Live 11 Apr 1999 version
Well Saigon, it was all gone
The same Coke machines as the streets I grew on
Well down a mesquite canyon we come walking along the ridge
Me and the brothers under the bridge
Campsite's hours walk from the nearest road to town
Out here there's too much brush and canyon for the CHP choppers to touch down
I ain't looking for nothing, just wanna live
Me and the brothers under the bridge
Come the Santa Ana's, man, that dry brush will light
Jimmy Devon got burned up in his own campfire one winter night
Well we buried his body in a white stone high up along the ridge
Me and the brothers under the bridge
Well I had enough of town, I had enough of town and the street life
Over nothing you just end up on the wrong end of someone's knife
Now I don't want no trouble and I ain't got none to give
Yeah me and the brothers under the bridge
When I shipped home, I shipped home in '72
And you were just a beautiful light in your mother's dark eyes of blue
Well I stood down on the tarmac, I was just a kid
Me and the brothers under the bridge
Come Veterans Day, sat in the stand in my dress blues
I held your mama's hand when they passed with the red, white and blue
One minute you're right there and something slips
The above lyrics are for the live 11 Apr 1999 performance of BROTHERS UNDER THE BRIDGE at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain, during The Reunion Tour. This was the only time that Bruce Springsteen performed the song during The Reunion Tour. The song was played in a full band arrangement for the first time ever.
List of available versions of BROTHERS UNDER THE BRIDGE on this website:
BROTHERS UNDER THE BRIDGE [Official studio version]