Zach Bryan - Sandpaper

First performance: 27/03/2024

Coverinfo

Bruce covered the song only once:

2024-03-27 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY

Bruce makes a surprise appearance during Zach Bryan's 'The Quittin’ Time Tour ',  performing Bryan's songs "Sandpaper" and "Revival", the latter along with Maggie Rogers, as the show's encore. For the encore, Bryan had put on a Springsteen shirt. Bryan, who uses the song 'Johnny 99' as entrance music at the start of his show, is a Springsteen fan. Bruce played a guitar solo during revival and sang along to the choruses. 
 
 
 

Songinfo

Sandpaper is a song written by Zach Bryan and first appearing as a snippet on 24/01/2024. Zach Bryan debuts his new song 'Sandpaper' at Newark Concert on March 15th 2024.  The song is believed to be an ode to his girlfriend Brianna LaPaglia. The song is taken from the album 'The Great American Bar Scene' and is his fifth studio album, released on July 4, 2024, through Belting Bronco and Warner. The album follows just over 10 months after his self-titled 2023 album, and was preceded by the single "Pink Skies". It features guest appearances from Noeline Hofmann, John Moreland, John Mayer, and Bruce Springsteen.
 
 
 
 
 

Other cover versions

Bruce on the artist

Lyrics

Shape you take when you lay like that
Reminds me of a love I've never had
If loving's wrong, what's a boy to do?
I ain't scared of death, I'm scared of losing you

You ain't outta my league, you're outta this planet
But, dammnit, if you ain't drilled into my skull

Take a trip uptown to clear you out of my mind
You're like sandpaper
The more I try, you bind

Winter was a drag, but spring was a friend
I'll love you till the summer comes back again
And they've been trying to smooth me out
For twenty-seven seasons now
For twenty-seven seasons

When I close my eyes, I think of times
I could smell and hear that northern thunder
Every pine has its time
To outgrow the rains of days of younger
I'll be still at the cuttin' mill
Just make me a roof you can hide under

Take a trip uptown to clear you out of my mind
You're like sandpaper
The more I try, you bind

Winter was a drag, but spring was a friend
I'll love you till the summer comes back again
And they've been trying to smooth me out
For twenty-seven seasons now
For twenty-seven seasons

We'll take a trip uptown to clear you out of my mind
You're like sandpaper
The more I try, you bind

Winter was a drag, but spring was a friend
I'll love you till the summer comes back again
And they've been trying to smooth me out
For twenty-seven seasons now
For twenty-seven seasons now

For twenty-seven seasons now