Summer Soldier (Holler If Ya Hear Me)

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Stewart Francke. Stewart Francke, 2011.

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Credits

• Heartless World (Stewart Francke, 2011)
  • Stewart Francke: vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Johnny "Bee" Badanjek: drums
  • Chuck Bartels: bass
  • Jimmie Bones: piano, organ
  • Bobby Murray: guitar
  • Bryan Reilly: drums, percussion
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals
  • Paul Warren: guitar

Performances

Performed live 0 times (not including snippet performances).

Released on Album

Released on Heartless World (Stewart Francke, 2011).

On The Tracks

SUMMER SOLDIER (HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME)

3:38

GUEST: HEARTLESS

Note: Bruce guests in the studio to provide duet vocals on Stewart Francke's "Summer Soldier (Holler If Ya Hear Me)", a guitar jam rocker with a call and response chorus. According to Francke, it was cut live at Harmonie Park in Detroit, MI, "the old school way — a bunch of great musicians all in one room playing together. No samples, no sequences, no auto-tuners." Francke wrote, "I showed 'em the song and got the hell out of the way." The song was released on Francke's 2011 album Heartless World.

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Lyrics

Summer Soldier (Holler If Ya Hear Me)

As I lay wounded in this wasteland
Summer soldier, a family man
Back home it's springtime
They're tying yellow ribbons in the sun

Holler, holler if you hear me
Holler, holler if you hear me
Holler, holler, holler if you hear me
If you hear me

I come from Warren down by Detroit
I joined the army, five times deployed
I don't regret it, but I miss my boys

Oh, Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler if you hear me
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler if you hear me
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler if you hear me

We dream at night but never sleep
For promises we never keep
And seeds we sow, we never reap
When push comes to shove
We're all fallin' short of God's love
Love love

When that train arrives, and I can hear my title clear
We'll walk together
Yea brother we'll walk on outta here
And we'll understand it all in the by and by

Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler if you hear me
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler if you hear me
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler if you hear me

Come on!
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler if you hear me
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler if you hear me
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler
Holler if you hear me
If you hear me
If you hear me
If you hear me
If you hear me
As I lay dying in this wasteland

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