[ti:My Father''s House]
[ar:Bruce Springsteen]
[al:Nebraska]
[00:09.34]Last night I dreamed that I was a child
[00:20.52]out where the pines grow wild and tall
[00:29.74]I was trying to make it home through the forest
[00:39.75]before the darkness falls
[00:47.89]
[00:49.38]I heard the wind rustling through the trees
[00:59.84]and ghostly voices rose from the fields
[01:09.34]I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
[01:20.31]With the devil snappin'' at my heels
[01:20.82]
[01:29.43]I broke through the trees, and there in the night
[01:39.71]My father''s house stood shining hard and bright
[01:49.66]the branches and brambles
[01:53.48]tore my clothes and scratched my arms
[01:58.97]But I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms
[02:16.63]
[02:19.35]I awoke and I imagined
[02:22.36]the hard things that pulled us apart
[02:29.43]Will never again, sir,
[02:34.26]tear us from each other''s hearts
[02:40.85]I got dressed, and to that house
[02:45.44]I did ride from out on the road,
[02:52.68]I could see its windows shining in light
[02:58.90]
[03:00.95]I walked up the steps and stood on the porch
[03:10.36]a woman I didn''t recognize
[03:13.61]came and spoke to me through a chained door
[03:21.13]I told her my story, and who I''d come for
[03:30.31]She said "I''m sorry, son,
[03:32.80]but no one by that name lives here anymore"
[03:39.27]
[04:21.82]My father''s house shines hard and bright
[04:30.02]it stands like a beacon calling me in the night
[04:40.54]Calling and calling, so cold and alone
[04:50.71]Shining `cross this dark highway
[04:54.20]where our sins lie unatoned