Live 01 Feb 2014 version
[Spoken intro:] [Humming:] ...for your love deal, I'll work for your love.
I got it. Alright. (addressing a female fan) What's your name? What's your name? Ah! I'm hearing new names, I don't know this name. Kirity?! Oh, ok! Here we go kid. Alright.
Well pour me a drink Theresa in one of those glasses you dust off
And I'll watch the bones in your back like the Stations of the Cross
'Round your hair the sun lifts a halo, at your lips a crown of thorns
Whatever other deals gone down, to this one I'm sworn
I'll work for your love dear
I'll work for your love
What others may want for free
I'll work for your love
The dust of civilizations and love's sweet remains
Slip off of your fingers and come drifting down like rain
Pages of Revelation lie open in your empty eyes of blue
I watch you slip that comb through your hair and this I promise you
I'll work for your love babe
Yeah I'll work for your love
What o- what others may want for free
I'll work for your love
You tears, they fill the rosary at your feet, my temple of bones
Here in this perdition we go on and on
[Spoken:] I got most of the chords right, but not all of them
Our city of peace has crumbled, our book of faith's been tossed
And I'm just down here searching for my own piece of the cross
Well the late afternoon sun fills the room with the mist of the garden before the fall
I watch your hands smooth the front of your blouse, seven drops of blood fall
I'll work for your love dear
I'll work for your love
What others may want for free
I'll work for your- I'll work- I'll work- I'll work for your love dear
I'll work for your love
What others may want for free
I'll work for your love
The above lyrics are for the live 01 Feb 2014 performance of I'LL WORK FOR YOUR LOVE at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the High Hopes Tour. The song was played solo on acoustic guitar.
Bruce Springsteen appeared on stage around 5:30 p.m. while the stadium was filling to entertain those who were in early. He performed a three-song solo acoustic set that includes WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY, I'LL WORK FOR YOUR LOVE, and GROWIN' UP. Pro-shot video of the latter two was posted the following day on Bruce Springsteen's official website.
The 01 Feb 2014 concert in Johannesburg, South Africa, is among the High Hopes Tour shows that are officially available for purchase, but I'LL WORK FOR YOUR LOVE is not included in the release since it was not part of the main show.
List of available versions of I'LL WORK FOR YOUR LOVE on this website:
I'LL WORK FOR YOUR LOVE [Album version]