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Song title: Lucky town


Lucky town

House got too crowded clothes got too tight
And I don’t know just where I’m going tonight
Out where the sky’s been cleared by a good hard rain
There’s somebody callin’ my secret name

I’m going down to Lucky Town
Going down to Lucky Town
I wanna lose these blues I’ve found
Down in Lucky Town
Down in Lucky Town

Had a coat of fine leather and snakeskin boots
But that coat always had a tread hangin’ loose
Well I pulled it one night and to my surprise
It led me right past your house and on over the rise

I’m going down to Lucky Town
Down to Lucky Town
I’m gonna lose these blues I’ve found
Down in Lucky Town
Down in Lucky Town
I had some victory that was just failure in deceit
Now the joke’s comin’ up through the soles of my feet
I been a long time walking on fortune’s cane
Tonight I’m steppin’ lightly and feelin’ no pain

Well here’s to your good looks baby now here’s to my health
Here’s to the loaded places that we take ourselves
When it comes to luck you make your own
Tonight I got dirt on my hands but I’m building me a new home

Down in Lucky Town
Down in Lucky Town
I’m gonna lose these blues I’ve found
Down in Lucky Town

Statistics from the KILLING FLOOR (www.brucespringsteen.it) database

Published on the following official releases:

First known live performance: 06/05/1992 Bottom Line, New York,NY ,USA
Last known live performance: 14/02/2017 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane ,Australia

Song 'history':


Published on LUCKY TOWN, in 1992.
A pretty regular inclusion during the Human Touch tour, left aside just 3 times
Included in the (UN)PLUGGED official release, in mid 1993
Not much used during the Reunion tour, deserving only less than a dozen renderings
Played during the Conventional Hall shows in 2000
One only rendering for this song in the Rising tour (31/08/2003 Giants Stadium, E.Rutherford,NJ ,USA)
The song was then included in the ESSENTIAL compilation, released in 2003.
Bruce inserted it 12 times in the setlists of the Devils and Dust tour
Two only performances during the Wrecking Ball tour (07/07/2013 Red Bull Arena, Leipzig ,Germany and 11/07/2013 Ippodromo delle Capannelle, Rome ,Italy)
One only performance during the High Hopes tour (16/02/2014 AAMI Park, Melbourne ,Australia)
It only saw the light 4 times in the whole 2016 The River tour
Performed 1 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