CITY OF RUINS

" My City of Ruins "
Asbury Park Edition

"Like the main reason I put Asbury Park
on the title of the album was because
they were pushin' for this big New York thing.
This big town thing. I said, "Wait, you guys are
nuts or something. I'm from Asbury Park, New Jersey!
Can you dig it? New Jersey!" (Bruce Springsteen 1974)

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" Asbury Park is still the same as it always was.
If you got enough gas in your car, you carry on to Atlantic City,
If not, then Asbury will just have to do. But it will always be my home.
I like Arizona and Holland. London's pretty cool too.
But I'll never leave Asbury." (Bruce Springsteen 1978)

There's a blood red circle
On the cold dark ground
And the rain is falling down
The church doors blown open
I can hear the organ's song
But the congregation's gone

My city of ruins
My city of ruins

"I don't live that much differently than I did.
I still live in New Jersey, and I go down the clubs,
And I play in the clubs all the time. I still see
A lot of the people that I always saw"(Bruce Springsteen 1984)

Now the sweet veils of mercy
Drift through the evening trees
Young men on the corner
Like scattered leaves
The boarded up windows
The hustlers and thieves
While my brother's down on his knees

My city of ruins
My city of ruins

Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!

"I wanted "Jersey Girl" to feel like you're in a
Convertible, and it's a summer night and you're drivin' real slow
And you're driving in the town you grew up in but you're different,
You've changed, but something that is forever is driving with you"
(Bruce Springsteen-1987)"

Now there's tears on the pillow
Darling where we slept
And you took my heart when you left
Without your sweet kiss
My soul is lost, my friend
Now tell me how do I begin again?

"1974..even I knew the 60's were over. It was the era of
soft rock and fusion. The Beatles were gone, Elvis was in Vegas.
What was goin' on? Nothing was goin' on!......Springsteen was
coming on....saving music from the phonies, saving lyrics from the folkies
saving leather jackets from the Fonz......He was the first whiff of Scorsese,
the first hint of Patti Smith, Elvis Costello and the Clash. He was the end of
long hair, brown rice and bell bottoms. It was the end of the 20 minute drum
solo. It was good night Haight-Ashbury, Hello Asbury Park!"
( Bono-U2-Rock Hall Induction Speech 1999 )

My city's in ruins
My city's in ruins

Now with these hands
With these hands
With these hands
With these hands
I pray Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray Lord
With these hands
For the strength Lord
With these hands
For the faith Lord
With these hands
I pray Lord
With these hands
For the strength Lord
With these hands
For the faith Lord
With these hands
I pray Lord
With these hands
With these hands
I pray Lord
With these hands
For the strength Lord
With these hands

" And the wizards play, down on pinball way,
On the boardwalk way past dark. And the boys
from the casino dance with their shirts open
Like Latin lovers along the shore........
Oh Sandy, the aurora is risin' behind us
The pier lights our carnival life on the water "
( 4th of July, Asbury Park-Sandy ) 1972

Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Come on rise up!
Rise up

Since 12-20-2000

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"Like the main reason I put Asbury Park on the title of the album was because they were pushin' for this big New York thing. This big town thing. I said, "Wait, you guys are nuts or something. I'm from Asbury Park, New Jersey! Can you dig it? New Jersey!" (Bruce Springsteen 1974)

" Asbury Park is still the same as it always was. If you got enough gas in your car, you carry on to Atlantic City, If not, then Asbury will just have to do. But it will always be my home. I like Arizona and Holland. London's pretty cool too. But I'll never leave Asbury." (Bruce Springsteen 1978)

"I don't live that much differently than I did. I still live in New Jersey, and I go down the clubs, And I play in the clubs all the time. I still see A lot of the people that I always saw"(Bruce Springsteen 1984)

"I wanted "Jersey Girl" to feel like you're in a Convertible, and it's a summer night and you're drivin' real slow And you're driving in the town you grew up in but you're different, You've changed, but something that is forever is driving with you" (Bruce Springsteen-1987)"