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JIM DEER

Official studio version

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JIM DEER is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and first released on the Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set in 2025. The above lyrics are for Bruce Springsteen's official studio version of JIM DEER as released in 2025.

The song's title first appeared in 2022 when it was filed at the United States Copyright Office. See the "Copyright Filings" section below form more details.

Copyright Filings

In 2022, a "Recorded Document" consisting of 539 Bruce Springsteen "musical works" was filed at the United States Copyright Office. The two filings are related to Springsteen's late 2021 deal with Sony Music in which he sold the masters of his entire catalog and the coinciding music publishing rights. They show the transfer of the songs from Bruce Springsteen to Thrill Hill Music LLC and then from Thrill Hill Music LLC to Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC and Asbury Boss LLC. Thrill Hill Music LLC and Asbury Boss LLC are limited liability companies incorporated in September 2021 and October 2021 respectively and likely created for the deal.

Copyright entry #1:
Type of Work: Recorded Document
Document Number: V15007D317
Date of Recordation: 2022-05-13
Entire Copyright Document: V15007 D317 P1-13
Date of Execution: 01Nov21; 01Mar22
Title: 100 Miles From Jackson & 538 other titles; Musical Work.
Notes: Assignment.
Party 1: Bruce Springsteen
Party 2: Thrill Hill Music LLC
Links: List of titles
Names: Springsteen, Bruce | Thrill Hill Music LLC
Copyright entry #2:
Type of Work: Recorded Document
Document Number: V15007D318
Date of Recordation: 2022-05-13
Entire Copyright Document: V15007 D318 P1-14
Date of Execution: 22Nov21; 22Nov21
Title: 100 Miles From Jackson & 538 other titles; Musical Work.
Notes: Exhibit 10.1 Assignment
Party 1: Thrill Hill Music LLC
Party 2: Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC; Asbury Boss, LLC
Links: List of titles
Names: Thrill Hill Music LLC | Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC | Asbury Boss, LLC

Tracks II: The Lost Albums

Tracks II: The Lost Albums is Bruce Springsteen's follow-up to his 1998 box set Tracks, released on 27 Jun 2025. The box set consists of seven "lost albums" recoded between 1983 and 2018, totaling 83 songs, of which 74 have never been officially released in any form. The seven albums are: L.A. Garage Sessions '83, Streets Of Philadelphia Sessions, Faithless, Somewhere North Of Nashville, Inyo, Twilight Hours, and Perfect World.

Bruce Springsteen -- Tracks II: The Lost Albums
Bruce Springsteen -- Tracks II: The Lost Albums

Tracks II: The Lost Albums, along with its companion Lost And Found: Selections From The Lost Albums, was officially announced on 03 Apr 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (1:00 p.m. GMT). The announcement was accompanied by a "trailer" for the upcoming set, posted on Bruce Springsteen's YouTube channel and other online services. The previous day, Springsteen released a teaser on his social media accounts, linking to a new website, lostalbums.net, created for the two upcoming releases.


The box set is available in limited edition as a seven-disc CD set and a nine-disc LP set, as well as digital download and streaming. The physical releases will include original packaging for each of the previously unreleased records, with a 100-page cloth-bound, hardcover book featuring rare archival photos, liner notes on each lost album from essayist Erik Flannigan and a personal introduction on the project from Springsteen himself.

Tracks II: The Lost Albums track list (CD edition)

Disc 1: (LA Garage Sessions '83)

  1. FOLLOW THAT DREAM
  2. DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE
  3. LITTLE GIRL LIKE YOU
  4. JOHNNY BYE BYE
  5. SUGARLAND
  6. SEVEN TEARS
  7. FUGITIVE'S DREAM
  8. BLACK MOUNTAIN BALLAD
  9. JIM DEER
  10. COUNTY FAIR
  11. MY HOMETOWN
  12. ONE LOVE
  13. DON'T BACK DOWN
  14. RICHFIELD WHISTLE
  15. THE KLANSMAN
  16. UNSATISFIED HEART
  17. SHUT OUT THE LIGHT
  18. FUGITIVE'S DREAM [Ballad]

Disc 2: (Streets Of Philadelphia Sessions)

  1. BLIND SPOT
  2. MAYBE I DON'T KNOW YOU
  3. SOMETHING IN THE WELL
  4. WAITING ON THE END OF THE WORLD
  5. THE LITTLE THINGS
  6. WE FELL DOWN
  7. ONE BEAUTIFUL MORNING
  8. BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH
  9. SECRET GARDEN
  10. THE FAREWELL PARTY

Disc 3: (Faithless)

  1. THE DESERT [Instrumental]
  2. WHERE YOU GOIN', WHERE YOU FROM
  3. FAITHLESS
  4. ALL GOD'S CHILDREN
  5. A PRAYER BY THE RIVER [Instrumental]
  6. GOD SENT YOU
  7. GOIN' TO CALIFORNIA
  8. THE WESTERN SEA [Instrumental]
  9. MY MASTER'S HAND
  10. LET ME RIDE
  11. MY MASTER'S HAND [Theme]

Disc 4: (Somewhere North Of Nashville)

  1. REPO MAN
  2. TIGER ROSE
  3. POOR SIDE OF TOWN
  4. DELIVERY MAN
  5. UNDER A BIG SKY
  6. DETAIL MAN
  7. SILVER MOUNTAIN
  8. JANEY DON'T YOU LOSE HEART
  9. YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE
  10. STAND ON IT
  11. BLUE HIGHWAY
  12. SOMEWHERE NORTH OF NASHVILLE

Disc 5: (Inyo)

  1. INYO
  2. INDIAN TOWN
  3. ADELITA
  4. THE AZTEC DANCE
  5. THE LOST CHARRO
  6. OUR LADY OF MONROE
  7. EL JARDINERO (UPON THE DEATH OF RAMONA)
  8. ONE FALSE MOVE
  9. CIUDAD JUAREZ
  10. WHEN I BUILD MY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE

Disc 6: (Twilight Hours)

  1. SUNDAY LOVE
  2. LATE IN THE EVENING
  3. TWO OF US
  4. LONELY TOWN
  5. SEPTEMBER KISSES
  6. TWILIGHT HOURS
  7. I'LL STAND BY YOU
  8. HIGH SIERRA
  9. SUNLINER
  10. ANOTHER YOU
  11. DINNER AT EIGHT
  12. FOLLOW THE SUN

Disc 7: (Perfect World)

  1. I'M NOT SLEEPING
  2. IDIOT'S DELIGHT
  3. ANOTHER THIN LINE
  4. THE GREAT DEPRESSION
  5. BLIND MAN
  6. RAIN IN THE RIVER
  7. IF I COULD ONLY BE YOUR LOVER
  8. CUTTING KNIFE
  9. YOU LIFTED ME UP
  10. PERFECT WORLD

Tracks II: The Lost Albums track list (vinyl edition)

Side 1: (LA Garage Sessions '83)

  1. FOLLOW THAT DREAM
  2. DON'T BACK DOWN ON OUR LOVE
  3. LITTLE GIRL LIKE YOU
  4. JOHNNY BYE BYE
  5. SUGARLAND
  6. SEVEN TEARS

Side 2: (LA Garage Sessions '83)

  1. FUGITIVE'S DREAM
  2. BLACK MOUNTAIN BALLAD
  3. JIM DEER
  4. COUNTY FAIR

Side 3: (LA Garage Sessions '83)

  1. MY HOMETOWN
  2. ONE LOVE
  3. DON'T BACK DOWN
  4. RICHFIELD WHISTLE

Side 4: (LA Garage Sessions '83)

  1. THE KLANSMAN
  2. UNSATISFIED HEART
  3. SHUT OUT THE LIGHT
  4. FUGITIVE'S DREAM [Ballad]

Side 5: (Streets Of Philadelphia Sessions)

  1. BLIND SPOT
  2. MAYBE I DON'T KNOW YOU
  3. SOMETHING IN THE WELL
  4. WAITING ON THE END OF THE WORLD
  5. THE LITTLE THINGS

Side 6: (Streets Of Philadelphia Sessions)

  1. WE FELL DOWN
  2. ONE BEAUTIFUL MORNING
  3. BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH
  4. SECRET GARDEN
  5. THE FAREWELL PARTY

Side 7: (Faithless)

  1. THE DESERT [Instrumental]
  2. WHERE YOU GOIN', WHERE YOU FROM
  3. FAITHLESS
  4. ALL GOD'S CHILDREN
  5. A PRAYER BY THE RIVER [Instrumental]
  6. GOD SENT YOU

Side 8: (Faithless)

  1. GOIN' TO CALIFORNIA
  2. THE WESTERN SEA [Instrumental]
  3. MY MASTER'S HAND
  4. LET ME RIDE
  5. MY MASTER'S HAND [Theme]

Side 9: (Somewhere North Of Nashville)

  1. REPO MAN
  2. TIGER ROSE
  3. POOR SIDE OF TOWN
  4. DELIVERY MAN
  5. UNDER A BIG SKY
  6. DETAIL MAN

Side 10: (Somewhere North Of Nashville)

  1. SILVER MOUNTAIN
  2. JANEY DON'T YOU LOSE HEART
  3. YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE
  4. STAND ON IT
  5. BLUE HIGHWAY
  6. SOMEWHERE NORTH OF NASHVILLE

Side 11: (Inyo)

  1. INYO
  2. INDIAN TOWN
  3. ADELITA
  4. THE AZTEC DANCE
  5. THE LOST CHARRO

Side 12: (Inyo)

  1. OUR LADY OF MONROE
  2. EL JARDINERO (UPON THE DEATH OF RAMONA)
  3. ONE FALSE MOVE
  4. CIUDAD JUAREZ
  5. WHEN I BUILD MY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE

Side 13: (Twilight Hours)

  1. SUNDAY LOVE
  2. LATE IN THE EVENING
  3. TWO OF US

Side 14: (Twilight Hours)

  1. LONELY TOWN
  2. SEPTEMBER KISSES
  3. TWILIGHT HOURS

Side 15: (Twilight Hours)

  1. I'LL STAND BY YOU
  2. HIGH SIERRA
  3. SUNLINER

Side 16: (Twilight Hours)

  1. ANOTHER YOU
  2. DINNER AT EIGHT
  3. FOLLOW THE SUN

Side 17: (Perfect World)

  1. I'M NOT SLEEPING
  2. IDIOT'S DELIGHT
  3. ANOTHER THIN LINE
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  4. THE GREAT DEPRESSION
  5. BLIND MAN

Side 18: (Perfect World)

  1. RAIN IN THE RIVER
  2. IF I COULD ONLY BE YOUR LOVER
  3. CUTTING KNIFE
  4. YOU LIFTED ME UP
  5. PERFECT WORLD

Live History

Bruce Springsteen has never performed JIM DEER live.

Covers

As far as it's known, no artist has recorded and released Bruce Springsteen's JIM DEER.

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JIM DEER [Official studio version]
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