LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS

Live 09 Mar 2012 version

Whoaaa whoa now
(Whoaaa whoaaaa)
Whoaaa whoa now
(Whoaaa whoaaaa)
This train
This train
This train
This train
This train
This train
This train
This train

Grab your ticket and your suitcase, thunder's rolling down this track
Well, you don't know where you're going now, but you know you won't be back
Well, darling, if you're weary, lay your head upon my chest
Yeah, we'll take what we can carry, yeah, and we'll leave the rest

Well, big wheels roll through the 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
Yeah, leave behind your sorrows, let this day be the last
Well, tomorrow there'll be sunshine and all this darkness past

Big wheels roll through the fields where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

Well, 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

[Jake Clemons sax solo]

Whoa-oh-oh
Yeah, 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 thrown
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

[Jake Clemons sax solo]

Get onbaord
You don't need no ticket
Just get onboard

Come on this train
Come on this train
Come on this train
Come on this train
Come on this train
Come on this train
Come on this train
Come on this train
People get ready, there's a train coming
You don't need no ticket
You just thank the Lord

[Spoken outro:] Thank you E Street Radio! Welcome ???, everybody in Sirius XM! Thank you for your generous contributions to WhyHunger! Thank you ???! And thank you for being with us tonight. We'll be seeing you, so hold on.

Page last updated: 10 Mar 2012

Info

The above lyrics are for the live 09 Mar 2012 performance of LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS at Apollo Theater in New York City, NY, during the Sirius Satellite Radio 10-year anniversary celebration. The song starts and ends with lines from The Impressions' PEOPLE GET READY.

The 09 Mar 2012 Show

This was a special event at the 1500-seat historic Apollo Theater, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Sirius Satellite Radio, which has been hosting exclusive Bruce Springsteen channel E Street Radio since October 2005. Tickets were only available to special guests, plus a couple of hundred winners of a contest held by Sirius XM for its subscribers. Among the crowd were numerous celebrities, including Tom Hanks and family, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ben Stiller, Elvis Costello, Harry Belafonte, Michael J. Fox, Tommy Hilfiger, Brian Williams and many more. The concert, which raised money for WhyHunger charity, was broadcast live on E Street Radio and was also professionally filmed.

Promotional poster for the 09 Mar 2012 show at Apollo Theater, New York City, NY

Setlist for the 09 Mar 2012 concert:

1. WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN
2. WRECKING BALL
3. BADLANDS
4. DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN
5. MY CITY OF RUINS
6. THE E STREET SHUFFLE
7. JACK OF ALL TRADES
8. SHACKLED AND DRAWN
9. WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY
10. THE PROMISED LAND
11. MANSION ON THE HILL
12. THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO
13. 634-5789 (SOULSVILLE, U.S.A.)
14. THE RISING
15. WE ARE ALIVE
16. THUNDER ROAD
17. ROCKY GROUND
18. LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS
19. TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
20. HOLD ON I'M COMIN'

Available Versions

List of available versions of LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS on this website:

• Album version
• Live 01 Jul 2000 version
• Live 16 Oct 2002 version
• Live 09 Mar 2012 version

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