Live 08 Dec 2003 version
| Bruce Springsteen: | Are you ready, Sam? |
| Sam Moore: | I'm with you, brother! |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Are you ready, Sam? |
| Sam Moore: | I'm ready! Are you ready? |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Are you ready, Sam? |
| Sam Moore: | I'm ready, yeah! |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Then let's go! |
| Sam Moore: | Oh! |
| Sam Moore: | Coming to you on a dusty road |
| Good loving, I've got a truckload | |
| And when you get it | |
| You got something | |
| Don't worry, 'cause I'm coming | |
| Sam Moore: | I'm a |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Soul Man |
| Sam Moore: | What? |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm a Soul Man |
| Sam Moore: | Say it again |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm a Soul Man |
| Sam Moore: | Say it again |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm a Soul Man |
| Sam Moore: | Bruce! |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I got what I got the hard way |
| I want to make it better | |
| Each and every day | |
| So, come on, honey, now, don't you fret | |
| 'Cause you ain't seen, babe, nothing yet | |
| Sam Moore: | Yet, I'm a Soul Man |
| Can you sing for me? | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm a Soul Man |
| Sam Moore: | Don't be ashamed! |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm a Soul Man |
| Sam Moore: | Put your hands up high and say |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm a Soul Man |
| Sam Moore: | Uh huh! |
| Sam Moore: | Brought up on a side street |
| I learned how to love before I could eat | |
| I was educated at Woodstock | |
| When I start loving, oh, I can't stop | |
| Sam Moore: | I'm a |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Soul Man |
| Sam Moore: | What? |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm a Soul Man |
| Sam Moore: | Play it, Stevie! |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Soul Man |
| Sam Moore: | Yeah |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm a Soul Man |
| Sam Moore: | Grab the rope |
| And I'll pull you in | |
| Give you hope | |
| And be your only boyfriend, say, yeah | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Yeah |
| Sam Moore: | Yeah |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Yeah |
| Bruce Springsteen: | (Soul Man) |
| (Soul Man) | |
| I'm a Soul Man | |
| (Soul Man) | |
| I'm a Soul Man | |
| (Soul Man) | |
| I'm a Soul Man | |
| (Soul Man) | |
| I'm a Soul Man | |
| (Soul Man) | |
| I'm a Soul Man | |
| (Soul Man) | |
| I'm a Soul Man | |
| (Soul Man) | |
| Sam Moore (spoken): | I was just having a little fun with the horns. |
| Sam Moore: | Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo |
| Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo | |
| Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo | |
| Doo, doo, doo, doo | |
| Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo | |
| Doo, doo, doo, doo | |
| Doo, doo, doo, doo | |
| Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo | |
| Doo, doo, doo | |
| Doo, doo, doo | |
| Doo, doo, doo | |
| Doo, doo... | |
| Sam Moore (spoken): | Bruce? |
| Bruce Springsteen (spoken): | Yeah, Sam? |
| Sam Moore (spoken): | I've had a good time with you, buddy! |
| Bruce Springsteen (spoken): | I've been having a good time with you, brother! |
| Sam Moore (spoken): | I had a good time with you, native! |
| I had a good time with you, too, Jerry! | |
| Sam Moore: | Oh, oh |
| Sam Moore (spoken): | Little Stevie... I had a good time with you, buddy! Oh, you played it, Stevie! (chuckles) You like that mic? Is it quiet? Just one? |
| Sam Moore: | (Soul Man, Soul Man) |
| If I had a little bit more time! | |
| (Soul Man, Soul Man) | |
| Bruce? | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Yeah? |
| (Soul Man, Soul Man) | |
| Sam Moore: | If I had a little bit more time! |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Whoa! Tell me 'bout it! |
| (Soul Man) | |
| Sam Moore: | I wish you'd get back there and and tell me! |
| (Soul Man) | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | (chuckles) |
| Sam Moore: | I'm ready! |
| (Soul Man) | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Brother man! What'd you say? |
| Sam Moore: | I said, I'm ready! |
| (Soul Man) | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | What'd you say, man? |
| Sam Moore: | I'm ready! |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Do you hear that, Max? |
| Sam Moore: | Ready! |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Are you ready? |
| Sam Moore: | Yes, I'm ready! |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Are you ready? |
| Sam Moore: | Ah, yeah, I'm ready! |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Are you ready? |
| Sam Moore: | Are you ready? |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Are you ready? |
| Sam Moore: | Are you ready? |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Are you ready? |
| Sam Moore: | Brother, you ready? |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Are you ready? |
| Sam Moore: | Ready? (Are you ready?) |
| Ready? (Are you ready?) | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Get up over, Sam! |
| Sam Moore: | This time you're ready! |
| Bruce Springsteen: | All right, brother! |
| Sam Moore: | People party 'round here? |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Here we go, I want to know! |
| Sam Moore: | Right? |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I want to know! |
| One, two, three! | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Sam Moore! |
| (Soul Man) | |
| (Soul Man) | |
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| (Soul Man) | |
| (Soul Man) | |
| That's a Soul Man | |
| (Soul Man) | |
| That's a Soul Man | |
| (Soul Man) | |
| That's a Soul Man | |
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| That's a Soul Man | |
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[Bruce Springsteen (spoken outro):] Sam Moore! That master of soul! Schooling you! A master class in soul. Oh, yeah! Let's hear it for him one more time! Sam Moore. Whoa! I don't think I'd want to see Sam and Elder Brown side by side, man, my heart couldn't take that! It's over, then, we all go home! Sam Moore, fabulous singer.
The above lyrics are for the live 08 Dec 2003 performance of SOUL MAN at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, NJ, during the last of the three 2003 Asbury Park holiday shows. The song featured a guest appearance by Sam Moore on vocals.
Bruce Springsteen performed three Asbury Park holiday shows in 2003 (05, 07, and 08 December). Originally these were scheduled for 05, 06, and 07 December, but the 06 December show was rescheduled to 08 December because due to bad weather in the area. These concerts were billed as "Bruce Springsteen with The Max Weinberg 7 and Friends", with The Max Weinberg 7 serving as the house band, and Springsteen bringing guests on and off the stage throughout the shows.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
List of available versions of SOUL MAN on this website:
SOUL MAN [Live 15 Oct 1999 version]