Voodoo and Rock & Roll.

Hello!

I hope you all are doing well, and are enjoying the last few weeks of summer! I spent a truly perfect, late summer evening recently at a Bruce Springsteen concert. The weather was perfect, the show was awesome! Really, truly a night to remember.

During the show, Bruce spent a few minutes remembering band members who were no longer with him, but were very present in Spirit. During the introduction to “My City of Ruin” he explained how he wrote this song with Ghosts in mind. Bruce talked about how, when we are young, we are made to be afraid of ghosts. That ghosts are about unknown and frightening things. Things we feared in the dark, and wished would go away. Now, as we are older, we find the ghosts that walk with us to be comforting, familiar, and a rememberance of good times, love, and how precious every moment of life is. How we welcome the ghosts of our past, and welcome them to walk along side us.

I hope you enjoy this video of Bruce singing City of Ruins.

Love

Sister Bridget

Lyrics – My City of Ruins

There’s a blood red circle

on the cold dark ground

and the rain is falling down

The church doors blown open

I can hear the organ’s song

But the congregation’s gone

My city of ruins

My city of ruins

Now the sweet veils of mercy

drift through the evening trees

Young men on the corner

like scattered leaves

The boarded up windows

The hustlers and thieves

While my brother’s down on his knees

My city of ruins

My city of ruins

Come on rise up!

Come on rise up!

Now there’s tears on the pillow

darling where we slept

and you took my heart when you left

without your sweet kiss

my soul is lost, my friend

Now tell me how do I begin again?

My city’s in ruins

My city’s in ruins

Now with these hands

I pray Lord

with these hands

for the strength Lord

with these hands

for the faith Lord

with these hands

I pray Lord

with these hands

for the strength Lord

with these hands

for the faith Lord

with these hands

Come on rise up!

Come on rise up!

Rise up