This Life

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Track 6 of Working On A Dream, 2009.

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Credits

• Working On A Dream (2009)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, percussion
  • Roy Bittan: piano, organ[?]
  • Clarence Clemons: saxophone, backing vocals
  • Danny Federici: organ[?]
  • Nils Lofgren: guitar, backing vocals
  • Patti Scialfa: backing vocals
  • Garry Tallent: bass
  • Soozie Tyrell: violin[?], backing vocals
  • Steven Van Zandt: guitar, backing vocals
  • Patrick Warren: keyboards
  • Max Weinberg: drums

Performances

Performed live 3 times (not including snippet performances). 2009-08-02 Auditorio Monte Do Gozo, Santiago De Compostela, Spain 2009-05-08 Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University, University Park, PA 2009-03-23 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ

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 2 show(s) of 83 on the Working On A Dream Tour. Performed at 0 known other show(s), plus 1 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Album

Released on Working On A Dream (2009).

On The Tracks

THIS LIFE - V1		uncirculating
THIS LIFE - V2	4:30	DREAM

Note: Written June 2007 during the mixing stages of Magic and demoed before sessions completed. Features Patrick Warren on piano.

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Media

Lyrics

This Life

A bang then stardust in your eyes
A billion years or just this night
Either way it'll be all right

A blackness then the light of a million stars
As you slip into in my car
The evening sky strikes sparks

This life, this life and then the next
With you I have been blessed
What more can you expect

At night at my telescope alone
This emptiness I've roamed
Searching for a home

The stars, a brief string of shining charms
Rushing in red out of our arms
Into the drifting dark

This life, this life and then the next
With you I have been blessed
What more can you expect

This life, this life and then the next
I finger the hem of your dress
My universe at rest

We reach for starlight all night long
But gravity's too strong
Chained to this earth we go on and on and on and on and on

Then a million suns cresting where you stood
A beauty in the neighborhood
This lonely planet never looked so good

This life, this life and then the next
With you I have been blessed
What more can you expect

This life, this life and then the next
I finger the hem of your dress
My universe at rest

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