FOLLOW THAT DREAM^©

Studio version

One, two
If your heart is restless from waiting so long
If you're tired and weary and you can't go on
If a distant dream is callin' you
Then there's just one thing you can do

Follow that dream wherever it may lead
Come on follow that dream to find the love you need
Come on follow that dream

Now I've been searching for a heart that's free
Searching for someone, to search with me
I need a love, a love I can trust
Together we'll search for the things that come to us

In dreams, wherever they may be
Come on follow that dream to find the love you need
Come on follow that dream
Oooh
Oooh
Oooh

Now every man has the right to live
The right to a chance, to give what he has to give
The right to fight for the things he believes
For the things that come to him in dreams

Yeah, follow that dream wherever it may lead
Come on follow that dream to find the love you need
Come on now follow that dream wherever it may lead
Come on now follow that dream to find the love you need
Come on follow that dream
Yeah, follow that dream
Yeah, come on and follow that dream
Come on and follow that dream
Come on and follow that dream to find the love you need
To find the love you need
To find the love you need

Originally by Elvis Presley, from his 1962 EP Follow That Dream. Written by Fred Wise and Ben Weisman. Totally rearranged by Bruce Springsteen: originally faster, Bruce slows it down giving it a dramatic pace. Also lyrics are partially different.

Premiered during The River tour on 19 Apr 1981 at the Palais Des Sports, Paris, France. It was the opener of the show. Played 25 times during that tour. Played 11 time during the Born In The USA tour. Later played on 13 Oct 1986 at the Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA, during an acoustic evening to benefit The Bridge School. Sound-checked during the Tunnel Of Love Express tour on 15 Apr 1988 at the F. Erwin Center, Austin, TX, and played only once during that tour on the request of a fan on 14 Jul 1988 at the St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland.

Later played 6 times during the Human Touch tour in 1992 and on 26 Jun 1993 at Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, for a Kristen Ann Carr Fund Benefit Concert. Sound-checked during the Reunion tour on 01 May 1999 at the Manchester Evening News Arena, UK, and played on 18 Mar 2000 at the Pyramid Arena, Memphis, TN. Played only once during The Rising tour on 28 Jun 2003 at the San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy. Also sound-checked before that show.

These lyrics refer to the 1983 studio version that appears on the Murder Incorporated, The Lost Masters Vol. 17, The Lost Master Essential Collection Vol. 1, and The Genuine Tracks bootlegs. Check the live versions: 28 Apr 1981 version, 07 May 1981 version, 14 Jul 1988 version, 08 Jul 1992 version, 13 Jul 1992 version, and 28 Jun 2003 version. Check also Elvis' original version.

Liner notes on The Genuine Tracks bootleg booklet:

With Nebraska in the can and no tour planned, Bruce continued his process of writing and recording demos at home, and periodically visiting the studio with the E Street Band. BABY I'm SO COLD and FOLLOW THAT DREAM date from this period and feature similarly mournful melodies, but while FOLLOW THAT DREAM is a gorgeous rewrite of the Elvis classic...