Somewhere North Of Nashville

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Track 9 of Western Stars, 2019. A different was version released as Disc 4 track 13 of Tracks II: The Lost Albums, 2025.

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Credits

• Western Stars (2019)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, synth strings, banjo, percussion, electric guitar, B3, piano, orchestral samples, celeste, organ solo, 12-string guitar, mellotron
  • Ron Aniello: upright bass, piano, electric guitar, percussion, vibraphone, bass, synth strings, orchestral samples, acoustic guitar, drums, B3, celeste, loops, synth, background vocals
  • Charles Giordano: piano
  • Marty Rifkin: pedal steel guitar
  • Patti Scialfa: backing vocals
  • Soozie Tyrell: violin, backing vocals

• Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
  • Charles Giordano: piano
  • Kaveh Rastegar: bass
  • Marty Rifkin: pedal steel guitar
  • Patti Scialfa: backing vocals
  • Soozie Tyrell: backing vocals
  • Max Weinberg: drums

Performances

Performed live 1 times (not including snippet performances). 2019-04-00 Stone Hill Farm, Colts Neck, NJ

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 Album

Released on Western Stars (2019) and, in a different version, on Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025).

A live version is released on Western Stars (Songs From The Film) (recorded April 2019).

On The Tracks

SOMEWHERE NORTH OF NASHVILLE

1:52

WESTERN

Note: Unlike the rest of the songs released on Western Stars, "Somewhere North of Nashville" was most likely written after 2017.

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Lyrics

Somewhere North Of Nashville

Came into town with a pocketful of songs
I made the rounds
But I didn't last long
Now I'm out on this highway
With a bone-cold chill
Somewhere north of Nashville

I lie awake in the middle of the night
Makin' a list of things that I didn't do right
With you at the top of a long page filled
Here, somewhere north of Nashville

For the deal I made, the price was strong
I traded you for this song
We woke each morning with hearts filled
Bluebird of love on the windowsill
Now the heart's unsteady, and the night is still
And all I've got's this melody, and time to kill
Here, somewhere north of Nashville

Visit SpringsteenLyrics.com for other versions of this song.

Links

• MusicBrainz

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