Song title: Factory
Factory - Album
Early in the morning factory whistle blows,
Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes,
Man takes his lunch, walks out in the morning light,
It’s the working, the working, just the working life.
Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain,
I see my daddy walking through them factory gates in the rain,
Factory takes his hearing, factory gives him life,
The working, the working, just the working life.
End of the day, factory whistle cries,
Men walk through these gates
with death in their eyes.
And you just better believe, boy,
somebody’s gonna get hurt tonight,
It’s the working, the working, just the working life. Notes:
In some relation with Come on (Let's go tonight). Live version are identical to the album take. The outtake version is also very (very very) similar.
Factory - Outtake
Early in the morning factory whistle blows
Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes
Man takes his lunch, walks out in the morning light
It's the working, the working, just the working life
Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain
I see my daddy walking towards them factory gates in the rain
Factory takes his hearing, but he understands
He's a working, a working, just a working man
End of the day, factory whistle cries
Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes
And you just better believe, boy, somebody's gonna get hurt tonight
It's the working, the working, it's the working life
Cause it's the working, the working, just the working life Notes:
In some relation with Come on (Let's go tonight). Live version are identical to the album take. The outtake version is also very (very very) similar.
Published on the following official releases:
- DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (Album,1978)
- PROVE IT ALL NIGHT / FACTORY (7 in.,1978)
- THE PROMISE (Album,2010)
- THE PROMISE-DVD2 (Album,2010)
First known live performance: 21/07/1978 Auditorium, Nashville,TN ,USA
Last known live performance: 05/09/2016 Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater, Virginia Beach,VA ,USA
Song 'history':
Published on DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, in 1978.
37 perfomances were given during the Darkness tour
A discrete number of performances (69) was given during the River tour
Bruce gave this song only two shots through the Born in the U.S.A. tour (26/11/1984 Reunion Arena, Dallas,TX ,USA and 29/11/1984 The Summit, Houston,TX ,USA)
The Reunion tour counted 43 apparitions of this song
Played once in the whole Rising tour (18/09/2003 Rentschler Field, Hartford,CT ,USA)
During the The Seeger Session tour, the song was played 3 times
During the Working on a Dream tour, the song was played 5 times
Another version of the song also appears on the 'The Promise' Album, released in November 2010, in the Thrill Hill Vault 1976-1978 DVD volume
It only saw the light 5 times in the whole Wrecking Ball tour
Two only performances during the High Hopes tour (15/02/2014 AAMI Park, Melbourne ,Australia and 19/02/2014 Allphones Arena, Sydney ,Australia)
One only performance during the 2016 The River tour (05/09/2016 Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater, Virginia Beach,VA ,USA)
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database