Lyrics

LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS

Live July 2018 version


Grab your tickets and your suitcase, thunder's rolling down this track
Oh you don't know where you're going now, but you know you won't be back
Well darling if you're weary lay your head upon my chest
We'll take what we can carry and we'll leave the rest

Well big wheels roll through the fields where sunlight streams
Oh meet me in a land of hope and dreams

Well I will provide for you and I'll stand by your side
You'll need a good companion now oh for this part of the ride
Yeah leave behind your sorrows, let this day be the last
Well tomorrow there'll be sunshine and sunshine, and all this darkness past

Well big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams
Oh meet me in a land of hope and dreams

Well this train carries saints and sinners
This train carries losers and winners
This train carries whores and gamblers
This train carries lost souls

I said, this train carries brokenhearted
This train, thieves and sweet souls departed
This train carries fools and kings, Lord
This train, all aboard

I said, now this train, dreams will not be thwarted
This train, faith will be rewarded
This train, hear the steel wheels singing
This train, bells of freedom ringing

Well big wheels roll through the fields where sunlight streams
Oh meet me in a land of hope and dreams
Oh meet me in a land of hope and dreams

Thank you. Please, be seated.

Info

The above lyrics are for the live July 2018 performance of LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS at Walter Kerr Theatre in New York City, NY, during Springsteen On Broadway. The song was played solo on acoustic guitar.

This performance of LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS was recorded on 17 or 18 July 2018 during the taping of the Springsteen On Broadway Netflix special. It was released on the Springsteen On Broadway album in 2018.


Springsteen On Broadway

Springsteen On Broadway was a Bruce Springsteen concert residency held at Walter Kerr Theatre (in 2017-2018) and St. James Theatre (in 2021) in New York City, NY. The show consisted of Springsteen performing five shows a week, Tuesday through Saturday, at the Broadway theatres. The sold-out series of performances began with seven previews starting on 03 Oct 2017 and officially opened on 12 Oct 2017. It was extended three times after its initial eight-week run, running through 15 Dec 2018 and bringing the total number of performances at Walter Kerr Theatre to 238. On 10 Jun 2018, Springsteen received a special Tony Award for his Broadway show. In 2021, an additional limited run was announced, this time held at St. James Theatre instead of Walter Kerr Theatre. This new series of performances opened on 26 Jun 2021 and ran through 04 Sep 2021, bringing the total number of performances at both theatres to 268.

The show featured Springsteen, solo, playing guitar, piano, and harmonica, performing his music, restating incidents from his 2016 autobiography Born To Run, and performing other spoken reminiscences written for the show. His wife, Patti Scialfa, has also appeared at most shows, singing backing vocals on a total of three different songs.

Springsteen On Broadway, a Netflix special directed by Grammy- and Emmy-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny, was filmed during two special invitation-only shows on 17 and 18 Jul 2018. The film launched globally on Netflix on 16 Dec 2018 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time, just hours after the final Broadway performance at Walter Kerr Theatre closed. Two days prior, on 14 Dec 2018, Columbia Records released Springsteen On Broadway, an audio album encompassing the full film soundtrack. The audio was mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Bob Ludwig. The album is available physically as a 2-disc CD set or a 4-disc LP set, as well as digitally.


Bruce Springsteen -- Springsteen On Broadway
Bruce Springsteen -- Springsteen On Broadway

Springsteen On Broadway track list (vinyl edition)

Side 1:

  1. GROWIN' UP (introduction)
  2. GROWIN' UP (song)
  3. MY HOMETOWN (introduction)
  4. MY HOMETOWN (song)

Side 2:

  1. MY FATHER'S HOUSE (introduction)
  2. MY FATHER'S HOUSE (song)
  3. THE WISH (introduction)
  4. THE WISH (song)

Side 3:

  1. THUNDER ROAD (introduction)
  2. THUNDER ROAD (song)
  3. THE PROMISED LAND (introduction)
  4. THE PROMISED LAND (song)

Side 4:

  1. BORN IN THE U.S.A. (introduction)
  2. BORN IN THE U.S.A. (song)
  3. TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (introduction)
  4. TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (song)

Side 5:

  1. TOUGHER THAN THE REST (introduction)
  2. TOUGHER THAN THE REST (song)
  3. BRILLIANT DISGUISE (introduction)
  4. BRILLIANT DISGUISE (song)
  5. LONG TIME COMIN' (introduction)
  6. LONG TIME COMIN' (song)

Side 6:

  1. THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD (introduction)
  2. THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD (song)
  3. THE RISING (song)

Side 7:

  1. DANCING IN THE DARK (introduction)
  2. DANCING IN THE DARK (song)
  3. LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS (song)

Side 8:

  1. BORN TO RUN (introduction)
  2. BORN TO RUN (song)

Springsteen On Broadway track list (CD edition)

Disc 1:

  1. GROWIN' UP (introduction)
  2. GROWIN' UP (song)
  3. MY HOMETOWN (introduction part 1)
  4. MY HOMETOWN (introduction part 2)
  5. MY HOMETOWN (song)
  6. MY FATHER'S HOUSE (introduction)
  7. MY FATHER'S HOUSE (song)
  8. THE WISH (introduction)
  9. THE WISH (song)
  10. THUNDER ROAD (introduction)
  11. THUNDER ROAD (song)
  12. THE PROMISED LAND (introduction part 1)
  13. THE PROMISED LAND (introduction part 2)
  14. THE PROMISED LAND (introduction part 3)
  15. THE PROMISED LAND (song)

Disc 2:

  1. BORN IN THE U.S.A. (introduction part 1)
  2. BORN IN THE U.S.A. (introduction part 2)
  3. BORN IN THE U.S.A. (song)
  4. TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (introduction)
  5. TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT (song)
  6. TOUGHER THAN THE REST (introduction)
  7. TOUGHER THAN THE REST (song)
  8. BRILLIANT DISGUISE (introduction)
  9. BRILLIANT DISGUISE (song)
  10. LONG TIME COMIN' (introduction)
  11. LONG TIME COMIN' (song)
  12. THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD (introduction)
  13. THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD (song)
  14. THE RISING (song)
  15. DANCING IN THE DARK (introduction)
  16. DANCING IN THE DARK (song)
  17. LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS (song)
  18. BORN TO RUN (introduction part 1)
  19. BORN TO RUN (introduction part 2)
  20. BORN TO RUN (song)

Available Versions

List of available versions of LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS on this website:

LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS [Album version]
LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS [Live 01 Jul 2000 version]
LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS [Live 16 Oct 2002 version]
LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS [Live 09 Mar 2012 version]
LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS [Live 12 Dec 2012 version]
LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS [Live 11 Jul 2013 version]
LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS [Live 06 Aug 2015 version]
LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS [Live July 2018 version]
LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS [Live 22 Apr 2020 version]
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