WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO SHINE
30 PERFORMANCES SINCE 2001


2001.10.05,
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON

2001.10.06,
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

2001.10.07,
CORVALLIS, OREGON

2001.10.09,
CENTRAL POINT, OREGON

2001.10.10,
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

2001.10.12,
SAN JOSÉ, CALIFORNIA

2001.10.13,
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

2001.10.14,
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA

2001.10.17,
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

2001.10.19,
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

2001.10.21,
DENVER, COLORADO

2001.10.23,
SIOUX CITY, IOWA

2001.10.24,
LA CROSSE, WISCONSON

2001.10.25,
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

2001.10.27,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

2001.10.28,
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

2001.11.04,
CINCINNATI, OHIO

2001.11.09,
DETROIT , MICHIGAN

2001.11.10,
COLUMBUS, OHIO

2001.11.15,
WASHINGTON, D.C.

2001.11.17,
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

2001.11.19,
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

2001.11.24,
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

2002.01.31,
ORLANDO, FLORIDA

2002.04.07,
OSLO, NORWAY

2002.04.12,
LEIPZIG, GERMANY

2002.04.21,
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

2002.05.02,
ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

2002.05.05,
BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND

2002.05.08,
NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND



Wait for the light to shine

WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO SHINE



When the road is rocky and you got a heavy load

Wait for the light to shine

If you find you're friendless on that weary lonesome road

Wait for the light to shine


Wait for the light to shine

Wait for the light to shine

Pull yourself together and keep lookin' for the sign

Wait for the light to shine


Don't forget your brother as you travel through the land

Wait for the light to shine

He may be in trouble and may need a helping hand

Wait for the light to shine


Wait for the light to shine

Wait for the light to shine

Never give up hope or cast your pearls before the swine

Wait for the light to shine


Now if your life is empty and you're on your last go round

Wait for the light to shine

And if you hear the chime bells on that highway you have found

Wait for the light to shine


Wait for the light to shine

Wait for the light to shine

Now when your friends forsake you and you haven't got a dime

Wait for the light to shine


Don't let trouble fool you and your sin will all be gone

Wait for the light to shine

Don't forget it's darkest just before the break of dawn

Wait for the light to shine


Wait for the light to shine

Wait for the light to shine

Keep these words before you as you walk that narrow line

Wait for the light to shine


Wait for the light to shine

Wait for the light to shine

Just keep these words before you as you walk that narrow line

And wait for the light to shine

Wait for the light to shine


(Song written by Fred Rose)

(The lyrics put here are taken
from Connie Smith's fine version.)

~ On the field recordings I have heard so far
Bob only sings a few verses or parts thereof ~






On October 5th 2001 Bob Dylan opened his first show after the tragic events of September 11th with this hopeful and energetic song. The next fifteen audiences were encouraged as well with this song to look away from dark circumstances, and to "wait for the light to shine". Several other songs Bob Dylan performs occasionally these days should leave little doubt where the singer expects this light to come from.

Some of the shows after the first sixteen started with other cover songs (including two performances of "SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME" and two of "HALLELUJAH I'M READY TO GO"), but Bob also opened seven more shows on that fall tour with "WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO SHINE". Also the last show of 2001 in Boston started with this gospel cover.

In 2002 "WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO SHINE" opened the first Bob Dylan show of the year in Florida. In Norway in April it opened the second European show. In Germany, six days later, it started the show in Leipzig; and in Zurich, another nine days later, it opened the only Swiss show of the year. In Rotterdam, in May, it started the only Dutch show of the year, before Bob sang it twice in England, in Bournemouth and Newcastle, both times of which I had the pleasure to be a part of the audience.








Biblical references:


~ 2 Corinthians 4 ~


For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.


~ Psalms 118 ~

The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us.