All Just To Get To You

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Joe Ely. Joe Ely and Will Sexton, 1995.

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Credits

• Letter To Laredo (Joe Ely, 1995)
  • Joe Ely: vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Glenn Fukunaga: bass
  • David Grissom: guitar
  • Lloyd Maines: dobro, steel guitar, slide guitar
  • Davis McLarty: drums
  • Chris Searles: percussion
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, synthesizer
  • Teye: flamenco guitar

Performances

Performed live 8 times (not including snippet performances). 2025-04-26 Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ 2008-04-14 Toyota Center, Houston, TX 2003-03-02 Frank Erwin Center, University Of Texas, Austin, TX 2001-10-19 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ 2001-10-18 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ 2000-04-17 Frank Erwin Center, University Of Texas, Austin, TX 1996-03-17 Mean Fiddler (The), Dublin, Ireland 1995-09-14 Viper Room (The), West Hollywood, CA

Performances broken down by tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances) Performed at 0 show(s) of 130 on the 2023-25 International Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 266 on the Springsteen On Broadway run. Performed at 0 show(s) of 14 on the Summer '17 Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 75 on the The River Tour 2016. Performed at 0 show(s) of 33 on the High Hopes Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 133 on the Wrecking Ball Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 83 on the Working On A Dream Tour. Performed at 1 show(s) of 99 on the Magic Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 56 on The Seeger Sessions Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 72 on the Devils & Dust Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 7 on the Vote For Change Tour. Performed at 1 show(s) of 120 on The Rising Tour. Performed at 1 show(s) of 132 on The Reunion Tour. Performed at 5 known other show(s), plus 0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Album

Released on Letter To Laredo (Joe Ely, 1995).

On The Tracks

ALL JUST TO GET TO YOU

4:16

GUEST: LAREDO

Note: "All Just To Get To You" is a song written by Joe Ely and Will Sexton and first released in 1988 on the self-titled album Will And The Kill (a collaboration by Will Sexton and David Grissom) and later separately recorded for Ely's 1995 album Letter To Laredo. The latter album was recorded at Spur Studios (Joe Ely's home studio) in Austin, TX. Bruce Springsteen contributed to the studio recording, providing back-up vocals. He travelled to Austin around spring 1995 and joined Ely in studio to record his parts.

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Lyrics

All Just To Get To You

I have stumbled on the plains
Staggered in the wind
Stood at a crossroad or two
Cried to a river
Swept to the sea
All just to get to you

I have jumped a yellow cab
Hopped a rusty freight
Sang till my lips turned blue
Flown a silver bird
On tops of the clouds
All just to get to you

I ran too hard, I played too rough
I gave my love not near enough
I bled too red, I cried too blue
I beat my fist against the moon
All just to get to you

I have run from Saint Paul
To Wichita Falls
Called you from sunny Baton Rouge
I hocked everything
From my watch to my ring
All just to get to you

I ran too hard, I played too rough
I gave my love not near enough
I bled too red, I cried too blue
I beat my fist against the moon
All just to get to you

From the California Shore
Where the mighty ocean roars
To the lands of the Hopi and the Sioux
Ely and Springsteen: I walked the desert sands
Crossed the Rio Grande
All just to get to you

I have stumbled on the plains
Staggered in the wind
Stood at a crossroad or two
Cried to a river
Swept to the sea
All just to get to you

I ran too hard, I played too rough
I gave my love not near enough
I bled too red, I cried too blue
I beat my fist against the moon
All just to get to you
All just to get to you
All just to get to you
All just to get to you

Visit SpringsteenLyrics.com for other versions of this song.

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