Live 13 Dec 2009 version
One, two, three!
In the summer that I was baptized, my father held me to his side
As they put me to the water, he said how on that day I cried
We were prisoners of love, a love in chains
He was standing in the door, I was standing in the rain
With the same hot blood burning in our veins
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Raised a Cain (yeah)
Raised a Cain (yeah)
Raised a Cain (yeah)
All of the old faces they ask you why you're back
They fit you with position and the keys to your daddy's Cadillac
In the darkness of your room your mother calls you by your true name
You remember the faces, the places, the names
You know it's never over, it's relentless as the rain
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Raised a Cain (yeah)
Raised a Cain (yeah)
Raised a Cain (yeah)
(Yeahhh...)
In the Bible, mamma, Cain slew Abel, East of Eden now he was cast
You're born into this life paying for the sins of somebody else's past
My Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain
Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame
You inherit the sins, you inherit the flames
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Raised a Cain (yeah)
He raised a Cain (yeah)
Raised a Cain (yeah)
Lost but not forgotten from the dark heart of a dream
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Raised a Cain (yeah)
Raised a Cain (yeah)
Raised a Cain
(Whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa)
(Whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa)
(Whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa)
(Whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa)
(Whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa)
(Whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa)
(Whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa)
(Whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa)
The above lyrics are for the live 13 Dec 2009 performance of ADAM RAISED A CAIN at Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ, during the taping of Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park 2009.
Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park 2009 was an intimate performance of the full Darkness On The Edge Of Town album held on 13 Dec 2009 at Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ, with no audience present. It was performed by the original band members as on the original album, with Charles Giordano replacing the late Danny Federici. Each song was played at least twice and not in the same order as on the original album.
Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park 2009 was produced, directed, and edited by Thom Zimny. The audio was recorded by John Coooper, mixed by Bob Clearmountain, and mastered by Bob Ludwig. It was released as part of The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story box set in 2010.
In June 2019, all Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park 2009, plus the credits sequence, were posted on Bruce Springsteen's YouTube channel.
The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story is a Bruce Springsteen box set released in 2010 on Columbia Records. It was originally expected to be released for the Darkness On The Edge Of Town album's 30th anniversary in 2008, but that didn't happen, possibly due to Springsteen's touring schedule. The box set was officially announced on 26 Aug 2010 and released to retail on 16 Nov 2010.
The 8.5"x11" box set contains three CDs, three Blu-Ray discs or three DVDs, and an 80-page spiral-bound notebook containing facsimiles from Springsteen's original notebooks from the recording sessions, which include alternate lyrics, song ideas, recording details, and personal notes, in addition to a new essay by Springsteen on the album and never-before-seen photographs. The box set won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package.
Disc 1 consists of a digitally remastered version of the Darkness On The Edge Of Town album. Disc 2 and 3 consist of The Promise, a collection of unreleased songs from the Darkness On The Edge Of Town recording sessions.
Disc 4 is The Promise: The Making Of Darkness On The Edge Of Town, a documentary that was produced for the box set. It was directed by Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny. The ninety-minute film combines never-before-seen footage of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978, including home rehearsals and studio sessions, with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record.
The documentary premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 14 Sep 2010 and also aired on HBO on 07 Oct 2010. It was first exclusively available as part of The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story box set, but was then released separately on 03 May 2011, in both DVD and Blu-Ray formats, with some bonus features.
Disc 5 consists of two parts: Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park 2009 and Thrill Hill Vault 1976 - 1978. The former is a Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's live performance of the Darkness On The Edge Of Town album in its entirety, shot in HD on 13 Dec 2009 at Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ, without an audience.
Thrill Hill Vault 1976-1978 is a collection of archival footage from Springsteen's personal vault It consists of an about-an-hour's worth (it clocks at about 56 minutes) of home rehearsals footage from 1976, studio sessions footage from 1978, and live in concert footage from 1978. It was produced and edited by Emmy- and Grammy-winner Thom Zimny and the audio for the live 1978 footage and some of the 1978 studio footage was mixed by Bob Ludwig. Zimny re-edited the 1978 concert footage making use of previously unseen camera angles. The home rehearsals and studio session footage was originally produced and directed by Barry Rebo, while the live in concert footage was originally directed by Arnold Levine.
Disc 6 is Houston '78 Bootleg: House Cut, a video of the complete 08 Dec 1978 concert at The Summit in Houston, TX. The footage was taken from the in-house video screen at The Summit, which was one of the first arenas in the United States to have this system at the time. This gave the release its title "Houston '78 Bootleg: House Cut". Considering that it was taken from the mono soundboard, the sound is only available in PCM stereo and not in 5.1 surround. The video was produced by Emmy- and Grammy-winner Thom Zimny and the audio was mastered by Bob Ludwig. It clocks at around 176 minutes.
List of available versions of ADAM RAISED A CAIN on this website:
ADAM RAISED A CAIN [Album version]