The Killers' album version
| Brandon Flowers: | A dustland fairytale beginning |
| With just another white trash county kiss | |
| In '61, long brown hair and foolish eyes | |
| He looked just like you'd want him to | |
| Some kind of slick chrome American prince | |
| A blue jean serenade | |
| Moon River what'd you do to me | |
| Well I don't believe you | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Saw Cinderella in a party dress |
| She was looking for a night gown | |
| Saw the devil wrapping up his hands | |
| He's getting ready for the showdown | |
| Saw the minute that I turned away | |
| I got my money on a pawn tonight | |
| Brandon Flowers: | The change came in disguise of revelation, set his soul on fire |
| She said she always knew he'd come around | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | And the decades disappear like sinking ships, but we persevere |
| God gives us hope, but we still fear what we don't know | |
| The mind is poison | |
| Flowers and Springsteen: | Castles in the sky sit stranded vandalized |
| The drawbridge is closing | |
| Flowers and Springsteen: | Saw Cinderella in a party dress |
| But she was looking for a nightgown | |
| I saw the devil wrapping up his hands | |
| He's getting ready for the showdown | |
| I saw the ending when they turned the page | |
| I took my money and I ran away | |
| Straight to the valley of the great divide | |
| Flowers and Springsteen: | Out where the dreams all hide |
| Out where the wind don't blow | |
| Out here the good girls die | |
| And then the sky won't snow | |
| Out here the bird don't sing | |
| Out here the field don't grow | |
| Out here the bell don't ring | |
| Out here the bell don't ring | |
| Out here the good girls die | |
| Brandon Flowers: | Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep |
| It's such a bitter form of refuge | |
| Why don't you know the kingdom's under siege | |
| And everybody needs you | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Is there still magic in the midnight sun |
| Or did you leave it back in '61 | |
| In the cadence of a young man's eyes | |
| Flowers and Springsteen: | Out where the dreams all hide |
DUSTLAND is a song written by Brandon Flowers but credited to The Killers (Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr). It was first released by The Killers as a single on 16 Jun 2021. The song will also be included on an upcoming album by The Killers later that year.
DUSTLAND is remake/re-recording of A DUSTLAND FAIRYTALE, a song originally released by The Killers in 2008. DUSTLAND features a guest appearance by Bruce Springsteen on vocals.
Track credits:
Brandon Flowers: vocals
Bruce Springsteen: vocals
Ronnie Vannucci: drums
Robbie Connolly: keyboards, guitar
Ted Sablay: guitar
Jake Blanton: bass
Sophie Blair: strings
Stuart Maxfield: strings
David Price: strings
Madison Wilde: strings
On 10 Jun 2021, during a phone call with host Jim Rotolo on Sirius XM's E Street Radio channel, Springsteen revealed in a surprise announcement that he recorded a song with The Killers. "I did a nice thing with Brandon Flowers, from The Killers," he told Rotolo. "And we did something together that I think is gonna come out soon. Like, in a week or so." The following day, The Killers posted on their official Twitter account: "Looks like the cat's out of the bag. When The Boss decides it's time to make an announcement, it's time to make an announcement." The post was accompanied with the cover art for the upcoming single. Shortly after, they also posted a 10-second clip from an upcoming music video for DUSTLAND, to be released on 16 Jun 2021.
Bruce Springsteen has never performed DUSTLAND live.
List of available versions of DUSTLAND on this website:
DUSTLAND [The Killers' album version]