Live 18 Nov 2020 version
The blood moon shines across the vale
Bells ring out through churches and jails
I tally my wounds and count the scars
Here in the house of a thousand guitars
The criminal clown has stolen the throne
He steals what he can never own
May the truth ring out from every small town bar
And we'll light up the house of a thousand guitars
Well it's alright yeah it's alright
Meet me darling come Saturday night
All good souls from near and far
Will meet in the house of a thousand guitars
Here the bitter and the bored
Wake in search of the lost chord
That'll band us together for as long as there's stars
Yeah in the house of a thousand guitars
Well it's alright yeah it's alright
Meet me darling come Saturday night
Brother and sister wherever you are
We'll meet in the house of a thousand guitars
So wake and shake off your troubles my friend
We'll go where the music never ends
From the stadiums to the small town bars
We'll light up the house of a thousand guitars
House of a thousand guitars, house of a thousand guitars
Brother and sister wherever you are
We'll rise together till we fire the spark
That'll light up the house of a thousand guitars
Well it's alright yeah it's alright
Meet me darling come Saturday night
All good souls from near and far
We'll meet in the house of a thousand guitars
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House of a thousand guitars, house of a thousand guitars
House of a thousand guitars, house of a thousand guitars
House of a thousand guitars, house of a thousand guitars
House of a thousand guitars, house of a thousand guitars
The above lyrics are for the live 18 Nov 2020 performance of HOUSE OF A THOUSAND GUITARS at Stone Hill Farm in Colts Neck, NJ, during the fourteenth (2020) annual Stand Up For Heroes benefit. Springsteen performed the song on acoustic guitar and harmonica, accompanied by Patti Scialfa on harmony vocals (the above parts in bold) and acoustic guitar.
The fourteenth annual Stand Up For Heroes benefit was held virtually due to Covid-19. It was broadcast on the Armed Forces Network and streamed on ABC News Live, Facebook, TikTok, and Twitch. The event featured taped comedy skits and musical performances from Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen with Patti Scialfa, and Mickey Guyton. While the other musical artists performed one song each and were filmed in Nashville, Springsteen performed three songs from his nearly 100-year-old barn on Stone Hill Farm in Colts Neck, NJ ― HOUSE OF A THOUSAND GUITARS (with Patti Scialfa), LONG WALK HOME, and I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (with Patti Scialfa). He also opened the hour-long event with a comical sketch alongside event host Jon Stewart.
Stand Up For Heroes is an annual benefit organized by the Bob Woodruff Foundation to raise money for injured U.S. servicemen, veterans, and their families. Robert "Bob" Warren Woodruff is an American television journalist. He was the newly appointed co-anchor of ABC World News Tonight when on 29 Jan 2006, while reporting on U.S. and Iraqi security forces in Iraq, he was critically injured by a roadside bomb that struck his vehicle. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and spent 36 days in a medically induced coma. He was not expected to survive, but he recovered and started the Bob Woodruff Foundation, a non-profit helping other Americans who were similarly wounded in war.
Bruce Springsteen has been appearing on almost all of the annual benefits since they started in 2007, playing a handful of songs each time and offering for auction one of his guitars or motorcycles to benefit the foundation.
List of available versions of HOUSE OF A THOUSAND GUITARS on this website:
HOUSE OF A THOUSAND GUITARS [Album version]