Song title: Trapped
(Cliff) by Jimmy Cliff (Island 6132), 1972
Trapped
Well it seems like I’m caught up in your trap again
And it seems like I’ll be wearin’ the same ol’ chains
Good will conquer evil and the truth will set you free
Then I know someday I’ll find the key
Then I know somewhere I’ll find the key
Well it seem like I’ve been playin’ the game way too long
And it seems the game I played has made you strong
Well when the game is over, I won’t walk out a loser
And I know that I’ll walk out of here again
And I know that someday I’ll walk out of here again
Chorus:
But now I’m trapped...Oh yeah!
Trapped...Oh yeah yeah!
Trapped...Oh yeah!
Trapped...Oh yeah!
Now it seems like I’ve been sleepin’ in your bed too long
And it seems like you’ve been meanin’ to do me harm
But I’ll teach my eyes to see beyond these walls in front of me
And someday I’ll walk out of here again
Yeah I know someday I’ll walk out of here again
(Chorus)
Well it seem like I’ve been playin’ the game way too long
And it seems the game I played has made you strong
Because I’m trapped...Oh yeah!
Trapped...Oh yeah yeah!
Trapped...Oh yeah yeah!
Trapped...Oh yeah!
I’m trapped...Oh yeah yeah!
Trapped...Oh yeah yeah
Trapped...Oh yeahhhhhh
Trapped....oh yeahhhh
I’m trapped.
Published on the following official releases:
- WE ARE THE WORLD (Album VVAA,1985)
- THE ESSENTIAL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Album,2003)
First known live performance: 29/05/1981 Wembley Arena, London ,GB
Last known live performance: 04/02/2017 AAMI Park, Melbourne ,Australia
Song 'history':
Bruce inserted it 28 times in the setlists of the River tour
A discrete number of performances (73) was given during the Born in the U.S.A. tour
Played during the 'Summer '89 bar tour', which is the name under which I group the 1989 shows Bruce played with various small bands, or guesting, between March and September 1989
A discrete number of performances (62) was given during the Human Touch tour
Bruce inserted it 21 times in the setlists of the Reunion tour
Not much used during the Rising tour, deserving only 5 renderings
The song made its first official apparition being included, as inedit track, in the bonus CD of the ESSENTIAL compilation, released in 2003.
14 perfomances were given during the Magic tour
It only saw the light less than a dozen times in the whole Working on a Dream tour
The Wrecking Ball tour counted 20 apparitions of this song
It only saw the light 4 times in the whole High Hopes tour
During the 2016 The River tour, the song was played less than a dozen times
Performed 2 times during the 2017 Summer tour
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database