Live 31 Jan 1998 version
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Well, I can still remember |
| When I was just a kid | |
| Your friends were your friends forever | |
| And what you said was what you did | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Well, it was me, Danny and Bobby |
| We cut each other's hands | |
| And held tight to a promise | |
| Only brothers understand | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | But we were so young |
| Richie Sambora: | So young |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | One for all and all for one |
| Richie Sambora: | All for one |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Just as sure as the river's gonna run |
| We sang | |
| Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora: | Blood on blood |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | One on one |
| We'd still be standing | |
| When all was said and done | |
| Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora: | Blood on blood |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | One on one |
| And I'd be there for you | |
| Till Kingdom come | |
| 'Cause we were blood on blood | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Well, Bobby was my hero |
| Cause he had this fake I.D. | |
| When I got busted stealing cigarettes | |
| Bobby took the rap for me | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | We knew this white trash girl |
| We each threw in a ten | |
| She took us down to this cheap motel | |
| To turn us into men | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | But we were so young (so young, so young) |
| One for all and all for one (all for one) | |
| Just as sure as the river's gonna run | |
| Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora: | Blood on blood |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | One on one |
| We'd still be standing | |
| When all was said and done | |
| Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora: | Blood on blood |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | One on one |
| And I'd be there for you | |
| Till Kingdom come | |
| Cross my heart, blood on blood | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Now Bobby is an uptown lawyer |
| I hear Danny's doin' best that he can | |
| And me, I'm just the singer | |
| In a long haired rock'n'roll band | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | But through the years and miles between us |
| It's been a long and lonely ride | |
| But if I got that call in the dead of the night | |
| I'd be right by your side | |
| Richie Sambora: | Be right by your side |
| Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora: | Blood on blood |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | One on one |
| We'd still be standing | |
| When all is said and done | |
| Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora: | Blood on blood |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | One on one |
| I'll be here for you | |
| Till Kingdom come | |
| Blood on blood | |
| Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora: | Blood on blood |
| Blood on blood | |
| Blood on blood | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Blood |
| On | |
| Blood | |
| Jon Bon Jovi: | Hey! |
BLOOD ON BLOOD is a 1988 song by Bon Jovi. See the original Bon Jovi version for more details.
The above lyrics are for live 31 Jan 1998 performance of BLOOD ON BLOOD at Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ, during the "Come Together: Jon Bon Jovi & Friends" benefit concert. Jon Bon Jovi was on lead vocals on this song. Bruce Springsteen did not sing, but he probably was onstage playing guitar during this and all the other songs on which he did not sing.
The "Come Together: Jon Bon Jovi & Friends" benefit concert was organized by the Long Branch Police Department, The Asbury Park Press, and FPI Concerts, along with Jon Bon Jovi. The concert was to honor slain Long Branch police officer Sgt. Patrick King and raise money for the Sgt. Patrick King Memorial Fund to provide for his family. King, 45-year-old father of two young boys, was fatally shot on 20 Nov 1997 by a fugitive who had vowed to kill himself and a police officer rather than be captured and returned to jail.
Twenty musicians with ties to the Jersey shore music scene answered Jon Bon Jovi's call, including Bruce Springsteen and several members of the then-disbanded E Street Band (Clarence Clemons, Danni Frederici, Patti Scialfa, Steven Van Zandt, and Max Weinberg), Southside Johnny, Bobby Bandiera, and Richie Sambora among others. Actor Danny DeVito was the event's MC. Tickets, which were priced at $125, went on sale on 17 Jan 1998 noon and sold out in just eight minutes. The concert that was organized in short order raised more than $112,000 for King's widow and his two sons.
"It was a chance to forget about [the murder] a little bit," Long Branch police Sgt. Bruce Johantgen, one of about 50 city police officers who attended the show, told The Asbury Park Press. "The outpouring of love from the performers to the audience was unbelievable". Johantgen said he found it ironic that Bon Jovi and other performers thanked the audience for coming to the sold-out show. "From the police perspective, I kept thinking, 'We should be thanking you for giving your time'," Johantgen said.
This was a near-reunion of the fabled E Street Band and Springsteen's first full-length electric gig following the acoustic The Ghost Of Tom Joad Solo Acoustic Tour. Springsteen spent much (or possibly all) of the night onstage, singing or playing guitar only. Soundboard recording for the complete concert is available among collectors.
The 31 Jan 1998 show at Count Basie Theatre was commercially released in Europe. Since 2005 some enterprising record labels in Europe (mostly in the UK) have been releasing Bruce Springsteen radio and TV broadcasts (and some soundboard recordings) from the seventies, eighties, and nineties. Though these releases are not authorized by Bruce Springsteen or his record company, they are lawful due to a legal loophole in Europe.
BLOOD ON BLOOD was performed off-tour on 31 Jan 1998 at Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ, during the "Come Together: Jon Bon Jovi & Friends" benefit concert.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
List of available versions of BLOOD ON BLOOD on this website:
BLOOD ON BLOOD [Live 31 Jan 1998 version]
