Live 10 May 1988 version
[Spoken intro:] I'm looking for trouble baby. Is there anybody out there tonight? Are you looking for a little love? Are you looking for a little respect? Are you looking for a little appreciation? Because ??? tonight I'm a man with a mission. I wanna tell you what that mission is. I came all the way from New Jersey, many, many thousands of miles. I swam rivers, I climbed mountains, I hiked, I took a fancy airplane, I'm uh... Because I'm here tonight because my job is "Have Love, Will Travel".
Uno, dos, tres, quatro
(Aaaaah) ooh!
(Have love, will travel)
(Have love, will travel)
If you need a little shot, I'll travel baby
I'll go anywhere that you want me to go
From the shores of Jersey down to Mexico
I'll come anytime, at day or night
I got a six gun loaded with dynamite
(Have love, will travel)
(Have love, will travel)
If you need a little shot, I'll travel baby
I don't care if you're neat, Jackie, Ruby, or Jan
When I caught you down they said "Who was that masked man?"
Got a big old horse, his name is Clyde
Climb on back, we'll ride, ride, ride
(Have love, will travel)
(Have love, will travel)
If you need a little shot, I'll travel baby
Do it man, do it slow baby
(Oooooooh)
(Have love, will travel)
(Have love, will travel)
If you need a little shot, I'll travel baby
(Have love, will travel)
(Have love, will travel)
Let me hear you
(Have love, will travel)
(Have love, will travel)
(Have love)
Anytime at day or night
(Will travel)
I come on and baby that's alright
(Have love)
All you got to do is call
(Will travel)
I'll be there, baby, here that's all
(Have love)
I can keep you mine in the night
(Will travel)
I'll make sure everything's allright
(Have love)
All you got to do is call my name
(Will travel)
And I come by and take you baby
(Have love)
Well look at the time my baby
Well look at the time my baby
(Will travel)
Well look at the time my baby
Well look at the time my baby
(Have love)
Well look at the time my baby
Well look at the time my baby
(Will travel)
Well look at the time my baby
Hmmm, 'cause if you need a little shot, I'll travel baby
(Have love, will travel)
(Have love, will travel)
(Have love, will travel)
(Have love) come on baby (will travel)
Hi Ho Silver, and away!
HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL is a song originally released by Richard Berry And The Pharaohs in 1959. See the original Richard Berry And The Pharaohs version for more details.
Erik Flannigan wrote for Nugs.net: "As the story goes, back in 1984, a record store employee from Seattle slipped Springsteen a Northwest Garage Rock mixtape that included 'Have Love [Will Travel]'; Springsteen found the song and it became an encore feature for the last few weeks of the U.S. Tunnel tour." Of course, the version in question is the popular cover by The Sonics, a garage rock band from Washington state. For his version, Bruce Springsteen kept the chorus but rewote much of the verses to fit the themes of the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour.
The above lyrics are for the live 10 May 1988 version of HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL at Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, MN, during the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. The song was played in a horns-led full-band arrangement.
Other versions of HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL were officially released.
HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL was performed 21 times during the 67-date-long Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. These include the last 16 consecutive shows of the U.S. leg of the tour. The song was played in a horns-led full-band arrangement. The live 23 Apr 1988 version of HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL was released on the LA Sports Arena, California 1988 official live download in 2015. The live 28 Apr 1988 version of HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL was released on the Los Angeles, April 1988 official live download in 2021. The live 23 May 1988 version of HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL was released on the Madison Square Garden 1988 official live download in 2019.
If you have a ticket stub or a promotional poster for the 10 May 1988 show in Bloomington, MN, please contact me via the below form or by email: . I would like to add scans of these on this page.
List of available versions of HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL on this website:
HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL [Live 10 May 1988 version]
