Bruce Springsteen - Death To My Hometown

A Celtic themed Boss delivers throughout the angry "Death To My Hometown" from his upcoming album Wrecking Ball on March 6th.

Bruce's "Hometown" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gKSp...

Lyrics:
Oh no cannonballs did fly
No rifles cut us down
No bombs fell from the sky
No blood soaked the ground
No powder flash blinded the eye
No deafening thunder sounded
But just as sure as the hand of god
They brought death to my hometown
They brought death to my hometown, boys

No shells ripped the evening sky
No cities burning down
No armies stormed the shores for which we'd die
No dictators were crowned
High off on a quiet night
I never heard a sound
The marauders raided in the dark and brought death to my hometown, boys
Death to my hometown

They destroyed our families' factories and they took our homes
They left our bodies on the plains
The vultures picked our bones

So listen up, my Sonny boy
Be ready for when they come
For they'll be returning sure as the rising sun

Now get yourself a song to sing and sing it 'til you're done
Yeah, sing it hard and sing it well
Send the robber barons straight to hell
The greedy thieves who came around
And ate the flesh of everything they've found
Whose crimes have gone unpunished now
Walk the streets as free men now

And they brought death to our hometown, boys
Death to our hometown, boys
Death to our hometown, boys
Death to our hometown


Would love to hear Ken Casey join The Boss on stage for this as any Boss/Dropkick Murphys combination is pure bliss.

Copyright belongs to the Boss himself, Mr. Bruce Springsteen.

Buy the album: http://www.amazon.com/Wrecking-Ball-S...

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[wafflewaffle90]

This song is just so... strangely satisfying. Love it :)

[Rhys Lewis]

The boss is back

[sskmarkus]

Omg, i got a lot of good videos on my bruce springsteen concert check my channel out ti watch them!

[Pablo Gonzales]

Poets and artist, lets keep this genre of art alive and create new work! It is our only weapon against the injustice we all face as descent people.

[Edward70891]

Like Bob Marley...

[Tim Kirby]

be carefull about how you refer to the Irish

[James S.]

Liberal fiscal policies were just as responsible for the economic downturn as the big banks. A perfect storm of shit... Also, for everyone saying "shut up and enjoy the song"... This song is about the financial crisis of 2008 not some Irish war ballad. As long as we're all not on the same page regarding how it happened, you can expect more contention from both sides.

[JesusCristo2002]

What astounds me is that Springsteen is really the only artist that has the audacity, courage and just plain balls to actually say something about what's going on right now. He's an ARTIST who makes work that's culturally, socially and yes politically relevant. Everyone else is fucking pussyfooting their way just for commerce.  We NEED ARTISTS who address the hypocrisy, ruthlessness and corruption of what's going on!!!

[ZeroGrowth]

Bruce never had to raid anyone's pension fund to make his money.

[metazoaman]

How is it ironic and hypocritical?  Bruce didn't outsource our jobs. He's the son of a bus driver. He's a real man of the people who didn't forget his roots.

[Jude McAtamney]

Why in the fuck are we talking about Christians and liberals?

[nickbagelboy]

all politicians suck!!