Live 28 Apr 2005 version
[Spoken intro:] Thank you. There always was uh, songwriters uh, I owe the dept to uh, when I got me a voice. I'm gonna bring a friend of mine out to help me with, to help me with this song. Come here LaFave, come on out!
| Jimmy LaFave: | Many a month has come and gone |
| Since I've wandered from my home | |
| In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born | |
| Jimmy LaFave: | Many a page of life has turned |
| Many lessons I have learned | |
| And I know back in those hills I do belong | |
| Jimmy LaFave: | Way down yonder in the Indian nation |
| Riding my pony on the reservation | |
| In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born | |
| Springsteen and LaFave: | Way down yonder in the Indian nation |
| A cowboy's life is my occupation | |
| In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | But as I sit here today |
| Because of many miles I am away | |
| From the place I rode my pony through the draw | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Where the oak and black-jack trees |
| Kiss the playful prairie breeze | |
| I feel back in those hills where I belong | |
| Springsteen and LaFave: | Way down yonder in the Indian nation |
| Riding my pony on the reservation | |
| In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born | |
| Springsteen and LaFave: | Way down yonder in the Indian nation |
| A cowboy's life is my occupation | |
| In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Solo, Jimmy! |
| [Jimmy LaFave guitar solo] | |
| Jimmy LaFave: | As I turn life a page |
| In the land of the great Osage | |
| In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Hey! |
| Springsteen and LaFave: | Where the black oil rolls and flows |
| And the snow white cotton grows | |
| I feel like in those hills where I belong | |
| Springsteen and LaFave: | Way down yonder in the Indian nation |
| Riding my pony on the reservation | |
| In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born | |
| Springsteen and LaFave: | Way down yonder in the Indian nation |
| A cowboy's life is my occupation | |
| In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | ??? |
| Springsteen and LaFave: | Way down yonder in the Indian nation |
| Riding my pony on the reservation | |
| In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born | |
| Springsteen and LaFave: | Way down yonder in the Indian nation |
| A cowboy's life is my occupation | |
| In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Here we go! |
OKLAHOMA HILLS is a song written by Woody Guthrie and Jack Guthrie. See the original Woody Guthrie version for more details.
Bruce Springsteen played OKLAHOMA HILLS off-tour with Joe Ely and Arlo Guthrie, during a tribute to Woody Guthrie held on 29 Sep 1996 at Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH. The concert was billed as "Hard Traveling - A Benefit Concert", and was a collaboration between the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and the Woody Guthrie Archives.
Springsteen also played the song during the Devils & Dust Solo Acoustic Tour with Jimmy LaFave, on 28 Apr 2005 at Nokia Live At Grand Prairie in Grand Prairie, TX, and the above lyrics are for that version.
The last performance of the song was on 14 Jan 2006 at the World Financial Winter Garden, New York City, NY, during the "The Nebraska Project". See the live 14 Jan 2006 version for more details.
List of available versions of OKLAHOMA HILLS on this website:
OKLAHOMA HILLS [Live 28 Apr 2005 version]