American Land (Live In Dublin)-Bruce Springsteen

[00:07.14](Welcome friends! Alright, hello New York. Hit it Larry! Alright, we got a... immigrant song for New York City.) [00:36.03]What is this land of America, so many travel there [00:39.51]I'm going now while I'm still young, my darling meet me there [00:43.17]Wish me luck my lovely, I'll send for you when I can [00:45.63]And we'll make our home in the American land [00:53.46]Over there all the woman wear silk and satin to their knees [00:56.76]And children dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the trees [01:00.24]Gold comes rushing out the river straight into your hands [01:03.63]If you make your home in the American land [01:10.44]There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song [01:14.04]Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long [01:16.71]There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man [01:20.76]Who will make his home in the American land [01:41.22]I docked at Ellis Island in a city of light and spire [01:44.85]I wandered to the valley of red-hot steel and fire [01:48.24]We made the steel that built the cities with the sweat of our two hands [01:52.11]And I made my home in the American land [01:58.47]There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song [02:01.95]Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long [02:04.62]There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man [02:08.61]Who will make his home in the American land [02:29.19]The McNicholas, the Posalski's, the Smiths, Zerillis too [02:32.34]The Blacks, the Irish, Italians, the Germans and the Jews [02:34.86]The Puerto Ricans, illegals, the Asians, Arabs miles from home [02:36.21]Come across the water with a fire down below [02:42.75]They died building the railroads, worked to bones and skin [02:46.23]They died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the wind [02:49.68]They died to get here a hundred years ago, they're dyin' now [02:53.13]The hands that built the country were always trying to keep down [02:56.40]There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song [03:00.00]Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long [03:04.17]There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man [03:07.02]Who will make his home in the American land [03:08.73]Who will make his home in the American land [03:11.43]Who will make his home in the American land [03:12.36](For all you travelers out there!)