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"My City of Ruins" is a 2000 song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, and included on his 2002 album ''The Rising''. ==History== The song was written in November 2000, for an Asbury Park, New Jersey Christmas show benefit to help promote the revitalization of the city. Once a popular resort destination in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Asbury Park had succumbed to significant amounts of blight for a variety of reasons, including the ill-effects of the Great Depression, the opening of the Garden State Parkway, and race riots. The song first starts describing the current state of Asbury Park, the deterioration, and the absence of people in the area. :''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 congregations gone Throughout the song, Springsteen continues to describe the city using images such as men loitering on a street corner and buildings with boarded up windows. The song ends, however, on a hopeful and optimistic note by powerfully imploring the city to "rise up" from the decay. :''Come on rise up! :''Come on rise up! :''Rise up "My City of Ruins" was first played on December 17, 2000 at Asbury Park Convention Hall. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My City of Ruins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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