Live 02 Nov 2008 version
[recording cut]
...Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Go! Yes we can!
Say it! Yes we can!
Come on! Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
Well this land was made for you and me
As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me the endless sky
I saw below me a golden valley
Well this land was made for you and me
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
Yeah this land was made for you and me
I roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
It said this land was made for you and me
Go!
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
Yeah this land was made for you and me
Now the sun come shining as I was strolling
Through the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
And the fog was lifting and a voice come chanting
It said this land was made for you and me
In the squares of the city, in the shadow of the steeple
Near the Relief Office I saw my people
And some are grumbling and some are wondering
If this land's still made for you and me
Come on!
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
Yeah this land was made for you and me
Let's go, come on, take it back, let me hear you!
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land─
Come on, Cleveland's one of halls of rock and roll, you can do it better than that.
was made for you and me
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me
Here we go!
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
Yeah this land was made for you and me
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
Yes we can!
[Spoken outro:] Thank you... [recording cut]
The above lyrics are for the live 02 Nov 2008 performance of THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND at Lakeside Ave in Cleveland, OH, during the last of the four Vote For Change events on which Bruce Springsteen appeared. The song was played in a solo acoustic guitar and harmonica arrangement. At the beginning and at the end of the song, Springsteen led the crowd into the "Yes we can" chant (marked in bold) while stumping his guitar. Two of the choruses were sung by the crowd (marked in bold).
In 2008, Bruce Springsteen appeared on four election rallies for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama. These election rallies were billed as "Vote For Change". Accompanied only by his acoustic guitar and harmonica, Springsteen performed six to eight songs on each of the four rallies.
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List of available versions of THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND on this website:
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND [1988 studio version]