{"id":18723,"date":"1988-03-16T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-03-16T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=18723"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:24:03","slug":"matr-terence-trent-darby-and-bruce-springsteen-i-have-faith-in-these-desolate-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/03\/16\/matr-terence-trent-darby-and-bruce-springsteen-i-have-faith-in-these-desolate-times\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Faith in These Desolate Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One early summer evening, 27 years ago, Bruce Springsteen invited Terence Trent D&#8217;Arby to the stage at his Madison Square Garden benefit show for the Kristen Ann Carr Fund.<\/p>\n<p>This was the song D&#8217;Arby sang, from his 1989 album <em>Neither Fish Nor Flesh, <\/em>gently supported by Bruce and his band:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UMi4JDbMOw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>I have faith in these desolate times<\/em><br \/>\n<em>A roar down the road of a rumbling war<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I have faith in these desolate times<\/em><br \/>\n<em>A chill from the eyes of<\/em><br \/>\n<em>a man of political skill<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I have faith but for how much longer?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>It seems to me, bitter trees, full of fleas<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Summarily hold the branches<\/em><br \/>\n<em>People we, falling leaves, watching thieves<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Stealing keys, to our ranches<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I have faith in these desolate times<\/em><br \/>\n<em>A score to the sound of the feet<\/em><br \/>\n<em>of a journeyman&#8217;s tour<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I have faith in these desolate times<\/em><br \/>\n<em>A feel and a hope and belief<\/em><br \/>\n<em>that man&#8217;s peace will be still<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I have faith but for how much longer?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The village green, people seen, full of beans<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Imagining the course of action<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And in between, shopping scenes, plasticine<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Suburban dreams, an empty faction<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I have faith in these desolate times<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Show fear, and the smoke of a gun trigger<\/em><br \/>\n<em>pulling finger pressure comes near<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I have faith in these desolate times<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Before long, the lamb and the lion may lie<\/em><br \/>\n<em>with the lass in the grass at dawn<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I have faith but for how much longer?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As you can hear, D&#8217;Arby was roundly booed.\u00a0Nevertheless, he persisted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VFVuJZ5RWJw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In these desolate times, have faith.<\/p>\n<p>And persist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I Have Faith in These Desolate Times<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> June 26, 1993 (New York City, NY)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> June 26, 1993 (New York City, NY)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 June 2, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More appropriate today than the night it was 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