Live 24 Apr 1993 version
[Spoken intro:] Thank you. When I was a little boy, there was a, this big house on this hill outside of town that used to hold some... like fascination for me and my dad.
There's a place out on the edge of town, sir
Rising above the factories and the fields
Well ever since I was a child I can remember
That mansion on the hill
In the day you can see the children playing
On the road that leads to those gates of hardened steel
Steel gates that completely surround, sir
The mansion on the hill
At night my daddy'd take me and we'd ride
Through the streets of a town so silent and still
We'd park on a back road down by the highway side
Sit and look up at that mansion on the hill
In the summer when all the lights would shine
There'd be music playing, people laughing all the time
Me and my sister we'd hide out in the tall corn fields
Sit and listen to the mansion on the hill
Tonight down here in the valley
I watch the cars rushing by home from the mill
There's a beautiful full moon rising
Above the mansion on the hill
The above lyrics are for the live 24 Apr 1993 performance of MANSION ON THE HILL at Flanders Expo in Ghent, Belgium, during the World Tour 1992-1993. The song was played on acoustic guitar and harmonica.
List of available versions of MANSION ON THE HILL on this website:
MANSION ON THE HILL [Album version]