THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

Live 14 Jun 1981 version

[Spoken intro:] One two. Hello. I need a little acoustic. Yeah. Alright.
This is uh... I'd like to do a song that's... it's been sung a whole lot and it's been, I think, misinterpreted a lot. It's a song that was written by Woody Guthrie and uh... Can I get a little more, a little more guitar? It's about dreaming and, and making, making that dream real.

Well once I rode that ribbon highway
I saw above me the endless sky
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me

I roamed and I rambled, and I followed my footsteps
Through the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
It cried this land was made for you and me

Well the sun came shining as I went strolling
Through the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
And the bells were ringing and the fog was lifting
And I seen this land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forests to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me

Info

The above lyrics are for the live 14 Jun 1981 performance of THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA, during the fourth annual Survival Sunday anti-nuclear benefit. The song was played in a solo acoustic guitar and harmonica arrangement.

Bruce Springsteen performing THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND on 14 Jun 1981 at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA

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