Live 12 Feb 2012 version
[Announcer:] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
One, two, three, four!
America, are you alive out there?
I been knocking on the door that holds the throne, hey!
I been looking for the map that leads me home
I been stumbling on good hearts turned to stone
The road of good intentions has gone dry as a bone
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own
From Chicago to New Orleans, from the muscle to the bone
From the shotgun shack to the Superdome
There ain't no help, the cavalry stayed home
There ain't no one hearing the bugle blowing
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own
Go!
Where're the eyes, the eyes with the will to see
Where're the hearts that run over with mercy
Where's the love that has not forsaken me
Where's the work that set my hands, my soul free
Where's the spirit that'll reign, reign over me
Where's the promise from sea to the shining sea
Where's the promise from sea to the shining sea
That wherever this flag is flown
That wherever this flag is flown
That wherever this flag is flown
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
(Hey, hey!)
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
The above lyrics are for the live 12 Feb 2012 performance of WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA, during the 54th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony. Bruce Springsteen opened the main telecast. The song was played with the E Street Band who was accompanied by a string section. This was the song's public live debut.
Dave Bett and Michelle Holme, art directors for Springsteen's The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story box set, had won a 2012 Grammy Award for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package. The award was presented during the pre-telecast.
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WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN [Album version]