SAVE MY LOVE

Official studio version

Now there's something coming through the air that softly reminds me
Tonight I'll park out on the hill and wait until they find me
Here slipping through the ether, a voice is coming through
So keep me in your heart tonight and I'll save my love for you

So turn up your radio and darling dial me in close
We're riding on the airwaves and we're traveling coast to coast
Over river and highway your voice comes clear and true
Though we're far apart tonight, I'll save my love for you

Hold me in your arms and our doubts won't break us
If we open up our hearts, love won't forsake us
Let's let the music take us and carry us home

There's a prayer coming through the air like a shot straight through my heart
Tearing open the evening sky, tearing me apart
Now I'll ride that signal down the line till I'm home again with you
So turn up your radio and I'll save my love for you
Turn up your radio and I'll save my love for you

Page last updated: 15 Jan 2012

Intro

SAVE MY LOVE is a Bruce Springsteen song that was released in November 2010 on The Promise, an album of previously-unreleased songs from the Darkness On The Edge Of Town recording sessions. The above lyrics are for that officially released studio version of the song.

Single

The release of The Promise was officially announced on 26 Aug 2010. Simultaneously, the previously unreleased/unheard song SAVE MY LOVE was made available, streaming online at Springsteen's official website.

On 26 Nov 2010 (Black Friday), SAVE MY LOVE was released on Columbia Records on a 7-inch single that's exclusive to independent music stores. The B-side is BECAUSE THE NIGHT, another track culled from The Promise. The single has catalogue number 88697 81140 7.

SAVE MY LOVE was distributed to radio stations on 1-track promo-only CD-Rs in the U.S., Europe (Holland), and UK. None of these has catalogue numbers.

SAVE MY LOVE was also released on a France-only promotional CD single given away exclusively with copies of an all-Springsteen special issue of domestic music magazine "Les Inrockuptibles", published on 27 Nov 2010. The 2-track CD5 also includes BECAUSE THE NIGHT, another track culled from The Promise. The single, issued under the France Inter label, has no catalogue number and comes in a black-and-white cardboard picture sleeve.

Music Video

On 01 Nov 2010, a promotional music video for SAVE MY LOVE was released on The New York Times' website. Directed by Thom Zimny, the video incorporates live onstage and studio footage from the Darkness On The Edge Of Town era, as well as 2010 footage of Springsteen recording the song in studio. Several film clips from the 08 Jul 1978 show in Phoenix, AZ can be seen in the music video.

SAVE MY LOVE music video

The Promise

The Promise is a Bruce Springsteen album that was released on 16 Nov 2010 as part of The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story box set, and separately as a 2-CD set. The album was also issued on a limited edition 3-LP set pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

The Promise is a collection of 22 previously-unreleased songs from the Darkness On The Edge Of Town recording sessions. Depending on their level of completion back in 1977-1978, some were only remastered, some were overdubbed with 2010 vocals or music, and some were completely re-recorded in 2010. The album is mixed by Bob Clearmountain.

Notes:

• RACING IN THE STREET ('78) is an alternate take to the version found on the Darkness On The Edge Of Town album.
• THE PROMISE is a different version from the one found on 18 Tracks.
• CANDY'S BOY and COME ON (LET'S GO TONIGHT) are early versions of CANDY'S ROOM and FACTORY.
• BECAUSE THE NIGHT, FIRE, and TALK TO ME are songs that Springsteen donated to other artists.
• BECAUSE THE NIGHT, RENDEZVOUS, and FIRE were previously released by Springsteen in live versions.
• THE WAY is a hidden/bonus track and has been circulating on bootlegs in a slightly different mix.
• GOTTA GET THAT FEELING, SOMEDAY (WE'LL BE TOGETHER), WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET, AIN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU, and CITY OF NIGHT have been circulating on bootlegs in different versions and under different titles.
• OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, ONE WAY STREET, and SPANISH EYES have been circulating on bootlegs in different versions.
• THE BROKENHEARTED is known from the 1978 tour rehearsals.
• SAVE MY LOVE, IT'S A SHAME, THE LITTLE THINGS (MY BABY DOES), and BREAKAWAY are songs that have never circulated or been documented.

Circulating Studio Versions

The 22 tracks found on The Promise are "from the 'Darkness' recording sessions" as stated on the press release, but SAVE MY LOVE was re-recorded prior to the release of the album, in summer 2010. Springsteen writes in his Thoughts On The Promise And Darkness On The Edge Of Town essay from The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story box set that the version of SAVE MY LOVE released on The Promise was recorded in 2010. The above lyrics are for that re-recorded version of the song.

Though the essay states that SAVE MY LOVE was written in 1977, video footage of Springsteen rehearsing the song with the band at his residence in Holmdel, NJ in 1976 was released in 2010 on Thrill Hill Vault 1976-1978, a DVD that's included in The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story box set. See the official studio rehearsal version for more details.

Live History

SAVE MY LOVE was performed off-tour on 04 and 05 Nov 2010 and 03 and 04 Nov 2011 at Soldiers And Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh, PA, when Bruce Springsteen appeared at Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers concerts. The song was played with Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers. See the live 05 Nov 2010 version for more details.

Bruce Springsteen appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on 16 Nov 2010 to promote the release of The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story box set. He performed SAVE MY LOVE with Steven Van Zandt, Roy Bittan, and The Roots. See the live 16 Nov 2010 version for more details.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed SAVE MY LOVE three times on 07 Dec 2010 during a gig in front of a small crowd at Carousel House in Asbury Park, NJ. The gig was videotaped for a future webcast, but none of three takes of the song was included in the webcast. In a Backstreets.com review, Flynn McLean wrote: "There was a noticeable shift in Bruce for 'Save My Love.' Whether it was the joy in the song or the confidence he had from having performed it three times in concert already, 'Showman Bruce' emerged, as he jumped on the drum riser at the end of the first take. Before the second, he told the fans behind Max to come out on the 'stage' once he jumped on the riser. And at that moment, the video shoot became a show, with Bruce allowing himself to feed off the crowd."

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Since 2002, Springsteen has been played private benefit shows for schools and colleges that his kids attended — Rumson Country Day School of Rumson, NJ, and Ranney School of Tinton Falls, NJ, and Boston College of Chestnut Hill, MA. SAVE MY LOVE was performed at one of these fundraisers, on 29 Jan 2011 at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ, backed by Bobby Bandiera and his band.

[Click here to display/hide detailed 2011 private benefit shows performances list]

SAVE MY LOVE was performed during the eleventh (2011) and twelfth (2012) annual Light Of Day benefits. The song was played with Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers.

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Covers

As far as it's known, no artist has recorded and released Bruce Springsteen's SAVE MY LOVE.

Available Versions

List of available versions of SAVE MY LOVE on this website:

• Official studio version
• Official studio rehearsal version
• Live 05 Nov 2010 version
• Live 16 Nov 2010 version

Credits / References

Thanks Antonio Lacalamita and Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the corrections.

Scans and info for most of the above releases are taken from the Lost In The Flood website.

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