Lay your head upon my chest 
We'll take what we can carry 
Yeah, and we'll leave the rest 
 
Big wheels roll through fields 
Where sunlight streams 
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams 
 
Well, I will provide for you 
And I'll stand by your side 
You'll need a good companion now 
For this part of the ride 
Leave behind your sorrows 
Let this day be the last 
Tomorrow there'll be sunshine 
And all this darkness past 
 
Big wheels roll through fields 
Where sunlight streams 
Oh meet me in a land of hope and dreams 
 
This train... 
Carries saints and sinners 
This train... 
Carries losers and winners 
This train... 
Carries whores and gamblers 
This train... 
Carries lost souls 
 
I said this train... 
Dreams will not be thwarted 
This train... 
Faith will be rewarded 
This train... 
Hear the steel wheels singing 
This train... 
Bells of freedom ringing 
 
This train... 
Carries saints and sinners 
This train... 
Carries losers and winners 
This train... 
Carries whores and gamblers 
This train... 
Carries lost souls 
 
I said this train... 
Carries broken hearted 
This train... 
Thieves and sweet souls departed 
This train... 
Carries fools and kings 
Lord, this train... 
All aboard 
 
I said now this train... 
Dreams will not be thwarted 
This train... 
Faith will be rewarded 
This train... 
Hear the steel wheels singing 
This train... 
Bells of freedom ringing 
 
Come on, this train... 
People get ready 
Don't need no ticket 
All you gotta do is just get on board 
On board this train 
This train 
People get ready 
Don't need no ticket 
You don't need no ticket 
Just get on board 
You just thank the lord 
You just thank the lord 
You just thank the lord

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Long Walk Home (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)

[Spoken] 
This is a prayer for my country 
 
Last night I stood at your doorstep 
Trying to figure out what went wrong 
You just slipped something into my palm and you were gone 
 
I could smell the same deep green of summer 
'Bove me the same night sky was glowin' 
In the distance I could see the town where I was born 
 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
A long walk home 
 
In town I pass Sal's grocery 
Barber shop on South Street 
I looked in their faces* 
They're all rank strangers to me* 
 
Well Veteran's Hall high upon the hill 
Stood silent and alone 
The diner was shuttered and boarded 
With a sign that just said "gone" 
 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
 
Here everybody has a neighbor 
Everybody has a friend 
Everybody has a reason to begin again 
 
My father said "Son, we're lucky in this town, 
It's a beautiful place to be born. 
It just wraps its arms around you, 
Nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone" 
 
"Your flag flyin' over the courthouse 
Means certain things are set in stone. 
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't" 
 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
It's gonna be a long walk home

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English

[Spoken] 
This is a prayer for my country 
 
Last night I stood at your doorstep 
Trying to figure out what went wrong 
You just slipped something into my palm and you were gone 
 
I could smell the same deep green of summer 
'Bove me the same night sky was glowin' 
In the distance I could see the town where I was born 
 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
A long walk home 
 
In town I pass Sal's grocery 
Barber shop on South Street 
I looked in their faces* 
They're all rank strangers to me* 
 
Well Veteran's Hall high upon the hill 
Stood silent and alone 
The diner was shuttered and boarded 
With a sign that just said "gone" 
 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
 
Here everybody has a neighbor 
Everybody has a friend 
Everybody has a reason to begin again 
 
My father said "Son, we're lucky in this town, 
It's a beautiful place to be born. 
It just wraps its arms around you, 
Nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone" 
 
"Your flag flyin' over the courthouse 
Means certain things are set in stone. 
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't" 
 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
 
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me 
Gonna be a long walk home 
It's gonna be a long walk home 
It's gonna be a long walk home

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Writer: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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My City of Ruins (Introduction) (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)

[Introduction] 
There's some very weird, strange and dangerous shit going on out there right now. In America, they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now. 
 
In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now. 
 
In my country, they're taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers. 
 
They're rolling back historic civil rights legislation that has led to a more just and plural society. 
 
They are abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom. They are defunding American universities that won't bow down to their ideological demands. 
 
They are removing residents off American streets and, without due process of law, are deporting them to foreign detention centers and prisons. This is all happening now. 
 
A majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government. They have no concern or idea for what it means to be deeply American. 
 
The America l've sung to you about for 50 years is real and regardless of its faults is a great country with a great people. So we'll survive this moment. Now, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, "In this world, there isn't as much humanity as one would like, but there's enough." Let's pray.

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English

[Introduction] 
There's some very weird, strange and dangerous shit going on out there right now. In America, they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now. 
 
In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now. 
 
In my country, they're taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers. 
 
They're rolling back historic civil rights legislation that has led to a more just and plural society. 
 
They are abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom. They are defunding American universities that won't bow down to their ideological demands. 
 
They are removing residents off American streets and, without due process of law, are deporting them to foreign detention centers and prisons. This is all happening now. 
 
A majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government. They have no concern or idea for what it means to be deeply American. 
 
The America l've sung to you about for 50 years is real and regardless of its faults is a great country with a great people. So we'll survive this moment. Now, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, "In this world, there isn't as much humanity as one would like, but there's enough." Let's pray.

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Writer: Bruce Springsteen
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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My City of Ruins (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)

There's a blood red circle
On the cold dark ground
And the rain is falling down
The church door's thrown open
I can hear the organ's song
But the congregation's gone
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Now the sweet bells of mercy
Drift through the evening trees
Young men on the corner
Like scattered leaves
The boarded up windows
The empty streets
While my brother's down on his knees
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Now there's tears on the pillow
Darlin', where we slept
And you took my heart when you left
Without your sweet kiss
My soul is lost, my friend
Tell me how do I begin again?
My city's in ruins
My city's in ruins
Now with these hands
With these hands
With these hands
With these hands, I pray Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
Yeah, I pray for the faith, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for your love, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for your love, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
Pray for your faith, Lord
With these hands (oh yeah)
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
With these hands (come on)
With these hands (come on)
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up

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There's a blood red circle
On the cold dark ground
And the rain is falling down
The church door's thrown open
I can hear the organ's song
But the congregation's gone
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Now the sweet bells of mercy
Drift through the evening trees
Young men on the corner
Like scattered leaves
The boarded up windows
The empty streets
While my brother's down on his knees
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Now there's tears on the pillow
Darlin', where we slept
And you took my heart when you left
Without your sweet kiss
My soul is lost, my friend
Tell me how do I begin again?
My city's in ruins
My city's in ruins
Now with these hands
With these hands
With these hands
With these hands, I pray Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
Yeah, I pray for the faith, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for your love, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray for your love, Lord
With these hands
With these hands
Pray for your faith, Lord
With these hands (oh yeah)
With these hands
I pray for the strength, Lord
With these hands (come on)
With these hands (come on)
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up
Come on, rise up

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Writer: Bruce Springsteen
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Chimes of Freedom (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)

Well, far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll 
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashin' 
As majestic bells of boats struck shadows in the sun 
Sayin', it may be the chimes of freedom crashin'
Flashin' for the warriors whose strength is not to fight 
Flashin' for the refugees on their unarmed road of flight 
And for each and every underdog soldier in the night 
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Well, in the city's melted furnace unexpectedly we watched 
With faces hidden here while the walls were tightenin'
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowing rain 
Dissolved into the wild bales of lightnin'
Yeah, tollin' for the rebel, yeah, tollin' for the raked 
Tollin' for the luckless, the abandoned and forsaked 
Yeah, tollin' for the outcasts burnin' constantly at stakes 
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin' 
And then through a cloud-like curtain in a far off corner flashed 
There's a hypnotic, splattered mist was slowly liftin' 
Well, electric light still struck like arrows 
Fired but for the ones condemned to drift or else be kept from driftin' 
Well, tollin' for the searching ones on this speechless, secret trail 
For the lonesome haunted lovers with too personal a tale 
And for each young heart for each channeled soul misplaced inside a jail 
Yeah, we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Well, starry eyed and laughin' I recall when we were caught 
Trapped by an old track of vows for the hands suspended 
As we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look 
Spellbound and swallowed "Has the tollin' ended?" 
Yeah, tollin' for the achin' ones whose wounds cannot be nursed 
For the countless, confused, accused, misused strung out ones at worst 
And for every hung out person in the whole wide universe 
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'

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Well, far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll 
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashin' 
As majestic bells of boats struck shadows in the sun 
Sayin', it may be the chimes of freedom crashin'
Flashin' for the warriors whose strength is not to fight 
Flashin' for the refugees on their unarmed road of flight 
And for each and every underdog soldier in the night 
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Well, in the city's melted furnace unexpectedly we watched 
With faces hidden here while the walls were tightenin'
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowing rain 
Dissolved into the wild bales of lightnin'
Yeah, tollin' for the rebel, yeah, tollin' for the raked 
Tollin' for the luckless, the abandoned and forsaked 
Yeah, tollin' for the outcasts burnin' constantly at stakes 
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin' 
And then through a cloud-like curtain in a far off corner flashed 
There's a hypnotic, splattered mist was slowly liftin' 
Well, electric light still struck like arrows 
Fired but for the ones condemned to drift or else be kept from driftin' 
Well, tollin' for the searching ones on this speechless, secret trail 
For the lonesome haunted lovers with too personal a tale 
And for each young heart for each channeled soul misplaced inside a jail 
Yeah, we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Well, starry eyed and laughin' I recall when we were caught 
Trapped by an old track of vows for the hands suspended 
As we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look 
Spellbound and swallowed "Has the tollin' ended?" 
Yeah, tollin' for the achin' ones whose wounds cannot be nursed 
For the countless, confused, accused, misused strung out ones at worst 
And for every hung out person in the whole wide universe 
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'

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Land Of Hope & Dreams Info:

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The Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2023-2025 Tour is an ongoing concert tour by American singer Bruce Springsteen and his backing band the E Street Band. The tour began on February 1, 2023, in Tampa, Florida. Due to band member illnesses and Springsteen suffering his own health issues, twenty-four dates of the tour's 2023 leg were postponed and were rescheduled for 2024. The 2025 European leg of the tour has been re-titled by Springsteen as "The Land of Hope and Dreams Tour" and kicked off on May 14, 2025, in Manchester with the finale scheduled for July 3, 2025, in Milan.

On May 25, 2024, the band's show in Marseille was postponed at the last moment due to vocal issues Springsteen suffered. The following day, it was announced that the May 28, 2024, show in Prague and the June 1 and 3, 2024, dates in Milan were also postponed. A statement said that due to doctor's orders, Springsteen was advised to not perform for the next ten days and that the tour would resume on June 12, 2024. The rescheduled dates have been announced for May, June, and July 2025.

During his show in Manchester on May 14, 2025, Springsteen spoke out against President Donald Trump and called his administration "corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous". Two days later, Trump responded on Truth Social by calling Springsteen "highly overrated" and "dumb as a rock".

The president of the American Federation of Musicians defended Springsteen, saying, "Musicians have the right to freedom of expression, and we stand in solidarity with all our members." On May 19, Trump called for a major investigation into Springsteen, Beyoncé, Oprah, and other celebrities for their endorsement of Kamala Harris. He claims that Harris illegally paid them to support her 2024 campaign for president. Various musicians including Neil Young and Eddie Vedder spoke out in defense of Springsteen's comments and his freedom of speech being violated.

On May 21, 2025, Springsteen released the Land of Hope & Dreams EP. The EP features four songs from the tour opener in Manchester and Springsteen's speeches about President Trump that drew backlash from the President.
-Wikipedia

Performed by: Bruce Springsteen
Genre(s): Rock, Hard Rock, Protest
Released: May 20th, 2025
Year: 2025

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