Jon Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home

First performance: 12/12/2012

Coverinfo

Bruce performed the song 2 times:
 
 
2024-02-02 Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
Bruce performs at the annual MusiCares Person Of The Year benefit, paying tribute to honoree Jon Bon Jovi. Hosted by Jim Gaffigan, the event also features performances by Bon Jovi, Melissa Etheridge, Jason Isbell, Shania Twain, Brandy Clark, Jelly Roll, Goo Goo Dolls, Damiano David of Måneskin, Marcus King, The War And Treaty, and Lainey Wilson; Gayle King and Kylie Minogue are on hand as presenters. Jon Bon Jovi said during an interview on the red carpet: "To have Bruce tonight sitting at my right and Sir Paul (McCartney) sitting at my left is surreal. These are icons on top of icons, you know the greatest of the greats and to be in a room with them and to actually be able to call them friend is one of the great honors of my life." Springteen's mother, Adele Springsteen, died on Wednesday at age 98. Bon Jovi said in his acceptance speech: "I would have understood if Springsteen, who I call a friend and mentor, had canceled his appearance. But he wanted to be here tonight for MusiCares, and he wanted to be here tonight for me, and I'm forever grateful."
 
 
 
Source Brucebase : Media
 
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band join Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, Kanye West, The Who and others at Madison Square Garden to benefit the Robin Hood Relief Fund’s Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts in the tri-state area. The concert is organised by the same group responsible for the 9/11 benefit "The Concert for New York City". The show is broadcast live via various channels around the world as well as webstreams. Bruce & The E Street Band open the show with a 30-minute four-song set that includes "My City Of Ruins" with a verse of "Jersey Girl" at the end. Bruce, accompanyies Bon Jovi on "Who Says You Can’t Go Home" from their 2005 album Have A Nice Day.
 
 
 

Songinfo

"Who Says You Can't Go Home" is a song by Bon Jovi, written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora fort heir 9th album Have a Nice Day (2005). The song was produced by John Shanks, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. A version of the song was also shipped to country music radio, featuring duet vocals from Jennifer Nettles of the duo Sugarland. The country music version was originally recorded as a duet with Keith Urban, who also played banjo on the song. After Jon Bon Jovi decided that Urban's voice was too similar to his own, he asked a representative of Mercury Records to recommend a female duet partner. The music video for the country/Jennifer Nettles version, released in November 2005 and directed by Jon's brother, Anthony M. Bongiovi, features Habitat for Humanity volunteers, including members of the Philadelphia Soul Arena Football League team owned in part by Jon Bon Jovi, building homes for low-income families and was used to promote the organization. It won an award for Best Collaborative Video at the CMT Music Awards in 2006.
 
 
 

Other cover versions

Bruce on the artist

2021-08-18 SiriusXM Studio, New York City
Bruce played the song during Episode 26  'From My Home to Yours' series, themed "My Hometown". 
 
 
All appearances with Springsteen
 
  
 
2024-02-02 Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

2012-12-12 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
The Concert For Sandy Relief 
 
2012-11-02 Rockefeller Center, GE Building, Studio 6A, New York City, NY 
2008-12-22 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ 
2008-04-13 American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 
2006-12-12 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ 
2003-12-07 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 
2003-04-30 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 
2003-04-29 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ 
2000-10-21 Hedgerow Farm, Middletown, NJ
 
1999-12-04 Diasco Residence, Colts Neck, NJ
Doug Flutie Autism Foundation Benefit
 
1999-08-12 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
1999-04-28 Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France 
1998-10-11 Springsteen Residence, Colts Neck, NJ 
 
1998-01-31 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ 
Come Together Benefit
 
1997-03-08 Tradewinds, Sea Bright, NJ 
1995-04-12 Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY 
1994-07-16 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 
1993-04-03 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany 
1992-12-27 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ 
 

Lyrics

I spent 20 years tryna get out of this place
I was looking for something I couldn't replace
I was running away from the only thing I've ever known

Like a blind dog without a bone
I was a gypsy lost in the twilight zone
I hijacked a rainbow and crashed into a pot of gold

I been there, done that
And I ain't lookin' back
On the seeds I've sown
Saving dimes
Spending too much time on the telephone
Who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go home
There's only one place they call me one of their own
Just a hometown boy born a rolling stone
Who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go back
Been all around the world and as a matter of fact
There's only one place left I wanna go
Who says you can't go home
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
I went as far as I could, I tried to find a new face
There isn't one of these lines that I would erase
I've had a million miles of memories on that road
With every step I take I know that I'm not alone
You take the home from the boy, but not the boy from his home
These are my streets, the only life I've ever known
Who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go home
There's only one place they call me one of their own
Just a hometown boy born a rolling stone
Who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go back
Been all around the world and as a matter of fact
There's only one place left I wanna go
Who says you can't go home
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Who says you can't go home
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Who says you can't go home
I been there, done that
And I ain't looking back
It's been a long long road
Feels like I never left
That's how the story goes
It doesn't matter where you are
It doesn't matter where you go
If it's a million miles away
Or just a mile up the road
Take it in, take it with you when you go
Who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go home
There's only one place they call me one of their own
Just a hometown boy born a rolling stone
Who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go back
Been all around the world and as a matter of fact
There's only one place left I wanna go
Who says you can't go home
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Who says you can't go home
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Who says you can't go home
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Who says you can't go home