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Inyo
592
Rock
Inyo was released on June 27, 2025 by Columbia/Legacy as a part of the album Tracks II: The Lost Albums
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Release DateJune 27, 2025
LabelColumbia/Legacy
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM89

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Vocals
Ron Aniello
Ron Aniello
Bass
Soozie Tyrell
Soozie Tyrell
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Producer
Ron Aniello
Ron Aniello
Producer
Toby Scott
Toby Scott
Recording Engineer
Rob Lebret
Rob Lebret
Recording Engineer
Ted Jensen
Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer
Ross Petersen
Ross Petersen
Additional Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Over the washes of the Big and Little Tujunga
Above the Mojave in a two-horse buckboard
Bill Mulholland, Fred Eaton set out for the Owens River Valley
In the fall of 1904
Through the Tehachapi, up along the Sierra Nevada
Through the Green Valley towards the Owens River mouth
They come to bring that Owens River water
Two hundred miles to the desert city south
[Chorus]
Ain't you feelin' dry? Ain't you feelin' dry now?
My brother, ain't you feelin' dry?
[Verse 2]
I was a blaster in the black hole of Elizabeth
Hardrock tunneled five miles of the coast range
In the black mud, we drilled and set the charges
Blew through that mountain in just a thousand days
Owens River water for the Queen of Angels
From the heavens of the High Sierra packed snow
Owens River water for the children of the Queen of Angels
Make rich the land syndicate of the San Fernando
[Chorus]
Ain't you feelin' dry? Ain't you feelin' dry now?
My brother, ain't you feelin' dry?
[Bridge]
An uncle pushed the Paiute from their valley
Cut out his homestead in blood and pulled crops out the desert sand
Then the south, they come to share our water
'Cause the south was thirsty, my friend
[Verse 3]
Come the drought of '19, they started pumpin'
Water from the Owens table underground
Our big cottonwoods died, our ranches, they went dry
The green fields, they blew dusty and brown
I set the first charges for the ranchers in '24
Fired the fuse on two hundred pounds of dynamite
Blew a hole in that aqueduct I'd helped build
Sent thunder rollin' out across the desert night
[Chorus]
Ain't you feelin' dry? Ain't you feelin' dry now?
My brother, ain't you feelin' dry?
[Verse 4]
Sacramento, the Kern, the Colorado
The King, the San Joaquin, my friend
For the power, for the water, for the prosperity
And for the men with the money in the end
Tonight the Santa Ana's drawin' west across the Mojave
Blowin' fire and dust onto L.A. County windowsills
Bill Mulholland, Fred Eaton's dead in their graves
The Queen of Angels, she remains thirsty still
[Chorus]
Ain't you feelin' dry? Ain't you feelin' dry now?
My brother, ain't you feelin' dry?
[Outro]
Ain't you feelin' dry? Ain't you feelin' dry now?
My good brother, ain't you feelin' dry?
Written by: Bruce Springsteen
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