Song title: A good man is hard to find
A good man is hard to find
It’s cloudy out in Pittsburgh
It’s rainin’ in Saigon
Snow’s fallin’ all across the Michigan line
Well she sits by the light of her Christmas tree
With the radio softly on
Thinkin’ how a good man is so hard to find
Well once she had a fella
Once she was somebody’s girl
And she gave all she had that one last time
Now there’s a little girl asleep in the back room
She’s gonna have to tell about the meanness in this world
And how a good man is so hard to find
Well there’s pictures on the table by her bed
Him in his dress greens and her in her wedding white
She remembers how the world was the day he left
And now how that world is dead
And a good man is so hard to find
She got no time now for Casanovas
Yeah those days are gone
She don’t want that anymore, she’s made up her mind
Just somebody to hold her
As the night gets on
When a good man is so hard to find
Well she shuts off the TV
And without a word
Into bed she climbs
Well she thinks how it was all so wasted
And how expendable their dreams all were
When a good man was so hard to find
Well it’s cloudy out in Pittsburgh Notes:
The "Tracks" take was recorded at the Power Station, 5-May-1982. Probably a Nebraska out-take.
Published on the following official releases:
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 25/04/2000 Civic Center, Pittsburgh,PA ,USA during the Reunion Tour, during the soundcheck.
- 10/05/2005 Xcel Energy center, Saint Paul,MN ,USA during the Devils and Dust tour
- 04/11/2010 Soldiers and Sailors Hall, Pittsburgh,PA ,USA
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First known live performance: 10/05/2005 Xcel Energy center, Saint Paul,MN ,USA
Last known live performance: 04/11/2010 Soldiers and Sailors Hall, Pittsburgh,PA ,USA
Song 'history':
Recorded during the BITUSA sessions (late 1982-mid 1984), but then not included on the album.
The TRACKS studio out-take collection included for the first (official) time this song.
In the Reunion tour, the song was only practiced (25/04/2000 Civic Center, Pittsburgh,PA ,USA, during the soundcheck.)
but never played in the regular set.
One only performance during the Devils and Dust tour (10/05/2005 Xcel Energy center, Saint Paul,MN ,USA)
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database