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Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. - Studio Sessions|Tracks - Studio Sessions|Brucebase Wiki|Springsteen Lyrics|Killing Floor
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Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Bruce Springsteen (in 1972) |
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| arranger: | Bruce Springsteen |
| publisher: | Intersong Music Ltd. Sioux City Music Ltd. Laurel Canyon Music Ltd. (publishing company of Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos) (in 1972) |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Bruce-springsteen-its-hard-to-be-a-saint-in-the-city-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/29341 [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0052056850 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=969 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q6090177 [info] |
| work list entry: | http://brucebase.wikidot.com/stats:greetings-from-asbury-park-studio-sessions#itshardtobeasaintinthecity [info] |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1972-05-03 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (audition, 1972-05-03: Columbia Recording Studios, Studio E, New York City, NY, USA; version 4) | Bruce Springsteen | 2:55 | |
| 1972-05-03 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (audition, 1972-05-03: Columbia Recording Studios, Studio E, New York City, NY, USA; version 4) | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? | |
| 1972-05-03 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (audition, 1972-05-03: Columbia Recording Studios, Studio E, New York City, NY, USA; version 4) | Bruce Springsteen | 3:08 | |
| 1972-06-27 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (version 6b) | Bruce Springsteen | 3:16 | |
| 1972-06 – 1972-10 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (version 6c) | Bruce Springsteen | 3:13 | |
| 1973-07-31 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1973-07-31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 0:55 |
| 1973-07-31 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1973-07-31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:17 |
| 1973-07-31 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1973-07-31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1973-07-31 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1973-07-31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1973-07-31 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1973-07-31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1973-07-31 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1973-07-31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1973-07-31 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1973-07-31: My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-03-03 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-03: Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:32 |
| 1974-03-03 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-03: Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-03-03 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-03: Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:48 |
| 1974-03-03 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-03: Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:32 |
| 1974-03-03 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-03: Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1974-03-09 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-09: Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:10 |
| 1974-03-09 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-09: Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:16 |
| 1974-03-09 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-09: Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1974-03-09 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-09: Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-03-09 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-09: Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:15 |
| 1974-03-10 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-10: Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:05 |
| 1974-03-10 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-10: Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-03-10 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-03-10: Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1974-05-09 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-05-09: Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-05-09 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-05-09: Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:12 |
| 1974-05-09 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-05-09: Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-07-13 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-07-13: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; late, second show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1974-09-22 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-09-22: Kean College, Union, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-10-19 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-10-19: Memorial Chapel Concert Hall, Union College, Schenectady, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:05 |
| 1974-10-19 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-10-19: Memorial Chapel Concert Hall, Union College, Schenectady, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1974-10-19 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-10-19: Memorial Chapel Concert Hall, Union College, Schenectady, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-10-26 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-10-26: Julia Sanderson Theater, Springfield, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:18 |
| 1974-10-29 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-10-29: Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:52 |
| 1974-10-29 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-10-29: Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-11-01 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-11-01: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-12-07 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-12-07: Geneva Theatre, Geneva, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1974-12-07 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-12-07: Geneva Theatre, Geneva, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1974-12-07 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1974-12-07: Geneva Theatre, Geneva, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:14 |
| 1975-02-05 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-05: The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:36 |
| 1975-02-05 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-05: The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:09 |
| 1975-02-05 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-05: The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-02-05 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-05: The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:58 |
| 1975-02-05 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-05: The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-02-05 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-05: The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-02-05 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-05: The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:33 |
| 1975-02-05 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-05: The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:06 |
| 1975-02-05 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-05: The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:08 |
| 1975-02-05 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-05: The Main Point, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 3:59 |
| 1975-02-23 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-23: Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-02-23 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-23: Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-02-23 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-02-23: Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-07-20 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-07-20: Palace Concert Theatre, Providence, RI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-07-20 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-07-20: Palace Concert Theatre, Providence, RI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-10 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-10: Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-14 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-14: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show; WNEW-FM re-broadcast, 1988) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:47 |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:40 |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:28 |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:23 |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:38 |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:36 |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:30 |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:29 |
| 1975-08-15 | It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City (live, 1975-08-15: Bottom Line, New York City, NY, USA; early, first show) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-23 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-23: Alex Cooley’s Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-23 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-23: Alex Cooley’s Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-08-23 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-08-23: Alex Cooley’s Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:45 |
| 1975-09-12 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-09-12: Municipal Auditorium, Austin, TX, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:02 |
| 1975-09-12 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-09-12: Municipal Auditorium, Austin, TX, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:15 |
| 1975-10-02 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-10-02: Uptown Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:22 |
| 1975-10-02 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-10-02: Uptown Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-10-02 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-10-02: Uptown Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-11-01 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-11-01: Robertson Gymnasium, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-11-01 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-11-01: Robertson Gymnasium, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:05 |
| 1975-11-18 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-11-18: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-11-18 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-11-18: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:27 |
| 1975-11-18 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-11-18: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-11-18 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-11-18: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:26 |
| 1975-11-24 | (It’s Hard to Be a) Saint in the City (live, 1975-11-24: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:16 |
| 1975-11-24 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-11-24: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:17 |
| 1975-12-02 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-12-02: Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-12-03 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-12-03: Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-12-12 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-12-12: Post Dome, C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:28 |
| 1975-12-17 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-12-17: Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-12-21 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-12-21: Seneca Field House, Seneca College, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-12-28 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-12-28: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:37 |
| 1975-12-30 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-12-30: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 7:10 |
| 1975-12-31 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-12-31: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-12-31 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-12-31: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
| 1975-12-31 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-12-31: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 1975-12-31 | It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1975-12-31: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
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