Ben Harper - My Father`s House

Last night I dreamed that I was a child
Out where the pines grow wild and tall
I was trying to make it home through the forest
Before the darkness falls
I heard the wind rustling through the trees
And ghostly voices rose up from the fields
I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path wayWith the devil snappin' at my heels
I broke through the trees and there in the night

My father's house stood shining hard and bright
The branches and brambles tore my clothes and caused me harm
But I ran till I fell shaking in his arms
I awoke and imagined the hard things that pulled us apart
Will never again sir, tear us from each other's hearts
I got dressed and to that house I did ride
From out on the road, I could see its windows shining in light
I walked up the steps and stood on the porch
A woman I didn't recognize spoke to me through a chained door
I told her my story, and who I'd come for
She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore"

My father's house shines hard and bright
It stands like a beacon calling me in the night
Calling and calling, so cold and alone
Shining cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned
Ben Harper - My Father's House (benefiting Artists for Peace and Justice Haiti Relief)

Performed live at the Kennedy Center Honors, Dec 6 2009. Written by Bruce Springsteen. From the split single with Eddie Vedder - My City of Ruins / My Father's ...

Ben Harper - My Father's House - Kennedy Center Honors 2009

Ben Harper covers My Father's House at the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors, honoring Brice Springsteen. One of the best covers of a Bruce song I've heard!

Bruce Springsteen - My Fathers House (acoustic)

By request in the comments of one of the other Christc Benefit videos, here is another one. This time it's My fathers House done solo acoustic with a 12 string and ...

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