Song title: I'll work for your love
I'll work for your love
Pour me a drink Theresa
In one of those glasses you dust off
And I'll watch the bones in your back
Like the stations of the cross
'Round your hair the sun lifts a halo
At your lips a crown of thorns
Whatever other deals goin' down
To this one I'm sworn
I'll work for your love, dear
I'll work for your love
What others may want for free
I'll work for your love
The dust of civilizations
And loves sweet remains
Slip off of your fingers
And come driftin' down like rain
The pages of Revelation
Lie open in your empty eyes of blue
I watch you slip that comb through your hair and this I promise you
I'll work for your love, dear
I'll work for your love
What others may want for free
I'll work for your love
Your tears, they fill the rosary
At your feet, my temple of bones
Here in this perdition we go on and on
Now our city of peace has crumbled
Our book of faith's been tossed
And I'm just out here searchin'
For my own piece of the cross
The late afternoon sun fills the room
With the mist of the garden before the fall I watch your hands smooth the front of your blouse and seven drops of blood fall
I'll work for your love, dear
I'll work for your love
What others may want for free
I'll work for your...
Published on the following official releases:
First known live performance: 10/09/2007 Convention Hall, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA
Last known live performance: 01/11/2016 Madison Square Garden Theatre, New York,NY ,USA
Song 'history':
Played during the rehearsals for the Magic tour, in Sep 2007.
Published on the 'MAGIC' Album, released in September 2007.
Played during the Magic tour (17 times)
One only performance during the Working on a Dream tour (22/11/2009 HSBC Arena, Buffalo,NY ,USA)
Bruce gave this song one only shot through the Wrecking Ball tour (08/05/2013 HK Arena, Turku ,Finland)
Scarcely used during the High Hopes tour, with 3 inclusions
Played once in the whole 2016 The River tour (05/06/2016 Wembley Stadium, London ,GB)
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database