Match the Lyrics!

Bruce Springsteen is one of my favorite artists. I’m a big fan of Bruce and the E. Street Band, their approach to rock and roll, and the way he weaves the story through a song. 

There are several recurring themes (like most rock and roll) of love, loss, hope and disappointment. Over the years, I noticed that one phrase would pop-up in different songs – the promised land. Sometimes, the phrase had almost a biblical turn. Others, it seemed to refer to longing to be somewhere else, somewhere that the sun shone a little brighter. I often thought the promised land referred to the ideal America, where life offered the best of our hopes for peace, tranquility, equality, fairness and opportunity.

Below are some Springsteen lyrics which refer to the “promised land”. See if you can match the lyrics to the song title.

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A. Ghost of Tom Joad
B. Johnny Bye-Bye
C. Thunder Road
D. From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
E. Racing in the Street
F. The Price You Pay
G. The Promised Land

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C – 1. Whoa, oh, come take my hand, 
We’re riding out tonight to case the promised land.

E – 2. For all the shut0down strangers and hot rod angels rumbling through this promised land,
Tonight, my baby and me we’re gonna ride to the sea and wash these sins off our hands.

A – 3. You got a one-way ticket to the promised land,
You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand.

G – 4. Mister, I ain’t a boy, no I’m a man,
and I believe in the promised land.

F – 5. Do you remember the story of the promised land,
How we crossed the desert sands and could not enter the chosen land?

B – 6. Leaving Memphis with a guitar in his hand,
on a one-way ticket to the promised land.

D – 7. At sixteen she quit high school to make a fortune in the promised land,
She got a job behind the counter in an all-night hamburger stand.