Blood Brothers lyrics - Bruce Springsteen

We played king of the mountain out on the end

The world come chargin' up the hill, and we were women and men

Now there's so much that time, time and memory fade away

We got our own roads to ride and chances we gotta take

We stood side by side each one fightin' for the other

We said until we died we'd always be blood brothers

Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away

Makin' a fool's joke out of the promises we make

And what once seemed black and white turns to so many shades of gray

We lose ourselves in work to do and bills to pay

And it's a ride, ride, ride, and there ain't much cover

With no one runnin' by your side my blood brother

On through the houses of the dead past those fallen in their tracks

Always movin' ahead and never lookin' back

Now I don't know how I feel, I don't know how I feel tonight

If I've fallen 'neath the wheel, if I've lost or I've gained sight

I don't even know why, I don't know why I made this call

Or if any of this matters anymore after all

But the stars are burnin' bright like some mystery uncovered

I'll keep movin' through the dark with you in my heart

My blood brother

[Alternate last verse as performed July 1, 2000, at Madison Square Garden, New York:]

Now on out here on this road

Out on this road tonight

I close my eyes and feel so many friends around me

In the early evening light

And the miles we have come

And the battles won and lost

Are just so many roads travelled

So many rivers crossed

And I ask God for the strength

And faith in one another

'Cause it's a good night for a ride

Cross this river to the other side

My blood brothers