Song title: Death to my hometown
Death to my hometown
Well, no cannon ball did fly, no rifles cut us down
No bombs fell from the sky, no blood soaked the ground
No powder flash blinded the eye
No deathly thunder sounded
But just as sure as the hand of God
They brought death to my hometown
They brought death to my hometown
Now, no shells ripped the evening sky
No cities burning down
No army stormed the shores for which we’d die
No dictators were crowned
I awoke on a quiet night, I never heard a sound
The marauders raided in the dark
And brought death to my hometown
They brought death to my hometown
They destroyed our families, factories
And they took our homes
They left our bodies on the plains
The vultures picked our bones
So, listen up my sonny boy, be ready when they come
For they’ll be returning sure as the rising sun
Now get yourself a song to sing
And sing it ’til you’re done
Sing it hard and sing it well
Send the robber barons straight to hell
The greedy thieves who came around
And ate the flesh of everything they found
Whose crimes have gone unpunished now
Who walk the streets as free men now
They brought death to our hometown, boys
Death to our hometown
Death to our hometown, boys
Death to our hometown
Published on the following official releases:
- WRECKING BALL (Album,2012)
First known live performance: 02/03/2012 NBC Studio 6B, New York,NY ,USA
Last known live performance: 18/02/2017 Hope Estate Winery, Hunter Valley ,Australia
Song 'history':
Published on the 'WRECKING BALL' Album, released in March 2012.
A real milestone of each setlist of the Wrecking Ball tour
A frequent number (21 apparitions) of renderings during the High Hopes tour
The 2016 The River tour counted 23 apparitions of this song
Performed 7 times during the 2017 Summer tour
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database