More songs by Bruce Springsteen
Description
Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition
Vocal, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer: Bruce Springsteen
12- String Guitar: Larry Campbell
Composer, Lyricist: B. Springsteen
Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer: Rob Lebret
Recording Engineer: Monty Carlo
Mastering Engineer: Brian Lee
Mastering Engineer: Bob Jackson
Lyrics and translation
Original
There's a place out on the edge of town, sir
Rising above the factories and the fields
Ever since I was a child I can remember
The mansion on the hill
In the day you can see children playing
On the road that leads to those gates of hardened steel
Steel gates that completely surround, sir
The mansion on the hill
At night my daddy'd take me and we'd ride
Through the streets of the town so silent and still
Park on a back road down along the highway side
Sit and look up at the mansion on the hill
In the summer all the lights would shine
There'd be music playing
People laughing all the time
Me and my sister we'd hide out in the tall corn fields
Sit and listen to the mansion on the hill
Well tonight down here in the valley
I watch cars rushing by home from the mill
There's a beautiful full moon rising
Above the mansion on the hill
English translation
There's a place out on the edge of town, sir
Rising above the factories and the fields
Ever since I was a child I can remember
The mansion on the hill
In the day you can see children playing
On the road that leads to those gates of hardened steel
Steel gates that completely surround, sir
The mansion on the hill
At night my daddy'd take me and we'd ride
Through the streets of the town so silent and still
Park on a back road down along the highway side
Sit and look up at the mansion on the hill
In the summer all the lights would shine
There'd be music playing
People laughing all the time
Me and my sister we'd hide out in the tall corn fields
Sit and listen to the mansion on the hill
Well tonight down here in the valley
I watch cars rushing by home from the mill
There's a beautiful full moon rising
Above the mansion on the hill