Track 12 of Devils & Dust, 2005.
- Devils & Dust (2005)
- Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Nashville String Machine: strings
- String arrangements by Eddie Horst
Released on Devils & Dust (2005).
Live versions are available on the following 6 official live downloads:
- 2005-11-22 Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, NJ
- 2005-08-13 Pontiac Theatre At GM Place, Vancouver, BC
- 2005-08-03 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
- 2005-07-31 Value City Theatre, Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH
- 2005-06-25 Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2005-05-17 Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA
| MATAMOROS BANKS | 4:20 | DEVILS |
Note: Springsteen solo, on multiple instruments. The strings (the Nashville String Machine) were recorded in Nashville in 2004 and added onto the core recording.
Studio Sessions: Devils & Dust
Matamoros Banks |
For two days the river keeps you down
Then you rise to the light without a sound
Past the playgrounds and empty switching yards
The turtles eat the skin from your eyes, so they lay open to the stars
Your clothes give way to the current and river stone
'Till every trace of who you ever were is gone
And the things of the earth they make their claim
That the things of heaven may do the same
Goodye, my darling, for your love I give God thanks
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros banks
Over rivers of stone and ancient ocean beds
I walk on twine and tire tread
My pockets full of dust, my mouth filled with cool stone
The pale moon opens the earth to its bones
I long, my darling, for your kiss, for your sweet love I give God thanks
The touch of your loving fingertips
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros banks
Your sweet memory comes on the evenin' wind
I sleep and dream of holding you in my arms again
The lights of Brownsville, across the river shine
A shout rings out and into the silty red river I dive
I long, my darling, for your kiss, for your sweet love I give God thanks
A touch of your loving fingertips
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros banks
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros banks
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