Live 01 Oct 2022 version
[Spoken intro (Brandon Flowers):] This moment in the night is usually reserved for me to have people put their phones up. And I tell us to think about where your light comes from. Well you do have for us tonight. It is a very unusual circumstance for me tonight because I get a lot, I get a lot of my light from you, and uh... We're gonna do this one. This one– we call it "Dustland" now.
| Brandon Flowers: | A dustland fairytale beginning |
| With just another white trash county kiss | |
| '61, long brown hair and foolish eyes | |
| He looked just like you'd want him to | |
| Some kind of slick chrome American prince | |
| A blue jean serenade | |
| Moon River what'd you do to me | |
| And I don't believe you | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Saw Cinderella in a party dress |
| And she was looking for a nightgown | |
| I saw the devil wrapping up his hands | |
| He's getting ready for the showdown | |
| I saw the minute that I turned away | |
| I got my money on a pawn tonight | |
| Flowers and backing singers: | A change came in disguise of revelation, set his soul on fire |
| She said she always knew he'd jump around | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | And the decades disappear like sinking ships, we persevere |
| God gives us hope, but we still fear what we don't know | |
| The mind is poison | |
| Brandon Flowers: | Castles in the sky sit stranded vandalized |
| The drawbridge is closing | |
| Flowers and Springsteen: | Saw Cinderella in a party dress |
| But she was looking for a nightgown | |
| I saw the devil wrapping up his hands | |
| He's getting ready for the showdown | |
| I saw the ending when they turned the page | |
| I took my money and I ran away | |
| Straight to the valley of the great divide | |
| Flowers and Springsteen: | Out where the dreams all hide |
| Out where the wind don't blow | |
| Out here the good girls die | |
| And the sky won't snow | |
| Out here the bird don't sing | |
| Out here the field don't grow | |
| Out here the bell don't ring | |
| Out here the bell don't ring | |
| Brian Flowers: | Out here the good girls die |
| Flowers and Springsteen: | Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep |
| It's such a bitter form of refuge | |
| Why don't you know the kingdom's under siege | |
| And everybody needs you | |
| Is there still magic in the midnight sun | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Or did you leave it back in '61 |
| In the cadence of a young man's eyes | |
| Brandon Flowers: | Out where the dreams all hide |
The above lyrics are for the live 01 Oct 2022 performance of DUSTLAND at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY, during a guest appearance with The Killers. Bruce Springsteen and Brandon Flowers traded lead vocals.
This was a The Killers concert, part of the band's The Imploding The Mirage Tour. Bruce Springsteen made a surprise guest appearance at the end of the show, joining the band for a 3-song encore. They performed Springsteen's BADLANDS, followed by The Killers' DUSTLAND, and ended with Springsteen's BORN TO RUN. Jake Clemons also joined them onstage for the encore's first and third song, playing saxophone.
The three songs from The Killer's 01 Oct 2002 concert's encore were officially released on 12 Apr 2025 on Encore At The Garden, a Record Store Day exclusive EP.
On the same day that Encore At The Garden was released, professionally shot video footage of the full encore was posted on The Killers' YouTube channel. The video was directed By Giorgio Testi.
Most likely some overdubbing work was done on the official release, including saxophone parts by Jake Clemons and guitar parts by The Killers' Dave Keuning. The live vocals seem to have been left intact.
List of available versions of DUSTLAND on this website:
DUSTLAND [The Killers' album version]