Waterboys ( The ) - Ten Years Gone

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Bruce provides spoken word vocals on this Waterboys track. Ten years gone is a song written by The Waterboys founding member, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter Michael Scott and released by The Waterboys on their 2025 album Life, Death And Dennis Hopper. Tennyears gone features a guest appearance by Bruce Springsteen on vocals. A Wild And Beautiful Ride, a 50-minute film released to accompany the Life, Death And Dennis Hopper album, was screened on 04 Apr 2025 at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin, Ireland. In an interview that followed the screening, Michael Scott explained that Springsteen had sent him three takes of the spoken word part, from which Scott edited what ended up on the record. The record is a concept album about actor and director Dennis Hopper's life. "The arc of Hopper's life was the story of our times," Mike Scott said in a statement.
 
 
 
rollingstone.com: Bruce Springsteen, Fiona Apple and Steve Earle among the guests helping out Mike Scott and company on Life, Death and Dennis Hopper
  
  
  

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Lyrics

Somewhere out there beyond the limits
There's a story being told, he's in it
He's still moving, he's still able
To lay some old magic on the table

Ten years gone, so long
Ten years gone

His boots are muddy, his eyes are crazy
He's like somebody setting blazes
Still got the courage of his convictions
But these days they just cover for his addictions

Ten years gone, so long
Ten years gone

Dressed all in denim, still looking funky
He stole this maxim from a junkie
To flee from horror bury yourself in it
Yeah, he's out there somewhere beyond the limit

Ten years gone, so long
Ten years gone, so long, so long

Somewhere out there beyond the limits, man, there's a story being told, a movie being made and he's in it, man. He's still moving, he's still grooving, he's still able somehow to bring some of that old magic to the table

Ten years gone
Ten years gone
So long, so long, so long (so long gone)
(So long gone)
Ten years gone
Ten years gone
(So long gone)
Ten years gone
(So long gone)