Last night I dreamed that I was a child
Out where the pines grow wild and tall
I was trying to make it home through the forest
Before the darkness falls
I heard the wind rustling through the trees
And ghostly voices rose from the fields
I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
With the devil snappin' at my heels
I broke through the trees, and there in the night
My father's house stood shining hard and bright
The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms
But I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms
I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart
Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts
I got dressed, and to that house I did ride
From out on the road, I could see its windows shining in light
I walked up the steps and stood on the porch
A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door
I told her my story, and who I'd come for
She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore"
My father's house shines hard and bright
It stands like a beacon calling me in the night
Calling and calling, so cold and alone
Shining `cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned
Bruce Springsteen - My Fathers House (acoustic) (04:15)
By request in the comments of one of the other Christc Benefit videos, here is another one. This
time it's My fathers House done solo acoustic with a 12 string and harmonica. Not the best video
from the show and some black parts. Specially during the spoken intro. Also from the first of the
two Christic Benefit shows in LA in november 1990..
anyone who thinks bruce didn't write this is completely uninformed. it is an original song released on the album "nebraska" in 1982. no reason for anyone to try to "substantiate" anything. any suggestion to the contrary is patently absurd.....
Autor: alyse1969 - 6 months ago
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Amen God bless you is my fav. part on the bible with also psalm 121 read it too
Autor: mpchoriste - 7 months ago
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Literally the greatest live performance I have ever seen.
Autor: randomartist01 - 5 months, 3 weeks ago
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From Gods Word the Bible: John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
Autor: jesussaves7777 - 7 months, 1 week ago
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Sounds from his soul made this !
Autor: tlfettled - 5 months, 2 weeks ago
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as good as music gets
Autor: DuffMc81 - 6 months ago
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I would love to get a mp3 of this performance... any help ShabbyDogRCR?