Bruce Springsteen - American Land Lyrics






What is this Land America. So many travel there
I'm going now while I'm still young. My darling, meet me there
Wish me luck, my lovely. I'll send for you when I can
And we'll make our home in the American Land

Over there all the woman wear silk and satin to their knees
And children dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the trees
Gold comes rushing out the river straight into your hands
When you make your home in the American Land

There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song
Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard-working man
Who will make his home in the American Land

I docked at Ellis Island in a city of light and spire
I wandered to the valley of red-hot steel and fire
We made the steel that built the cities with the sweat of our two hands
We made our home in the American Land

There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song
Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard-working man
Who will make his home in the American Land

The McNicholas and the Posalskis, the Smiths, Zerillis, too
The Blacks, the Irish, Italians, the Germans and the Jews
They come across the water a thousand miles from home
With nothing in their bellies but the fire down below

They died building the railroads, they worked to bones and skin
They died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the wind
They died to get here a hundred years ago, they're still dying now
The hands that built the country were always trying to keep down

There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song
Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard-working man
Who will make his home in the American Land
Who will make his home in the American Land
Who will make his home in the American Land





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  1. A.... P....

    Bruce grazie della migliore musica

  2. B.... M....

    Love this song you can use this to describe both the USA and Canada

  3. V.... B....

    AMOOOOOO 💘 grannnnnnde Bruce Springsteen 🎸🎤💎já sinto saudades... não existirá ninguém com a mesma energia 😥🎷🎸🎤💃💃💃💃🤴

  4. V.... B....

    The Boss 🎸🎤 Love 💘 forever 💕💕🇧🇷

  5. a.... d....

    Bellissima la versione di questa stupenda canzone!!!😀😀😘😘😘😘😍😍😍💃💃🎸🎷🎶🎶💫💎💯

  6. a.... d....

    Questo video e stupendo!!!!🤼🤼🤼😀😀😍😍😍😘😘😘🎸🎶💎🎸♥️♥️♥️

  7. a.... d....

    Sei strepitoso Bruce!!!!!😅😅🤼🤼🤼🤼🤸🤸🤸🎶🎶💓💓💔💗👏👏😘🎸🎶💎💋

  8. a.... d....

    Questo video e stupendo!! Bruce riuscirebbe a resuscitare anche un morto!!😅😅😅😇🤼🤼🤸🤗🤗💎💎💎🎶🎶🎶🎶😍😍🎸💋

  9. l.... b....

    Merci mec t'es mon sujet de DM d'anglais ouf ta musique

    l.... b....

    Exactement la même

  10. R.... S....

    I Love this Song, America and also this whole Band

  11. H.... R....

    My Social Studies teacher is a huge Bruce Springsteen fan, we got to listen to this while learning about immigration.

  12. S.... C....

    This is great - just love the passion Bruce puts into singing it - wish I was there x

    S.... C....

    bruce is not a singer he is a phenomen

  13. D.... D....

    I don’t know how he does it that’s absolutely brilliant the greatest band on earth and the Irish what can you say sure they built America.

  14. T.... J....

    Best Springsteen song 🙏🏻

  15. c.... ....

    This is magical and reminiscent of Fairytales of New York in its tempo and musicality. Don't know if I've put that correctly, but I do hope so. ...I am , my Father often said, an Irish Princess, descended from the great Kings of Ireland and Dad would have loved it, perhaps asking me to sing it. Ah ! No. Bruce has it down just perfectly. Perhaps I should just go and claim back the land and its' castle ?

  16. L.... N....

    The immigrants are a part of the America

  17. m.... s....

    Wejjjetlkm chovouuu wejhou 😂😂😂😂😂

  18. M.... W....

    There is a most agreeable Irish American sound to this song the way I hear it. It makes me want to go and see America for myself-a nation of immigrants.

  19. J.... D....

    Bruce has some IRISH BLOOD but equally important are his STONES.
    One of the VERY TOP COMMERCIALLY successful Rock stars willing to address the fact : as wonderful as this LAND is— the clown(s) in charge are WRONG. Kudos Bruce.

  20. M.... M....

    👏👏👏👏👏 bravo geniooooo!!!!te amoooo!!!!

  21. M.... G....

    A typical irish music

  22. A.... P....

    Folk rock good music

  23. A.... N....

    Watch out for Bill the Butcher though, lool.

  24. A.... N....

    Dada was Irish, nice 😂😂

  25. A.... P....

    Bruce Springsteen wonderful singer

  26. E.... P....

    I am very surprised that these two songs have not used as protest songs.

    Great American Melting Pot From Schoolhouse Rock says that America as a nation is made up of people of almost every nationality and they should be giving the same opportunities.

    American Land By Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band says America have you forgotten? Almost everything that you see and enjoy as Americans was created/built by minorities/immigrants. "We made the steel that built the cities with the sweat of our two hands. The McNicholas, the Posalski's, the Smiths, Zirillis too. The Blacks, the Irish, the Italians, the Germans and the Jews. The Puerto Ricans, illegals, the Asians, Arabs miles from home. Come across the water with a fire down below. They died building the railroads, worked to bones and skin. They died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the wind. They died to get here a hundred years ago, they're dyin' now. The hands that built the country were all trying to keep down."

    Great American Melting Pot From Schoolhouse Rock
    https://youtu.be/5ZQl6XBo64M

    American Land By Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band
    https://youtu.be/tpeisHYbKdE

  27. c.... r....

    Ciao Bruce , ciao Patti , il 4 marzo ci sono le elezioni in Italia , incrociamo le dita anche quelle dei piedi , l'aria tira da sinistra verso destra , un abbraccio Cinzia

  28. H.... M....

    ERIN GO BRAGH. .. BRUCESSSSSSSSSS.

  29. L.... C....

    THIS IS MY BEST MUSIC

  30. L.... C....

    VERY GOOD

  31. C.... C....

    love bruce springsteen

  32. C.... C....

    best song ever

  33. N.... J....

    AWESOME song!And so true too!

    N.... J....

    true?! lmao

  34. A.... C....

    A fantastic song! The most Irish song that you can get from The Boss! ❤🇺🇸🇨🇮😊

  35. K.... A....

    mon sc: Kilian.adam ajoutez

  36. K.... A....

    nrv le song

  37. K.... A....

    j'ai faim, pensez a mes enfants

  38. K.... A....

    trop cool la musik

  39. I.... C....

    Mr.Springsteen, i don't know if you will ever see this, but i a while back i met you in person, i was just a little kid in Lexington Kentucky with my father, then he saw you walk out of the gift shop of the hotel/conference center with a pack of razors, i can remember you saying that the reason you were in town was because your daughter had a horse riding competition. That is one of my favorite memories and i still have an old picture of me standing with you, i was only about 4-5 years old...i just wanna say, God bless you

  40. L.... J....

    Now more than ever.

  41. 7.... ....

    I nominate this for the new National Anthem!

    7.... ....

    do you understand it? it's not exactly complimentary. it's basically saying that immigrants were sold a bunch of lies about how rich they'd get and how quickly if they came to america; but it didn't happen. "the hands that built this country they're trying to keep out."

  42. M.... M....

    my god, what a song 💪

  43. j.... c....

    Go boof some pork roll, one trick phoney Bruce.

  44. T.... W....

    Bless all Americans who still believe it's the land of oppritunity
    from Canada

  45. E.... C....

    Legal immigration ftw

  46. E.... C....

    Legal immigration ftw

  47. K.... K....

    i always wanted to tell BRUCE I THINK HE SUCKS DONKEY SHIT.HIS SONGS ARE BORING AND HE IS A LIAR....AHH I ALWAYS HATED THIS SCUM .I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW,

    K.... K....

    I'm very sorry for the experiences that have made you this way. Hate will rip you apart and make you miserable, but then you know that very well. I hope things take a turn for the better.

  48. t.... ....

    The America I love is its immigrants. Without them, there would be no America.

    t.... ....

    thaler67 Immigrants from Europe and East Asia *

    t.... ....

    America = Immigrants, but legal ones. And don't start about how the original settlers weren't "legal" immigrants. Native Americans didn't have a government with such laws, which means they didn't care about protecting its borders.

    t.... ....

    So you don't love the Indians ?

    t.... ....

    @Frank Morley Right, they totally didn't care about protecting their borders or anything like that. There never were any conflicts with the settlers when they tried to claim more land than the natives were willing to give them. Never, not once. That's quite an interesting interpretation of history.

    t.... ....

    there would be native americans maybe

  49. M.... T....

    ++++++
    Brings tears to my eyes. :)
    When I was little, the neighbors across the street hosted students from many countries. (Rotary?)
    I had classmates with parents from all over. Even more so in high school & college. ( & ever since). I am eternally grateful for that. ( Thanks, Mohammed from Kuwait, Andy from Taiwain, Anand from Mumbai, et al. )I managed to avoid the fear,ignorance , & bigotry that is so prevalent today. <3 :)

    M.... T....

    Michael Mike love this song. I have coworkers from Germany, Canada, Columbia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq. Wish our President would remember we're a nation of immigrants.

    M.... T....

    me too. I think Death to My home town is great too. Great Lyric in that song about robber barons

  50. J.... P....

    GOD BLESS AMERICA!! VIVA MEXICO!!! VIVA AMERICA!!!

    J.... P....

    ¡Amen mi hombre! ¡Viva Mexico y America!

  51. A.... G....

    Amazing!

  52. R.... G....

    An Irish tale for sure! Love him!!

    R.... G....

    Ruth Grombacher and a polish one...

  53. N.... ....

    here's one for the Cheetoh n Chief in DC...atta boy Boss.

  54. C.... G....

    Trump forgot USA is an immigrant nation.
    Thanks Bruce.

    C.... G....

    russian bot troll. vamoose!

    C.... G....

    Trump remembered the law: enter legally.

    C.... G....

    Evan Connors
    There was no law in 1600s.

    C.... G....

    JH Xu yeah because the United States didn’t exist in the 1600s, headass

    C.... G....

    And the now rare species native American tribes existed long before the 1600s, dickhead

  55. B.... A....

    If you don't at least tap your hand or nod, you're dead.

  56. S.... J....

    This must be him paying his respects to his Irish heritage? It sounds great!

    S.... J....

    The last line is "For all you travelers out there", a part of me wonders if this is for the Irish Travelers, the gypsies.

  57. S.... j....

    I have to say this song brought tears to my eye`s .................. AMERICA ALL THE WAY MY FRIENDS !

  58. G.... B....

    American Land.....him is magnific for any interpretation! Really!

  59. K.... D....

    He should have mentioned the Hindus as well....

  60. M.... A....

    Fantástico! Me encanta.

  61. G.... Y....

    Bruce u are the best big up

    G.... Y....

    ✊🏻🇺🇸

  62. C.... M....

    I love you BRUCE !!!! 😍

  63. G.... M....

    the boss still rules

  64. A.... ?....

    Bravo👏

  65. G.... S....

    sounds like Oysterband -or Bruce singing Oysterband??

  66. M.... ....

    Great song! I've always loved this.

  67. �.... ....

    Love you Bruce !! From Japan 🇯🇵 愛しています!!

  68. M.... ....

    Brilliant. I am jumping up and down in my seat to the time of the music....and now my seat is broken

    M.... ....

    too bad for u

  69. G.... B....

    this Aussie chick loves this American Boss . 😍

    G.... B....

    same he is the best and the aussies are the best fans

  70. d.... ....

    LOVE YOU BRUCE

  71. N.... R....

    Bruce Springsteen is the greatest songwriter of the 20th century. However, the Seeger Sessions is his greatest 21st century work ^-^

  72. S.... C....

    going to see him tonight.

    S.... C....

    Quick. Make a sign that reads "18 minute New York City Serenade" and film it for me please. Sorry if that's too much to ask lol

    S.... C....

    +Nothing Really lol I want him to play Streets of Philly but I doubt he will.

    S.... C....

    Nothing Really - See NY, 8/23/16; Rome, 7/11/13; & Boston Videos; Foxboro, 9/14/16. The B Side of that 44 year-old, The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle (1973) album ain't half bad - I mean, of course, considering the songs were written by a 23 year-old. I wonder what his critic trolls had accomplished at 23. Or ever?

  73. l.... ....

    Love this man omg

  74. N.... V....

    Super:)💚👏✌XO