Dal deserto dell'Utah (citato nella canzone) fino ad arrivare a Philadelphia, dove lo show delle Sleater-Kinney si sta svolgendo: verso la conclusione del set della band capitanata da Corin Tucker (che quella sera aprivano per i Pearl Jam), inaspettatamente, arriva sul palco Ed Vedder.

L'insolito combo (le Sleater-Kinney e il singer dei Pearl Jam alla voce) propone una sentita ed ispirata versione della classica 'The promised land' incisa da Bruce Springsteen sul suo capolavoro del 1978, 'Darkness on the edge of town'.

Un momento indimenticabile, una ragione per continuare a credere.

On a rattlesnake speedway in the Utah desert
I pick up my money and head back into town
Driving cross the Waynesboro county line
I got the radio on and I'm just killing time

Working all day in my daddy's garage
Driving all night chasing some mirage
Pretty soon little girl I'm gonna take charge

The dogs on Main Street holw 'cause they understand
If I could take one moment into my hands
Mister I ain't a boy no I'm a man
And I believe in a promised land

I've done my best to live the right way
I get up every morning and go to work each day
But your eyes go blind and your blood runs cold
Sometimes I feel so weak I just want to explode
Explode and tear this town apart
Take a knife and cut this pain from my heart
Find somebody itching for something to start

The dogs on Main Street holw 'cause they understand
If I could take one moment into my hands
Mister I ain't a boy no I'm a man
And I believe in a promised land

There's a dark cloud rising from the desert floor
I packed my bags and I'm heading straight into the storm
Gonna be a twister to blow everything down
That ain't got the faith to stand its ground
Blow away the dreams that tear you apart
Blow away the dreams that break your heart
Blow away the lies that leave you nothing but lost and brokenhearted

The dogs on Main Street holw 'cause they understand
If I could take one moment into my hands
Mister I ain't a boy no I'm a man
And I believe in a promised land

© Bruce Springsteen