Song title: Lonesome day
Lonesome day
Once I thought I knew
Everything I needed to know about you
Your sweet whisper, your tender touch
But I didn't really know that much
The joke's on me, it's gonna be okay
If I can just get through this lonesome day
Lonesome day
Hell's brewing, dark sun's on the rise
This storm will blow through, by and by
House is on fire, viper's in the grass
A little revenge and this too shall pass
This too shall pass
I'm gonna pray
Right now, all I got's this lonesome day
Lonesome Day
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
It's alright, it's alright
Better ask questions before you shoot
Deceit and betrayal's a bitter fruit
It's hard to swallow come time to pay
That taste on your tongue don't easily slip away
Let kingdom come, I'm gonna find my way
Through this lonesome day
Lonesome day
Lonesome day
Lonesome day
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
Lonesome day
Lonesome day
Lonesome day
Published on the following official releases:
- THE RISING (Album,2002)
- THE ESSENTIAL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Album,2003)
- LIVE IN BARCELONA (Album,2004)
First known live performance: 25/07/2002 Convention Hall, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA
Last known live performance: 09/02/2017 Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney ,Australia
Song 'history':
Published on THE RISING, in 2001.
During the Rising tour, the song was regularly included in every show
The Barcelona show of the Rising tour was broadcast and released on DVD 'LIVE IN BARCELONA', which included also this song
The song was then included in the ESSENTIAL compilation, released in 2003.
Played during the Vote For Change tour, in October 2004.
Played during the rehearsals for the Devils and dust Tour, in Mar/Apr 2005.
A discrete number of performances (31) was given during the Devils and Dust tour
Played during the rehearsals for the Magic tour, in Sep 2007.
Largely (75 times) played during the Magic tour
Widely used in the Working on a Dream tour, as it was performed 73 times
Bruce inserted it 36 times in the setlists of the Wrecking Ball tour
Not much used during the High Hopes tour, deserving only less than a dozen renderings
Bruce inserted it 18 times in the setlists of the 2016 The River tour
Performed 3 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