WRECKING BALL

Live 15 Mar 2012 version

I was raised out of steel here in the swamps of Jersey, some misty years ago
Through the mud and the beer, the blood and the cheers, I've seen champions come and go
So if you got the guts mister, yeah, if you got the balls
If you think it's your time, then step to the line, bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking ball
Bring on your wrecking ball
Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you got
Bring on your wrecking ball

Now my home's here in these meadowlands where mosquitoes grow big as airplanes
Here where the blood is spilled, the arena's filled, and giants played their games
So raise up your glasses and let me hear your voices call
Because tonight all the dead are here, so bring on your wrecking ball

Bring on your wrecking
Bring on your wrecking
Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you got
Bring on your wrecking

One, two, a one two three four!

Yeah, we know that come tomorrow, none of this will be here
So hold tight on your anger, hold tight on your anger
Hold tight to your anger and don't fall to your fears

Now when all this steel and these stories, when they drift away to rust
And all our youth and beauty, it's been given to the dust
And the game has been decided and we're burning down the clock
And all our little victories and glories have turned into parking lots
When your best hopes and desires are scattered through the wind
And hard times come, and hard times go
And hard times come, and hard times go
And hard times come, and hard times go
And hard times come, and hard times go
And hard times come, and hard times go
Yeah just
to come again

Bring on your wrecking
Bring on your wrecking
Come on and take your best, let me see what you
Bring on your wrecking
Bring on your wrecking (bring on your wrecking ball)
Bring on your wrecking (bring on your wrecking ball)
Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you got
Bring on your wrecking

One, two, a one two three four!
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(Whoa whoa whoa-whoa) bring on your wrecking ball
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Info

The above lyrics are for the live 15 Mar 2012 performance of WRECKING BALL at Moody Theater in Austin, TX, during an intimate concert following Bruce Springsteen's keynote speech at the South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival.

Promotional poster for the 15 Mar 2012 SXSW event in Austin, TX
(Taken from Brucebase)

Partial pro-shot video of the live 15 Mar 2012 performance of WRECKING BALL was subsequently posted on Bruce Springsteen's official website and Bruce Springsteen's YouTube channel.

Bruce Springsteen performing WRECKING BALL on 15 Mar 2012 at Moody Theater, Austin, TX (taken from the official online video)

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