PEOPLE GET READY

Live 17 Oct 2005 version


Bono (spoken intro):		Ok, where's this, where's the man with the sign of, saying "People Get Ready". There you go, he's over there, thank you. This one's for you. We need a guitar player! [cheers] We need a guitar player! [more cheers] Who is this man? Who is this man? [crowd cheers and screams "Broooce"]

Bono:		People get ready, there's a train comin'
		Don't need no baggage, just get on board
		Baby all what you need is the diesel hummin'
		Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord

Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-yeah
		Oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah

Bruce Springsteen:		Yeah, people get ready, there's a train to Jordan
		Picking up passengers from coast to coast
		Faith is the key, open the doors and board them
		There's hope for all among those loved the most

Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah
Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah
Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah
Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah

Bono:		People get ready 'cause the Boss is in town
		He suffer no fools or kiss no crown
		The boy is from New Jersey but he feels home 'round here
		New York, they're gonna shed some tears

Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah
Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah

Bruce Springsteen:		There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
		Who hurt all mankind just to save his own
		Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
		There's no hiding place against the kingdom's throne

Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah
Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah
Bono:		The Edge, play your song!
		[The Edge and Bruce Springsteen duet on guitar]

Bono:		People get ready, he's a funky brother
		Picking that old guitar like you know that he can
		People get ready 'cause there is no other
		Bruce Springsteen is back in town

Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah
Bruce Springsteen:		Hoo-hoo hoo-hoo-hoo
Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah
Bono:		Oh-oh-oh-oh
Crowd:		Oh-oh-yeah
Bruce Springsteen:		Hoo-hoo hoo-hoo-hoo

Bono:		Turn it up! Turn it up!
		Turn it up! Turn it up!
		Turn it up! Turn it up!
		Turn it up! Turn it up!
		Turn it up! Turn it up!
Bruce Springsteen:		Hoo-hoo hoo-hoo-hoo
Bono:		Turn it up! Turn it up!

		[Patti Scialfa joins the band on stage]
Bono:		Patti, Patti's right here
		???

Bono:		Woah-ooh-ooh-ohh

Bono:		People get ready for trouble and strife
		You know, the Boss has brought the wife
		She's a little shy but a red haired girl
		Just a bit of encouragement and we'll get her there

Bono:		Beautiful girl from the Jersey Shore
		With a voice like an angel, you know we love you some more
		Now you walk like a princess and you talk like a gypsy
		And I can't believe that you're gonna stand back next to me

Bono and Patti:		People get ready, there's a train a-comin'
		Don't need no ticket, just get on board
		Faith is the key, ???
		You don't need no ticket, just thank the Lord

Bono:		Ready man?
		We're not uh... a jamming kind of a band
		How do, how does it, do you get out of here?

Bono and Springsteen:		Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo
		Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo
		Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo
		Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo
		Hoo-hoo, yiiii...

Bono:		People get ready there's a train to Jersey

Bruce Springsteen:		Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo
		Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo

Page last updated: 29 Feb 2012

Intro

PEOPLE GET READY is a song written by Curtis Mayfield and first released by The Impressions in 1965. See the original The Impressions version for more details.

Lines from PEOPLE GET READY are used in the studio version of Springsteen's LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS.

17 Oct 2005 Performance

The above lyrics are for the live 17 Oct 2005 performance of PEOPLE GET READY at Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA, with U2, during the band's Vertigo Tour. Earlier in the show, Bono sang a snippet of Springsteen's THE PROMISED LAND at the end of I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. After the first encore break, Bruce Springsteen joined U2 on stage for an extended rendition of PEOPLE GET READY, and Patti Scialfa joined them in the middle of the song. Bono improvised some verses in honor of his guest, and added some "Turn it up!" lines from Springsteen's MARY'S PLACE.

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Live History

Bruce Springsteen has performed PEOPLE GET READY live five times in his career, always off-tour.

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PEOPLE GET READY was sound-checked prior to the 17 May 1993 show in Mannheim, Germany, (as far as it's known) but it was not performed on any of World Tour 1992-1993's regular shows.

PEOPLE GET READY was performed with an all-star cast on 01 Mar 1994 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY, during the 36th Grammy Awards ceremony, as part of a medley in honor of Curtis Mayfield. See CURTIS MAYFIELD MEDLEY for more details.

Springsteen incorporated lines from PEOPLE GET READY into live performances of LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS during The Rising Tour (see the live 16 Oct 2002 version) and the Working On A Dream Tour, and occasionally into live performances of THE PROMISED LAND during the Magic Tour. Lines from PEOPLE GET READY were also used in the studio version of LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS.

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