Live 18 Oct 2012 (Parma, OH) version
[Spoken intro:] [recording cut] ...many musicians understand the music as a tool to... tool to full citizenship. I'm gonna do this now. Feel free to join in, you remember all of this song.
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
Yeah I was walking a ribbon highway
I saw above me an endless sky
I saw below me a golden valley
Yeah 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
This land was made for you and me
I roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
Through 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
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
Well the sun come shining as I went strolling
Through the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
And the fog was lifting, a voice was chanting
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 see my people
And some are grumbling, some are wondering
If this land is still made for you and me
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Islands
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me
Say!
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Islands
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me
[harmonica bridge]
I was wandering, I was rolling
I seen sign said "Private Property"
Well on the other side it didn't say nothing
That sign 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
The above lyrics are for live 18 Oct 2012 performance of THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND at Cuyahoga Community College in Parma, OH, during the first of seven 2012 election rallies for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama on which Bruce Springsteen appeared. The song was played in a solo guitar and harmonica arrangement.
List of available versions of THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND on this website:
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND [1988 studio version]