Dustland

Dustland

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The Killers, 2021. Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Matt Stoermer, and Ronnie Vannucci Jr., 2008. "Dustland" is a re-recording of "A Dustland Fairytale". The video is directed by Thom Zimny.

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Dustland (Single, The Killers, 2021)
- The Killers
  - Brandon Flowers: vocals
  - Ronnie Vannucci Jr.: drums
- Sophie Blair: viola
- Jake Blanton: bass
- Robbie Connolly: keyboards, guitar
- Stuart Maxfield: violin
- David Price: violin
- Ted Sablay: guitar
- Bruce Springsteen: vocals
- Madison Wilde: violin

^{Performed live 1 times (not including snippet performances).}

2022-10-01 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

^{Performances broken down by tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances)}

Performed at 1 known other show(s), plus

0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Dustland (Single, 2021).

DUSTLAND

04:24

2021 single

Note: "Dustland" is a re-recording of The Killers' "A Dustland Fairytale" from the 2008 album Day & Age. Springsteen approached The Killers in February 2020 after seeing the band live at Glastonbury, suggesting they re-record the song together. That re-recording took place at the end of 2020, and was released on June 16, 2021. The song was recorded with the help of Matt DiMona (engineer), Ryan King (recording engineer), Emily Lazar (mastering engineer), and Ariel Rechtshaid (mixer).

^{Studio Sessions: Collaborations}

A dustland fairytale beginning
With just another white trash county kiss
In '61, long brown hair and foolish eyes
He looked just like you'd want him to
Some kind of slick chrome American prince
A blue jean serenade
Moon River what'd you do to me
Well I don't believe you

Saw Cinderella in a party dress
She was looking for a night gown
Saw the devil wrapping up his hands
He's getting ready for the showdown
Saw the minute that I turned away
I got my money on a pawn tonight

The change came in disguise of revelation, set his soul on fire
She said she always knew he'd come around
And the decades disappear like sinking ships, but we persevere
God gives us hope, but we still fear what we don't know
The mind is poison
Castles in the sky sit stranded vandalized
The drawbridge is closing

Saw Cinderella in a party dress
But she was looking for a nightgown
I saw the devil wrapping up his hands
He's getting ready for the showdown
I saw the ending when they turned the page
I took my money and I ran away
Straight to the valley of the great divide

Out where the dreams all hide
Out where the wind don't blow
Out here the good girls die
And then the sky won't snow
Out here the bird don't sing
Out here the field don't grow
Out here the bell don't ring
Out here the bell don't ring
Out here the good girls die

Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep
It's such a bitter form of refuge
Why don't you know the kingdom's under siege
And everybody needs you
Is there still magic in the midnight sun
Or did you leave it back in '61
In the cadence of a young man's eyes
Out where the dreams all hide

^{Visit SpringsteenLyrics.com for other versions of this song.}