Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: Grant Showbiz

There's a place out on the edge of town, sir
Rising above the fact'ries and the fields
Ever since I was a child, I can remember
That mansion on the hill

In the day, you can see children playing
On the road that leads to those gates of hardened steel
Steel gates that completely surround, sir
The mansion on the hill

At night, my daddy'd take me and we'd ride
Through the streets of a town so silent and still
Park on a back road along the highway side
Look up at that mansion on the hill

In the summer, all the lights would shinе
There'd be music playing, pеople laughing all the time
Me and my sister we'd hide out in the tall corn fields
Sit and listen to that mansion on the hill

Tonight, down here in Linden town
I watch the cars rushing home from the mill
There's a beautiful full moon rising
Above that mansion on the hill

There's a beautiful full moon rising
Above that mansion on the hill

Billy Bragg

Billy Brag born in 1957 in Essex, was since a young age very inspired by punk, and politically motivated folk music. After attending the Rock Against Fascism concert where he saw The Clash perform, that was when he finally made the decision to pursue a left wing politically driven music career.

He first formed the punk band Riff Raff in 1977, but with no exposure the band broke apart in 1980. After a bad start of his music career he decided to join the British Army, but after only three months he bought himself out and headed back home.

With some of his albums starting to get more coverage, like “Between the Wars” which then got onto the top 20 of the UK Top Singles chart.