Bruce Springsteen

Released: March 6, 2012

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Bruce Springsteen Ron Aniello

[Intro: Alan Lomax]
I'm a soldier... soldier...

[Chorus: Michelle Moore]
We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground

[Verse 1: Bruce Springsteen]
Rise up, shepherd, rise up
Your flock has roamed far from the hill
The stars have faded, the sky is still
The angels are shouting “Glory hallelujah”

[Chorus: Moore]
We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground

[Verse 2: Springsteen]
Forty days and nights of rain washed this land
Jesus said the money changers in this temple will not stand
Find your flock, get them to higher ground
The floodwater’s rising, we’re Canaan bound

[Chorus: Moore and (Lomax)]
We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
(I'm a soldier...)

[Verse 3: Springsteen]
Tend to your flock or they will stray
We’ll be called for our service come judgment day
Before we cross that river wide
The blood on our hands will come back on us twice

(I'm a soldier...)
[Verse 4]

[Springsteen]
Rise up, shepherd, rise up
Your flock has roamed far from the hill
Stars have faded the sky is still
Sun's in the heavens and a new day's rising
[Moore]
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
[Bridge: Moore]
You use your muscle and your mind and you pray your best
That your best is good enough, the Lord will do the rest
You raise your children and you teach them to walk straight and sure
You pray that hard times, hard times come no more
You try to sleep, you toss and turn, the bottom’s dropping out
Where you once had faith, now there’s only doubt
You pray for guidance, only silence now meets your prayers
The morning breaks, you awake, but no one’s there
No one's there....

[Outro]

[Springsteen, Lomax]

There's a new day coming

I'm a soldier

Oh, a new day's coming

I'm a soldier

Oh, a new day's coming

I'm a soldier

There's a new day coming
[Victorious Gospel Choir]
We've been traveling over
Rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over
Rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over
Rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over
Rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over
Rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over
Rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over
Rocky ground, rocky ground
We've been traveling over
Rocky ground, rocky ground
[Coda: Moore]
We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground
We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground

Bruce Springsteen is a rock ‘n’ roll icon from the great state of New Jersey. Nicknamed “The Boss,” he’s known for spirited sax-powered anthems about working-class people making their way in the world. Backed by the trusty E Street Band, he’s sold more than 120 million records, won numerous awards (including 20 Grammys and an Oscar), sold out stadiums around the globe, and earned a place alongside his teenage heroes in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Although he’s a living legend who ranks among the most important artists in rock history, Springsteen wasn’t an overnight success. Around the time of his first album, 1973’s Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., he was dismissed as just another “new Dylan"—some scruffy folk singer with a decent vocabulary looking to follow in Bob’s footsteps. In the decade that followed, Springsteen proved himself to be much more.

His breakthrough came with his third album, 1975’s Born to Run. The record hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and landed the singer-songwriter on the cover of both Time and Newsweek. Bruce nabbed his first chart-topping album five years later with The River, and in 1984, he went global with Born in the U.S.A., a critical and commercial smash that produced seven Top 10 singles.

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