Live 12 Dec 2020 version
I hear the sound of your guitar
Coming in from the mystic far
Stone and the gravel in your voice
Come in my dreams and I rejoice
It's just your ghost moving through the night
Your spirit filled with light
I need, need you by my side
Your love and I'm alive
I can feel the blood shiver in my bones
I'm alive and I'm out here on my own
I'm alive and I'm coming home
Old buckskin jacket you always wore
Hangs on the back of my bedroom door
Boots and the spurs you used to ride
Click down the hall but never arrive
It's just your ghost moving through the night
Your spirit filled with light
I need, need you by my side
Your love and I'm alive
I can feel the blood shiver in my bones
I'm alive and I'm out here on my own
I'm alive and I'm coming home
Your old Fender Twin from Johnny's Music downtown
Still set on 10 to burn this house down
Count the band in then kick into overdrive
By the end of the set we leave no one alive
Ghosts running through the night
Spirits filled with light
I need, need you by my side
Your love and I'm alive
I shoulder your Les Paul and finger that fretboard
I make my vows to those who've come before
Turn up the volume, let the spirits be my guide
Meet you brother and sister on the other side
I'm alive, I can feel the blood shiver in my bones
I'm alive and I'm out here on my own
I'm alive and I'm coming home
Yeah I'm coming home
One, two, one two three four
Come on, Professor!
Jake!
Steve!
La la la la, la la la la la
Sha la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la la
Sha la la la, la la la la
Sha la la la, la la la la la
The above lyrics are for the live 12 Dec 2020 performance of GHOSTS at Rockefeller Center in New York City, NY, during a TV appearance on Saturday Night Live. The song was played in its full-band album arrangement.
Saturday Night Live is a late-night live television sketch comedy and variety TV show that airs on NBC. The show is filmed in Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center in New York City, NY. The 12 Dec 2020 episode was hosted by Timothée Chalamet and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band were musical guests. Garry Tallent and Soozie Tyrell were not present due to COVID-19 restrictions. Jack Daley replaced Tallent on bass. The band performed GHOSTS and I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS, which they rehearsed two day earlier in Studio 8H.
List of available versions of GHOSTS on this website:
GHOSTS [Album version]