Song title: Mountain of love
(Dorman) by Harold Dorman (Rita 1003), 1960
Mountain of love
Standing on a mountain looking down on a city
The way I feel is a doggone pity
Teardrops fallin' down a mountainside
Many times I've been here, many times I've cried
We used to be so happy when we were in love
High on a mountain of love
Night after night I'm a-standing here alone
Weepin' my heart out till cold gray dawn
Prayin' that you're lonely and you come here too
Hoping just by chance that I'll get a glimpse of you
Tryin' hard to find you, somewhere up above
High on a mountain of love
A mountain of love, a mountain of love, you should be ashamed
We used to be a mountain of love
But you just changed your name
Way down below there's a half a million people
Somewhere there's a church with a big tall steeple
Inside a church there's an altar filled with flowers
Wedding bells are ringin' and they shoulda been ours
That's why I'm so lonely, my dreams gone above
High on a mountain of love
A mountain of love, a mountain of love, you should be ashamed
We used to be a mountain of love
But you just changed your name
Way down below there's a half a million people
Somewhere there's a church with a big tall steeple
Inside a church there's an altar filled with flowers
Wedding bells are ringin' that shoulda been ours
That's why I'm so lonely, high from above
High on a mountain of love
High on a mountain of love
High on a mountain of love
High on a mountain of love
This song has never been published on any official release.
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 05/02/1975 The Main Point, Bryn Mawr,PA ,USA during the Pre-BTR gigs
- 07/02/1975 Widener College, Chester,PA ,USA during the Pre-BTR gigs
- 23/02/1975 Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY ,USA during the Pre-BTR gigs, during the soundcheck.
- 30/12/1975 Tower Theater, Upper Darby,PA ,USA during the Born to Run Tour
- 31/12/1975 Tower Theater, Upper Darby,PA ,USA during the Born to Run Tour
- 23/08/2008 Scottrade Center, Saint Louis,MO ,USA during the Magic tour
- 28/04/2009 Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia,PA ,USA during the Working on a dream tour
- 19/08/2009 Comcast Theatre, Hartford,CT ,USA during the Working on a dream tour
- 13/04/2012 First niagare Center, Buffalo,NY ,USA during the Wrecking ball tour
- 03/05/2013 Friends Arena, Stockholm ,Sweden during the Wrecking ball tour
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database
First known live performance: 05/02/1975 The Main Point, Bryn Mawr,PA ,USA
Last known live performance: 03/05/2013 Friends Arena, Stockholm ,Sweden
Song 'history':
Played live 2 time(s) during the gigs preceeding the official Born To Run Tour.
Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.
Bruce gave this song only two shots through the Born to Run tour
One only performance during the Magic tour (23/08/2008 Scottrade Center, Saint Louis,MO ,USA)
Two only renderings for this song in the Working on a Dream tour (28/04/2009 Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia,PA ,USA and 19/08/2009 Comcast Theatre, Hartford,CT ,USA)
Bruce gave this song only two shots through the Wrecking Ball tour (13/04/2012 First niagare Center, Buffalo,NY ,USA and 03/05/2013 Friends Arena, Stockholm ,Sweden)
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database