[snip]---------------------------------------------------------------[snip] # U2 Lyrics 1980-1997 (Boy - Pop) Version 4.3 # # # # Compiled by: John Siracusa # # Last Modified: October 19th, 1998 # # Contributions and Corrections: # # # # Craig Russell # # Party Girl # # Jeff Libby # # RubyEuropa # # Andy Hassall # # Valerie # # Colette # # Jeremy Epp # # Robbi Wesley # # Rothstien # # Andrew H. Schulak # # Ben Brown # # James Jacobsen # # Robbi Wesley # # Maqsood Butt # # Stefano Galandrini # # Aaron J.S. Cole # # Manus Hand # # Lynn Lloyd # # Gerald F. Howard # # Orhun Bicakci # # Stephen Billington # # Jeremy Tung # # Jason Derek Olson # # Molly A Erwin # # Andrew Anastasiades # # William Dow # # David E Gildemeister # # Brian Stiltner # # Jeff V. # # Valerie # # Tom Gilmore # # Nathan O'Neal # # Isaac Lee # # Jean-Olivier Noreau # # David Bowler # # Amy J. Fournier # [snip]---------------------------------------------------------------[snip] A Word About the Lyrics In 1993, I downloaded all the U2 lyrics I could find from the various ftp sites around the net. When I read them, I was very disappointed by their inaccuracy. I set out to correct them, saving the lyrics to each album in Word 5.1 files. I received a lot of email requesting these lyrics, and since it was not ideal to send Word documents across the net, I converted the lyrics to plain ASCII text (with unix line breaks). I do not claim that these lyrics are 100% correct, but they are at least 100% more correct than what you'll find at other FTP sites and web pages. There are some lyrics that are very nearly impossible to transcribe (the song "Elvis Presley and America" comes to mind). Bono is a great singer, but the man just does not enunciate sometimes ;-) He also has a tendancy to do a little "scat singing", as he calls it, every now and again. Where possible, I have transcribed this (as best I could) phonetically. Other instances of scat singing which do not directly contribute to the song's meaning have been omitted entirely. This is not a "mistake" on my part, but merely an editorial decision. Short of having Bono sit down with me for several hours, there is simply no way to be sure about the many pops, ticks, and moans that sound oh-so-much like words. But, on the whole, these lyrics are correct. They are not correct because I say so, but because they pass the trial by fire: put on your headphones, pop in a U2 CD, and read these lyrics along with the song. They fit :-) John Siracusa September, 1997 --- The U2 Lyrics Archive World Wide Web Site In 1994, I created The U2 Lyrics Archive web site, and it has taken over as the official source for my transcriptions. Many songs on the web site cannot be found in these text files (Passengers songs, etc.) If the song you're looking for is not in any of the text files, check the web site. The current URL is: http://www.interference.com/u2la/ John Siracusa December, 1998 [snip]---------------------------------------------------------------[snip] Notation Guide: Words in (parentheses) are either spoken lyrics, or "background voices" Words in [square brackets] are my comments. In songs where two people are singing at the same time, I have put simultaneous lyrics more or less on the same line (see "Numb" for an example of this) A lot of people have emailed me with suggestions, and I've incorporated them where I've seen fit. If you have any comments or corrections, or find any typos, mail me at: macintsh@mindspring.com John Siracusa April, 1996 [snip]---------------------------------------------------------------[snip] U2 Lyrics 1980-1997 (Boy - Pop) Version 4.3 John Siracusa Last Modified: October 19th, 1998 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Boy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I Will Follow I will Follow... I was on the outside when you said You said you needed me I was looking at myself I was blind, I could not see A boy tries hard to be a man His mother takes him by his hand If he stops to think he starts to cry Oh why If you walkaway, walkaway I walkaway, walkaway...I will follow If you walkaway, walkaway I walkaway, walkaway...I will follow I was on the inside When they pulled the four walls down I was looking through the window I was lost, I am found Walkaway, walkaway I walkaway, walkaway...I will follow If you walkaway, walkaway, I walkaway, walkaway...I will follow I will follow Your eyes make a circle I see you when I go in there Your eyes, your eyes... If you walkaway, walkaway I walkaway, walkaway..I will follow If you walkaway, walkaway I walkaway, walkaway...I will follow I will follow I will follow... --- Twilight I look into his eyes They're closed but I see something A teacher told me why I laugh when old men cry My body grows and grows It frightens me you know The old man tried to walk me home I thought he should have known Twilight... Twilight, lost my way Twilight, can't find my way In the shadow boy meets man In the shadow boy meets man In the shadow boy meets man In the shadow boy meets man I'm running in the rain I'm caught in a late night play It's all; it's everything I'm soaking through the skin Twilight...darkened day Twilight...lost my way Twilight...night and day Twilight...can't find my way Can't find your way Can't find my way Can't find your way Twilight...darkened day Twilight...lost my way Twilight...night and day Twilight...can't find my way In the shadow boy meets man In the shadow boy meets man In the shadow boy meets man In the shadow boy meets man --- An Cat Dubh Say goodnight She waits for me to Put out the light Lay there still She waits to break my will Yes, if I know the truth about you... And in the daylight A blackbird makes a violent sight And when she is done She sleeps beside the wild Yes, if I know the truth about you... --- Into the heart Into the heart...of a child I stay a while...oh, I can go back Into the heart...of a child I can smile I can go there Into the heart Into the heart of a child I can go back I can stay awhile Into the heart... --- Out of Control Monday morning Eighteen years of dawning I say how long You say how long It was one dull morning Woke the world with bawling I was so sad (so sad) It was so bad I was of a feeling it was out of control I had the opinion it was out of control Boys and Girls Go to the school and girls They make children Not like this one I was of a feeling it was out of control I had the opinion it was out of control I was of a feeling it was out of control I had the opinion it was out of control (Out of control) I fought fate There's blood on the garden gate The man said childhood It's in his childhood One day I'll die The choice will not be mine Will it be too late You can't fight it I was of a feeling it was out of control I had the opinion it was out of control --- Stories for Boys There's a place I go And I am far away There's a TV show And I can grow Sometimes the hero takes me Sometimes I don't let go Hello hello There's a picture book With colored photographs There's a comic strip That makes me laugh Sometimes the lady takes me Sometimes I don't let go Hello hello Stories for boys...stories for boys Stories for boys...stories for boys Stories for boys... There's a place I go And it's a part of me There's a radio And I will crawl Sometimes the hero takes me Sometimes I can't let go Hello hello Stories for boys... --- The Ocean A picture in grey Dorian Gray Just me by the sea And I felt like a star I felt the world could go far If they listened To what I said Washes my feet Washed the feet Splashes the soul of my shoes --- A Day Without Me Starting a landslide in my ego Look from the outside To the world I left behind I'm dreaming You're awake If I were sleeping What's at stake A day without me Whatever the feelings I keep feeling What are the feelings You left behind Today's a day without me I started a landslide in my ego Look from the outside To the world I left behind In the world I left behind Wipe their eyes, and then let go To the world I left behind Shed a tear, and then let go... --- Another Time, Another Place Bright morning lights Wipe the sleep from another day's eye Turn away from the wall And there's Nothing at all Being naked and afraid In the open space of my bed I'll be with you now I'll be with you now I'll be with you now We lie on a cloud We lie... Just as I am I awoke with a tear on my tongue I awoke with a feeling of never before In my sleep I discover the one But she ran with the morning sun I'll be with you now I'll be with you now I'll be with you now We lie on a cloud We lie... Another time, another place We lie... Another child has lost the race We lie... Another time, another place We lie... Your time, your price We lie... Another time, another place We lie... Another child has lost... [Gaelic words...] We lie... Another time, another place We lie... Your time, your place --- The Electric Co. Boy, stupid boy Don't sit at the table Until you're able to Toy, broken toy Shout shout You're inside out If you don't know...Electric co. If you don't know...Electric co. Red, running red Play for real The toy could feel A hole in your head You go in shock You're spoon-fed If you don't know...Electric co. If you don't know...Electric co. One two three four... [vague words] If you don't know...Electric co. [Repeat 6 times] (more vague words) Just to hear me (more vague words) I've found me way home --- Shadows and Tall Trees Back to the cold restless streets at night I talk to myself about tomorrow night Walls of white protest A gravestone in name Who is it now It's always the same Who is it now Who calls me inside Are the leaves on the trees Just living disguise I walk sweet rain tragicomedy I'll walk home again to the street melody But I know, oh no But I know, oh no But I know... Shadows and tall trees Shadows and tall trees Shadows and tall trees Shadows and tall trees Life through a window Discoloured pain Mrs. Brown's washing is always the same I walk street rain tragicomedy I'll walk home again to the street melody But I know, oh no But I know, oh no But I know... (Out there) Do you feel in me... Anything redeeming Any worthwhile feeling Is love like a tightrope Hanging from the ceiling But I know, oh no But I know, oh no But I know... Shadows and Tall Trees... --- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx October xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Gloria I try to sing this song I...I try to stand up But I can't find my feet I try, I try to speak up But only in you I'm complete Gloria...in te domine Gloria...exultate Gloria...Gloria Oh Lord, loosen my lips I try to sing this song I...I try to get in But I can't find the door The door is open You're standing there You let me in Gloria...in te domine Gloria...exultate Oh Lord, if I had anything Anything at all I'd give it to you I'd give it to you Gloria...Gloria... --- I Fall Down Julie says John I'm getting nowhere I wrote this letter Hope to get to someplace soon I want to get up When I wake up But when I get up I fall down Julie wake up Julie tell the story You wrote the letter Said you were gonna get there someday Gonna walk in the sun And the wind and the rain Never walk back again Now you fall down You're falling down You fall down You fall down Julie say something Julie say you're sorry You're gonna get better You better not leave me here anyway I want to get up When you wake up When I get up I fall down When I'm falling down I fall down I broke myself I fall I fall down I'm falling down I fall down When you fall down When I'm falling down Is when you're falling down When you fall down I fall down I fall down... --- I Threw a Brick Through a Window I was talking I was talking to myself Somebody else Talk talk talking I couldn't hear a word A word you said He was my brother I said there was no other Way out of here Be my brother Gotta get out Gotta get out I was walking I was walking into walls I'm back again I just keep walking I walk into a window To see myself And my reflection When I thought about it My direction Going nowhere Going nowhere No one...no one is blinder Than he who will not see No one...no one is blinder Than me I was talking I was talking in my sleep I can't stop talking I'm talking to you It's up to you Be my brother There is another way out of here In my brother Gotta get out Gotta get out Gotta get out of here --- Rejoice It's falling it's falling And outside the buildings Are tumbling down And inside a child on the ground Says he'd do it again And what am I to do What in the world am I to say There's nothing else to do He says he'll change the world someday I rejoice This morning I fell out of bed When I woke up to what he has said Everything's crazy But I'm too lazy to lie And what am I to do Just tell me what am I supposed to say I can't change the world But I can change the world in me If I rejoice Rejoice... And what am I to do Just tell me what am I supposed to say I can't change the world But I can change the world in me If I rejoice I don't know what to change Rejoice... --- Fire Falling falling The sun is burning black Falling falling It's beating on my back With a fire With a fire Falling falling The moon is running red Falling falling It's pulling me instead With a fire Fire But there's a fire inside When I'm falling over There's a fire in me When I call out I built a fire I'm going home Falling falling The stars are falling down Falling falling They knock me to the ground With a fire Fire But there's a fire inside When I'm falling over There's a fire in me When I call out There's a fire inside When I'm falling over I feel the fire I'm going home --- Tomorrow Won't you come back tomorrow Won't you come back tomorrow Won't you come back tomorrow Can I sleep tonight Outside Somebody's outside Somebody's knocking at the door There's a black car parked At the side of the road Don't go to the door Don't go to the door I'm going out I'm going outside mother I'm going out there Won't you be back tomorrow Won't you be back tomorrow Will you be back tomorrow Who broke the window Who broke down the door Who tore the curtain And who was He for Who healed the wounds Who heals the scars Open the door Open the door Won't you come back tomorrow Won't you be back tomorrow Will you be back tomorrow Can I sleep tonight Cause I want you...I...I want you... I really...I...I want...I...I... I want you to be back tomorrow I want you to be back tomorrow Will you be back tomorrow Won't you be back tomorrow Won't you be back tomorrow Will you be back tomorrow Open up, open up To the lamb of God To the love of he who made The blind to see He's coming back He's coming back I believe it Jesus coming I'm gonna be there I'm gonna be there mother I'm gonna be there mother I'm going out there And you're gonna be there... --- October October And the trees are stripped bare Of all they wear What do I care October And kingdoms rise And kingdoms fall But you go on...and on... --- With a Shout Oh, and where do we go Where do we go from here Where to go To the side of a hill Blood was spilt We were still looking At each other Oh, we're goin' back there Jerusalem Jerusalem Shout, shout With a shout, shout it out Shout...shout it out... I wanna go To the foot of the messiah To the foot of he who made me see To the side of a hill Where we were still We were filled With our love We're gonna be there again Jerusalem Jerusalem Shout, shout With a shout Shout... With a shout --- Stranger in a Strange Land Stranger Stranger in a strange land He looked at me like I Was the one who should run We asked him to smile for a photograph Waited a while to see if we could Make him laugh A soldier asked for a cigarette His smiling face I can't forget He looked like you across the street But that's a long way here And I wish you were here And I wish you were here Stranger A stranger in a strange land He look at me like I Was the one who should run I watched as he watched us Get back on the bus I watched the way it was The way it was when he was with us And I really don't mind Sleeping on the floor But I couldn't sleep after what I saw I wrote this letter to tell you The way I feel I wish you were here I wish you were here To see what I could see To hear And I wish you were here --- Scarlet Rejoice, Rejoice Rejoice, Rejoice --- Is That All Singing this song makes me angry I'm not angry with you Is that all Is that all Is that all... Singing song that makes me happy I'm not happy with you Singing this song makes me pale Is that all Is that all... Is that all you want from me Is that all... --- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx War xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sunday Bloody Sunday Yes... I can't believe the news today Oh, I can't close my eyes And make it go away How long... How long must we sing this song How long, how long... 'cause tonight...we can be as one Tonight... Broken bottles under children's feet Bodies strewn across the dead end street But I won't heed the battle call It puts my back up Puts my back up against the wall Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday And the battle's just begun There's many lost, but tell me who has won The trench is dug within our hearts And mothers, children, brothers, sisters Torn apart Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday How long... How long must we sing this song How long, how long... 'cause tonight...we can be as one Tonight...tonight... Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday Wipe the tears from your eyes Wipe your tears away Oh, wipe your tears away Oh, wipe your tears away (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) Oh, wipe your blood shot eyes (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) And it's true we are immune When fact is fiction and TV reality And today the millions cry We eat and drink while tomorrow they die (Sunday, Bloody Sunday) The real battle just begun To claim the victory Jesus won On... Sunday Bloody Sunday Sunday Bloody Sunday... --- Seconds Takes a second to say goodbye Say goodbye, oh, oh, oh It takes a second to say goodbye Say goodbye, oh, oh, oh, say bye bye... Where you going to now... Lightning flashes across the sky East to west, do or die Like a thief in the night See the world by candlelight. Fall, rise and...Fall, rise and... In an apartment on Time Square You can assemble them anywhere Held to ransom, hell to pay A revolution everyday USSR, GDR, London, New York, Peking It's the puppets, It's the puppets Who pull the strings Fall, rise and...Fall, rise and... Say goodbye, say goodbye Say goodbye, say goodbye Say goodbye It takes a second to say goodbye Say goodbye, oh, oh, oh Push the button and pull the plug Say goodbye, oh, oh, oh Fall, rise and...Fall, rise and... And they're doing the atomic bomb Do they know where the dance comes from Yes they're doing the atomic bomb They want you to sing along Say goodbye, say goodbye Say goodbye Say goodbye. --- New Year's Day Yeah... All is quiet on New Year's Day A world in white gets underway I want to be with you Be with you night and day Nothing changes on New Year's Day On New Year's Day I will be with you again I will be with you again Under a blood red sky A crowd has gathered in black and white Arms entwined, the chosen few The newspapers says, says Say it's true it's true... And we can break through Though torn in two We can be one I...I will begin again I...I will begin again Oh... Maybe the time is right Oh...maybe tonight... I will be with you again I will be with you again And so we're told this is the golden age And gold is the reason for the wars we wage Though I want to be with you Be with you night and day Nothing changes On New Year's Day On New Year's Day --- Like a Song Like a song I have to sing I sing it for you Like the words I have to bring I bring it for you And in leather, lace, and chains We stake our claim Revolution once again No I won't... I won't wear it on my sleeve I can see through this expression And you know I don't believe Too young to be told Exactly who are you Tonight Tomorrow's Too late And we love to wear a badge, a uniform And we love to fly a flag But I won't...let others live in hell As we divide against each other And we fight amongst ourselves Too set in our ways to try to rearrange Too right to be wrong, in this rebel song Let the bells ring out Let the bells ring out Is there nothing left Is there, is there nothing Is there nothing left Is honesty what you want A generation without name, ripped and torn Nothing to lose, nothing to gain Nothing at all And if you can't help yourself Well take a look around you When others need your time You say it's time to go...it's your time Angry words won't stop the fight Two wrongs won't make it right A new heart is what I need Oh God, make it bleed Is there nothing left... --- Drowning Man Take my hand You know I'll be there If you can I'll cross the sky for your love For I have promised Oh, to be with you tonight And for the time that will come Take my hand You know I'll be there If you can I'll cross the sky for your love And I understand These winds and tides This change of times Won't drag you away Hold on, and hold on tightly Hold on, and don't let go Of my love The storms will pass (the storm will pass) It won't be long now (it won't be long now) His love will last His love will last...forever Take my hand You know I'll be there If you can I'll cross the sky for your love Give you what I hold dear Hold on, hold on tightly Hold on, hold on tightly Rise up, rise up With wings like eagles You run, you run You run and not grow weary (take my hand, take my hand) Hold on, and hold on tightly Hold on, hold on tightly To this love...last forever To this love...last forever Take my hand Take my hand... --- The Refugee Woah, woah... She's the refugee. I see your face I see you staring back at me Woah, woah... She's the refugee Her mama say one day she's gonna Live in America In the morning She is waiting Waiting for the ship to sail Sail away Woah, woah... Her papa go to war He gonna fight But he don't know what for Woah, woah... Her papa go to war Her mama say one day he's gonna Come back from far away Help me How can you help me In the evening She is waiting Waiting for her man to come And take her by her hand And take her to this promise land Woah, woah... She's a pretty face But at the wrong time In the wrong place Woah, woah... She's a pretty face Her mama say one day she's gonna Live in America Yeah, America Woah, woah... She's a refugee She's coming back, she's coming Keep you company Woah, woah... She's a refugee Her mama say one day she's gonna Live in America --- Two Hearts Beat As One I don't know I don't know which side I'm on I don't know my right from left Or my right from wrong Say I'm a fool You say I'm not for you But if I'm a fool for you Oh, that's something Two hearts beat as one Two hearts beat as one Two hearts... Can't stop the dance Honey, this is my last chance I said, can't stop the dance Maybe this is my last chance Two hearts beat as one Two hearts beat as one Two hearts... They beat on black, beat on white Beat on everything don't get it right Beat on you, beat on me, beat on love I don't know How to say what's got to be said I don't know if it's black or white There's others see it red I don't get the answers right I'll leave that to you Is this love out of fashion Or is it the time of year Are these words distraction To the words you want to hear Two hearts beat as one Two hearts beat as one I try to spit it out I try to explain The way I feel Oh, yeah Two hearts I can't stop the dance Maybe this is my last chance I said I can't stop the dance Maybe this is my last chance I said don't stop the dance Maybe this is my last chance I said I can't stop the dance Maybe this is our last chance I said don't stop the dance Maybe this is our last chance --- Red Light I talk to you You walk away You're still on the down beat You say you don't want my help But you can't escape If your running from yourself I give you my love I give you my love Give you my love Still you walk away It's your own late show As you jump to the street below But where can you go To leave yourself behind Alone in the spotlight Of this, your own tragedy I give you my love, love, love Love, love, love, love, love, love... In the heart in the heart In the heart of the city Heart in the heart in The heart of the city Oh, love... I pour my love out for you And I'll bring you through See your not alone I give you my love, give you my love Give you my love, give you my love Give you my love, give you my love Give you my love, give you my love Give you my love, love, love Love, love, love, love, love... --- Surrender Oh, the city's alight With lovers and lies Bright blue eyes Oh, the city is bright It's brighter than day tonight Surrender, Surrender Surrender, Surrender Sadie said she couldn't work out What it was all about And so she let go Now Sadie's on the street And the people she meets you know She tried to be a good girl and a good wife Raise a good family Lead a good life It's not good enough She got herself up on the 48th floor Gotta find out Find out what she's living for Surrender, Surrender Surrender, Surrender Tonight... Oh, the city's afire A passionate flame It knows me by name Oh, the city's desire To take me for more and more It's in the street, getting under my feet It's in the air, it's everywhere My love for you It's in the things I do and say If I wanna live I gotta Die to myself someday Papa sing my sing my sing my song Papa sing my sing my sing my song... --- 40 I waited patiently for the Lord He inclined and heard my cry He brought me up out of the pit Out of the miry clay I will sing, sing a new song I will sing, sing a new song How long to sing this song How long to sing this song How long...how long...how long... How long...to sing this song He set my feet upon a rock And made my footsteps firm Many will see Many will see and fear I will sing, sing a new song I will sing, sing a new song I will sing, sing a new song I will sing, sing a new song How long to sing this song How long to sing this song How long...how long...how long... How long...to sing this song --- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Unforgettable Fire xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A Sort of Homecoming And you know it's time to go Through the sleet and driving snow Across the fields of mourning Light in the distance And you hunger for the time Time to heal, desire, time And your earth moves beneath Your own dream landscape Oh, oh, oh... On borderland we run... I'll be there I'll be there... Tonight A high road A high road out from here The city walls are all pulled down The dust, a smoke screen all around See faces ploughed like fields that once Gave no resistance And we live by the side of the road On the side of a hill As the valley explode Dislocated, suffocated The land grows weary of its own Oh, oh, oh...on borderland we run... And still we run We run and don't look back I'll be there I'll be there Tonight Tonight I'll be there tonight...I believe I'll be there...somehow I'll be there...tonight Tonight The wind will crack in winter time This bomb-blast lightning waltz No spoken words, just a scream... Tonight we'll build a bridge Across the sea and land See the sky, the burning rain She will die and live again Tonight And your heart beats so slow Through the rain and fallen snow Across the fields of mourning Light's in the distance Oh don't sorrow, no don't weep For tonight, at last I am coming home I am coming home --- Pride (In the Name of Love) One man come in the name of love One man come and go One man come, he to justify One man to overthrow In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love One man caught on a barbed wire fence One man he resist One man washed on an empty beach. One man betrayed with a kiss In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love (nobody like you...) Early morning, April 4 Shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love... --- Wire Innocent, and in a sense I am Guilty of the crime that's now in hand Such a nice day Throw your life away Such a nice day Let it go Cold these eyes, I can't believe it Cold, this heart is slow Heart is slow Call me Such a cold heart Such a cold man Watch you tear your self apart So lay me down My soul to give So lay me down The longest sleep Oh, the longest sleep In I come and out you go you get Here we are again now, place your bets Is this the time The time to win or lose Is this the time The time to choose Cold these eyes, I can't believe it So deep inside a cold fire Cold, this heart is slow... Anytime you're only a kiss away Won't you do it now That's right, just keep me going In some white track You come the right track Cartoon cutout Cut throat bled out I'm on your side Be on the both side I'm alright Jack You get off my back I'm no dope I give you hope Here's the rope Here's the rope Now...swing away --- The Unforgettable Fire Ice Your only rivers run cold These city lights They shine as silver and gold Dug from the night Your eyes as black as coal Walk on by Walk on through Walk 'til you run And don't look back For here I am Carnival The wheels fly and the colors spin Through alcohol Red wine that punctures the skin Face to face In a dry and waterless place Walk on by Walk on through So sad to beseige your love so head on Stay this time Stay tonight in a lie I'm only asking but I... I think you know Come on take me away Come on take me away Come on take me home Home again And if the mountain should crumble Or disappear into the sea Not a tear, no not I Stay in this time Stay tonight in... Ever after, this love in time And if you save your love Save it all Don't push me too far Don't push me too far Tonight Tonight Tonight... --- Promenade Earth sky sea and rain Is she coming back again Men of straw sneak a whore Words that build or destroy Dirt dry bone sand and stone Barbed-wire fence cut me down I'd like to be around In a spiral staircase To the higher ground And I, like a firework, explode Roman candle lightning lights up the sky In the cracked streets trampled under foot Sidestep, sidewalk I see you stare into space Have I got closer now Behind the face Oh...tell me... Charity dance with me Turn me around tonight Up through spiral staircase To the higher ground Slide show sea side town Coca-Cola, football radio radio radio Radio radio radio... --- Bad If you twist and turn away If you tear yourself in two again If I could, yes I would If I could, I would Let it go Surrender Dislocate If I could throw this Lifeless lifeline to the wind Leave this heart of clay See you walk, walk away Into the night And through the rain Into the half-light And through the flame If I could through myself Set your spirit free I'd lead your heart away See you break, break away Into the light And to the day To let it go And so to fade away To let it go And so fade away I'm wide awake I'm wide awake Wide awake I'm not sleeping Oh, no, no, no If you should ask then maybe they'd Tell you what I would say True colors fly in blue and black Bruised silken sky and burning flag Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes If I could, you know I would If I could, I would Let it go... This desperation Dislocation Separation Condemnation Revelation In temptation Isolation Desolation Let it go And so fade away To let it go And so fade away To let it go And so to fade away I'm wide awake I'm wide awake Wide awake I'm not sleeping Oh, no, no, no --- Indian Summer Sky In the ocean Cut, swim, deep the sky Like there, I don't know why In the forest, there's a clearing I run there towards the light Sky... It's a blue sky In the earth a hole dig deep, decide If I could, I would Up for air to swim against the tide Hey, hey, hey Up toward the sky It's a blue sky To lose along the way The spark that set the flame To flicker and to fade On this the longest day So wind blow through to my heart So wind blow through my soul So wind blow through to my heart So wind blow through my soul So wind blow through to my heart... You give yourself to this the longest day You give yourself, you give it all away Two rivers run too deep The seasons change and so do I The light that strikes the tallest trees Will light a way for I Will light a way Up toward the sky It's a blue sky To lose along the way The spark that set the flame To flicker and to fade On this the longest day So wind go through to my heart So wind blow through my soul So wind go through to my heart So wind blow through my soul So wind go through to my heart So wind blow through my soul So wind go through to my heart... You give yourself to this the longest day You give yourself, you give it all away --- Elvis Presley and America (Black flash) Black flash over my own love Tell me of my eyes Black flash come though my own life Telling these things And I believe them And I believe in you White flash sees the sky And it turns its side from you She won't turn my back And I know you turn so blue And you know And your sky is feeling blue And your heart So cold when I'm with you And you feel Like no one told you to And your time is your side And your time with me Ah, don't talk to me Ah, don't talk to me Don't talk to me You know Like no one told you how But you know Though the king that howls has howled But you feel like sentimental But you don't care If I just share it in your heart (Heart...) Hopelessly So hopelessly I'm breaking through for you and me And you don't Though no one told you to And you found out Where you were going, where to You're through with me But I know that you will be back For more And you know And though no one told you so And you know, blue sky Like a harder shade of blue And you walk When you want To let go Me, I'm the outside, tell me fade away Drop me down but don't break me In your sleep In your sleep, inside It's in your heart and mine Whole sea is dark It's in your heart and mine Sweetly, those will come Loving is on your side walking through So let me in your heart Your beat is like something... They... Run... See say you're sad and reach by So say you're sad above beside Oh stay sad above beside So stay sad above we said You know I don't No one told you how (And you don't) (And you wipe sweat off your white brow) And you care And no one told you tried And your heart Is left out from the side And the rain beats down And the shame goes down And this rain keeps on coming down And this sky Tonight... You know "S" "O" "N" "G", why You're going go join to God You know "S" "O" "N" "G", why Give away some him no lie Give away some my de day no You know And though no one told you sky And you feel Like you pretend you can You say go, you live Go live outside of me Don't you leave Don't leave out part of me Then I can feel Like I feel before Like I hurt now And I see the floor If you pick me up Bits and pieces on this floor --- MLK Sleep Sleep tonight And may your dreams Be realized If the thunder cloud Passes rain So let it rain Rain down on him So let it be So let it be Sleep Sleep tonight And may your dreams Be realized If the thundercloud Passes rain So let it rain Let it rain Rain on him --- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Joshua Tree xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Where the Streets Have no Name I want to run I want to hide I want to tear down the walls That hold me inside I want to reach out And touch the flame Where the streets have no name I want to feel sunlight on my face I see the dust cloud disappear Without a trace I want to take shelter from the poison rain Where the streets have no name Where the streets have no name Where the streets have no name We're still building Then burning down love Burning down love And when I go there I go there with you It's all I can do The city's aflood And our love turns to rust We're beaten and blown by the wind Trampled in dust I'll show you a place High on a desert plain Where the streets have no name Where the streets have no name Where the streets have no name We're still building Then burning down love Burning down love And when I go there I go there with you It's all I can do Our love turns to rust We're beaten and blown by the wind Blown by the wind Oh, and I see love See our love turn to rust We're beaten and blown by the wind Blown by the wind Oh, when I go there I go there with you It's all I can do --- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For I have climbed highest mountain I have run through the fields Only to be with you Only to be with you I have run I have crawled I have scaled these city walls These city walls Only to be with you But I still haven't found what I'm looking for But I still haven't found what I'm looking for I have kissed honey lips Felt the healing in her fingertips It burned like fire This burning desire I have spoke with the tongue of angels I have held the hand of a devil It was warm in the night I was cold as a stone But I still haven't found what I'm looking for But I still haven't found what I'm looking for I believe in the kingdom come Then all the colors will bleed into one Bleed into one Well yes I'm still running You broke the bonds and you Loosed the chains Carried the cross Of my shame Of my shame You know I believed it But I still haven't found what I'm looking for But I still haven't found what I'm looking for But I still haven't found what I'm looking for But I still haven't found what I'm looking for... --- With or Without You See the stone set in your eyes See the thorn twist in your side I wait for you Sleight of hand and twist of fate On a bed of nails she makes me wait And I wait without you With or without you With or without you Through the storm we reach the shore You give it all but I want more And I'm waiting for you With or without you With or without you I can't live With or without you And you give yourself away And you give yourself away And you give And you give And you give yourself away My hands are tied My body bruised, she's got me with Nothing to win and Nothing left to lose And you give yourself away And you give yourself away And you give And you give And you give yourself away With or without you With or without you I can't live With or without you With or without you With or without you I can't live With or without you With or without you --- Bullet the Blue Sky In the howling wind comes a stinging rain See it driving nails Into the souls on the tree of pain From the firefly, a red orange glow See the face of fear Running scared in the valley below Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum Jacob wrestled the angel And the angel was overcome You plant a demon seed You raise a flower of fire See them burning crosses See the flames higher and higher Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue This guy comes up to me His face red like a rose on a thorn bush Like all the colors of a royal flush And he's peeling off those dollar bills Slapping them down One hundred, two hundred And I can see those fighter planes And I can see those fighter planes Across the mud huts where the children sleep Through the alleys of a quiet city street You take the staircase to the first floor Turn the key and slowly unlock the door As a man breathes into a saxophone And through the walls you hear the city groan Outside is America Outside is America Across the field you see the sky ripped open See the rain through a gaping wound Pounding on the women and children Who run Into the arms Of America --- Running to Stand Still And so she woke up Woke up from where she was Lying still Said I gotta do something About where we're going Step on a steam train Step out of the driving rain, maybe Run from the darkness in the night Singing ha, ah la la la de day Ah la la la de day Ah la la de day Sweet the sin Bitter taste in my mouth I see seven towers But I only see one way out You got to cry without weeping Talk without speaking Scream without raising your voice You know I took the poison From the poison stream Then I floated out of here Singing...ha la la la de day Ha la la la de day Ha la la de day She runs through the streets With her eyes painted red Under black belly of cloud in the rain In through a doorway she brings me White gold and pearls stolen from the sea She is raging She is raging And the storm blows up in her eyes She will... Suffer the needle chill She's running to stand... Still. --- Red Hill Mining Town From father to son The blood runs thin See faces frozen still Against the wind The seam is split The coal face cracked The lines are long There's no going back Through hands of steel And heart of stone Our labour day Has come and gone Yeah you leave me holding on In Red Hill Town See lights go down, I'm... Hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to I'm still waiting I'm hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to The glass is cut The bottle run dry Our love runs cold In the caverns of the night We're wounded by fear Injured in doubt I can lose myself You I can't live without Yeah you keep me holding on In Red Hill Town See the lights go down on I'm hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to I'm still waiting Hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to Hold on to We'll scorch the earth Set fire to the sky We stoop so low to reach so high A link is lost The chain undone We wait all day For night to come And it comes Like a hunter child I'm hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to I'm still waiting I'm hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to Love...slowly stripped away Love...has seen its better day Hanging on The lights go out on Red Hill The lights go down on Red Hill Lights go down on Red Hill town The lights go down on Red Hill --- In God's Country Yeah Desert sky Dream beneath a desert sky The rivers run but soon run dry We need new dreams tonight Desert rose Dreamed I saw a desert rose Dress torn in ribbons and in bows Like a siren she calls to me Sleep comes like a drug In God's Country Sad eyes, crooked crosses In God's Country Set me alight We'll punch a hole right through the night Everyday the dreamers die See what's on the other side She is liberty And she comes to rescue me Hope, faith, her vanity The greatest gift is gold Sleep comes like a drug In God's Country Sad eyes, crooked crosses In God's Country Naked flame She stands with a naked flame I stand with the sons of Cain Burned by the fire of love Burned by the fire of love --- Trip Through Your Wires In the distance She saw me coming 'round I was calling out I was calling out Still shaking Still in pain You put me back together again I was cold and you clothed me honey I was down and you lifted me honey Angel Angel or devil I was thirsty And you wet my lips You, I'm waiting for you You, you set my desire I trip through your wires I was broken, bent out of shape I was naked in the clothes you made Lips were dry, throat like rust You gave me shelter from the heat and the dust No more water in the well No more water, water Angel Angel or devil I was thirsty And you wet my lips You, I'm waiting for you You, You set my desire I trip through your wires (All I need...All I need) Thunder, thunder on the mountain There's a rain cloud in the desert sky In the distance she saw me coming 'round I was calling out I was calling out --- One Tree Hill We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill As the day begs the night for mercy love The sun so bright it leaves no shadows Only scars carved into stone On the face of earth The moon is up and over One Tree Hill We see the sun go down in your eyes You run like river, on like a sea You run like a river runs to the sea And in the world a heart of darkness A fire zone Where poets speak their heart Then bleed for it Jara sang, his song a weapon In the hands of love You know his blood still cries From the ground It runs like a river runs to the sea It runs like a river to the sea I don't believe in painted roses Or bleeding hearts While bullets rape the night of the merciful I'll see you again When the stars fall from the sky And the moon has turned red Over One Tree Hill We run like a river Run to the sea We run like a river to the sea And when it's raining Raining hard That's when the rain will Break my heart Raining...raining in the heart Raining in your heart Raining...raining to your heart Raining, raining...raining Raining to your heart Raining...raining in your heart Raining in your heart.. To the sea Oh great ocean Oh great sea Run to the ocean Run to the sea --- Exit You know he got the cure You know he went astray He used to stay awake To drive the dreams he had away He wanted to believe In the hands of love His head it felt heavy As he cut across the land A dog started crying Like a broken hearted man At the howling wind At the howling wind He went deeper into black Deeper into white Could see the stars shining Like nails in the night He felt the healing Healing, healing Healing hands of love Like the stars shiny shiny From above Hand in the pocket Finger on the steel The pistol weighed heavy His heart he could feel Was beating, beating Beating, beating oh my love Oh my love, oh my love Oh my love My love Saw the hands that build Can also pull down The hands of love --- Mothers of the Disappeared Midnight, our sons and daughters Were cut down and taken from us Hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat In the wind we hear their laughter In the rain we see their tears Hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat Night hangs like a prisoner Stretched over black and blue Hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat In the trees our sons stand naked Through the walls our daughters cry See their tears in the rainfall --- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rattle and Hum xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Helter Skelter (This is a song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles. We're stealing it back...) When you get to the bottom You go back to the top of the slide And you stop and you turn And you go for a ride Then you get to the bottom Then you see me again Do you, don't you want me to love you Coming down fast I'm right here above you Tell me tell me tell me the answer Ain't no lover but you ain't no dancer Helter skelter Helter skelter Helter skelter Do you, don't you want me to make you I'm coming down fast now don't let me break you Tell me tell me tell me the answer You ain't no lover but you ain't no dancer Helter skelter Helter skelter Helter skelter When you get to the bottom You go back to the top of the slide And you turn and you stop And you go for a ride Then you get to the bottom Then you see me again Do you, don't you want me to love you Coming down fast I'm right here above you Tell me tell me tell me the answer Ain't no lover but you ain't no dancer Helter skelter Helter skelter Helter skelter...(and again) Helter skelter Helter skelter Helter skelter --- Van Diemen's Land Hold me now, oh hold me now 'til this hour has gone around And I'm gone on the rising tide For to face Van Diemen's land It's a bitter pill I swallow here To be rent from one so dear We fought for justice and not for gain But the magistrate sent me away Now kings will rule and the poor will toil And tear their hands as they tear the soil But a day will come in this dawning age When an honest man sees an honest wage Hold me now, oh hold me now 'til this hour has gone around And I'm gone on the rising tide For to face Van Diemen's land --- Desire (Yeah) Lover, I'm on the street Gonna go where the bright lights And the big city meet With a red guitar...on fire Desire She's a candle burning in my room Yeah I'm like the needle, needle and spoon Over the counter with a shotgun Pretty soon everybody got one And the fever when I'm beside her Desire, desire... And the fever...getting higher Desire, desire...burning, burning She's the dollars She's my protection Yeah she's a promise In the year of election Oh sister, I can't let you go Like a preacher stealing hearts At a traveling show For love or money money money money money money money money money money money And the fever, getting higher Desire, desire, desire, desire Desire, desire --- Hawkmoon 269 Like a desert needs rain Like a town needs a name I need your love Like a drifter needs a room Hawkmoon I need your love I need your love Like a rhythm unbroken Like drums in the night Like sweet soul music Like sunlight I need your love Like coming home And you don't know where you've been Like black coffee Like nicotine I need your love (I need your love) I need your love (I need your love) I need your love (I need your love) When the night has no end And the day yet to begin As the room spins around I need your love I need your love Like a Phoenix rising needs a holy tree Like the sweet revenge of a bitter enemy I need your love Like the hot needs the sun Like honey on her tongue Like the muzzle of a gun Like oxygen I need your love (I need your love) I need your love (I need your love) I need your love (I need your love) When the night has no end And the day yet to begin As the room spins around I need your love I need your love... [Repeat 9 times] Like thunder needs rain Like a preacher needs pain Like tongues of flame Like a sheet stained I need your love I need your love Like a needle needs a vein Like someone to blame Like a thought unchained Like a runaway train I need your love I need your love... [Repeat 7 times] Like faith needs a doubt Like a freeway out I need your love Like powder needs a spark Like lies need the dark I need your love In the heart of the heat of the love In the heart of the heat of the love... [Repeat until end] --- All Along The Watchtower There must be some way out of here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion here I can't get no relief Businessmen they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None of them know along the line What any of this is worth No reason to get excited The thief, he kindly spoke There are many here among us Who think that life is but a joke But you and I, we've been through that And that is not our fate So let us not talk falsely now Because the hour is getting late All along the watchtower Princes kept the view While horsemen came and went Barefoot servants too All I got is a red guitar Three chords And the truth All I got is a red guitar The rest is up to you There's no reason to get excited The thief, he kindly spoke There are some among us here Say that life is just a joke You and I, we've been through that And that is not our fate (at least today) So let us not talk falsely now Because the hour is getting late Late... (yeeeaaaaaahhhhhh... :) [until end] --- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For # This is basically the same as the album version (found on # # The Joshua Tree) Since it is not my goal to transcribe # # every live version of every U2 song (I'll leave that to # # someone else ;) I'm only including tehlyrics to live songs # # that are defined by the live performances (i.e. not found # # elsewhere) like "Helter Skelter", etc. To continue... # --- Freedom For My People # I'm skipping this one, too. There are no real lyrics to speak of # # and it's not sung by U2 anyway. R&H is full of these ditties :) # --- Silver and Gold In the shit house a shotgun Praying hands hold me down Only the hunter was hunted In this tin can town Tin can town No stars in the black night Looks like the sky fell down No sun in the daylight Looks like it's chained to the ground Chained to the ground The warden said The exit is sold If you want a way out Silver and gold Broken back to the ceiling Broken nose to the floor I scream at the silence, it's crawling It crawls under the door There's a rope around my neck And there's a trigger in your gun Jesus say something I am someone, I am someone I am someone Captain and kings In the ships hold They came to collect Silver and gold Silver and gold Seen the coming and going Seen them captains and the kings See them navy blue uniforms See them bright and shiny things Bright shiny things The temperature is rising The fever white hot Mister, I ain't got nothing But it's more than you got Chains no longer bind me Not the shackles at my feet Outside are the prisoners Inside the free Set them free Set them free A prize fighter in a corner is told Hit where it hurts Silver and gold Silver and gold [spoken part follows] # Yep, silver and gold... This song was written in a hotel room in New York # city 'round about the time a friend or ours, little Steven, was puting # together a record of artists against apartheid. This is a song written # about a man in a shanty town outside of Johannesburg. A man who's sick of # looking down the barrel of white South Africa. A man who is at the point # where he is ready to take up arms against his oppressor. A man who has # lost faith in the peacemakers of the west while they argue and while they # fail to support a man like bishop Tutu and his request for economic # sanctions against South Africa. Am I buggin' you? I don't mean to bug ya... Okay Edge, play the blues... --- Pride (In the Name of Love) # This song's lyrics are basically the same as # # the album version on The Unforgettable Fire. # --- Angel of Harlem It was a cold and wet December day When we touched the ground at JFK Snow was melting on the ground On BLS I heard the sound Of an angel New York, like a Christmas tree Tonight this city belongs to me Angel Soul love...this love won't let me go So long...angel of Harlem Birdland on fifty-three The street sounds like a symphony We got John Coltrane and a love supreme Miles says she's got to be an angel Lady Day got diamond eyes She sees the truth behind the lies Angel Soul love...this love won't let me go So long...angel of Harlem Angel of Harlem She says it's heart...heart and soul... Yeah yeah...(yeah) Yeah yeah...(right now) Blue light on the avenue God knows they got to you An empty glass, the lady sings Eyes swollen like a bee sting Blinded you lost your way Through the side streets and the alleyway Like a star exploding in the night Falling to the city in broad daylight An angel in Devil's shoes Salvation in the blues You never looked like an angel Yeah yeah...angel of Harlem Angel...angel of Harlem... [Repeat and fade] --- Love Rescue Me Love rescue me Come forth and speak to me Raise me up and don't let me fall No man is my enemy My own hands imprison me Love rescue me Many strangers have I met On the road to my regret Many lost who seek to find themselves in me They ask me to reveal The very thoughts they would conceal Love rescue me And the sun in the sky Makes a shadow of you and I Stretching out as the sun sinks in the sea I'm here without a name In the palace of my shame Said, love rescue me In the cold mirror of a glass I see my reflection pass See the dark shades of what I used to be See the purple of her eyes The scarlet of my lies Love rescue me Yea, though I walk In the valley of shadow Yea, I will fear no evil I have cursed thy rod and staff They no longer comfort me Love rescue me Sha la la...sha la la la Sha la la la...ha la la... Sha la la la...sha la la la Sha la la la...sha la la Sha la la la...sha la la la Sha la la... I said love, love rescue me I said love Climb up the mountains, said love I said love, oh my love On the hill of the son I'm on the eve of a storm And my word you must believe in Oh, I said love, rescue me Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah... Yeah I'm here without a name In the palace of my shame I said love rescue me I've conquered my past The future is here at last I stand at the entrance To a new world I can see The ruins to the right of me Will soon have lost sight of me Love rescue me --- When Love Comes To Town I was a sailor, I was lost at sea I was under the waves Before love rescued me I was a fighter, I could turn on a thread Now I stand accused of the things I've said Love comes to town I'm gonna jump that train When love comes to town I'm gonna catch that flame Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down But I did what I did before love came to town I used to make love under a red sunset I was making promises I was soon to forget She was pale as the lace of her wedding gown But I left her standing before love came to town I ran into a juke joint when I heard a guitar scream The notes were turning blue, I was dazing in a dream As the music played I saw my life turn around That was the day before love came to town When love comes to town I'm gonna jump that train When love comes to town I'm gonna catch that flame Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down But I did what I did before love came to town [Repeat Chorus] I was there when they crucified my Lord I held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword I threw the dice when they pierced his side But I've seen love conquer the great divide When love comes to town I'm gonna catch that train When love comes to town I'm gonna catch that flame Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down But I did what I did before love came to town --- Heartland See the sun rise over her skin Don't change it See the sun rise over her skin Dawn changes everything Everything And the delta sun Burns bright and violet Mississippi and the cotton wool heat Sixty-six a highway speaks Of deserts dry Of cool green valleys Gold and silver veins Of the shining cities In this heartland In this heartland soil In this heartland Heaven knows this is a heartland Heartland...heartland See the sun rise over her skin She feels like water in my hand Freeway like a river cuts through this land Into the side of love Like a burning spear And the poison rain Brings a flood of fear Through the ghost-ranch hills Death valley waters In the towers of steel Belief goes on and on In this heartland In this heartland soil In this heartland Heaven knows this is a heartland Heartland...heaven knows this is a heartland Heartland...heartland Heartland...heaven's day here in the heartland Heart... --- God Part II Don't believe the devil I don't believe his book But the truth is not the same Without the lies he made up Don't believe in excess Success is to give Don't believe in riches But you should see where I live I...I believe in love Don't believe in forced entry Don't believe in rape But every time she passes by Wild thoughts escape I don't believe in death row Skid row or the gangs Don't believe in the Uzi It just went off in my hand I...I believe in love Don't believe in cocaine Got a speed-ball in my head I could cut and crack you open Do you hear what I said Don't believe them when they tell me There ain't no cure The rich stay healthy The sick stay poor I...I believe in love Don't believe in Goldman His type like a curse Instant karma's going to get him If I don't get him first Don't believe in rock 'n' roll Can really change the world As it spins in revolution It spirals and turns I...I believe in love Don't believe in the 60's The golden age of pop You glorify the past When the future dries up Heard a singer on the radio late last night He says he's gonna kick the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight I...I believe in love I feel like I'm falling Like I'm spinning on a wheel It always stops beside of me With a presence I can feel I...I believe in love --- The Star Spangled Banner # Sorry, no lyrics here either. Go for it, Jimi :-) --- Bullet the Blue Sky # It's basically the same as the album # version (on The Joshua Tree) except for # the spoken part included below: # So I'm back in my hotel room with Johnnie Coltrane and the love supreme # In the next room I hear some woman scream out that her lover's turning off # Turning on the television. And I can't tell the difference between # ABC news, Hill Street Blues and a preacher on the old time gospel hour # stealing money from the sick and the old. Well the God I believe in isn't # short of cash, mister. I feel a long way from the hills of San Salvador # where the sky is ripped open and the rain pours through a gaping wound # pelting the women and children...pelting the women and children...who run # ...who run...into the arms...of America --- All I Want is You You say you want Diamonds on a ring of gold You say you want Your story to remain untold But all the promises we make From the cradle to the grave When all I want is you You say you'll give me A highway with no one on it Treasure just to look upon it All the riches in the night You say you'll give me Eyes in a moon of blindness A river in a time of dryness A harbour in the tempest But all the promises we make From the cradle to the grave When all I want is you You say you want Your love to work out right To last with me through the night You say you want Diamonds on a ring of gold Your story to remain untold Your love not to grow cold All the promises we break From the cradle to the grave When all I want is you You...all I want is... You...all I want is... You...all I want is... You... --- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Achtung Baby xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Zoo Station I'm ready I'm ready for the laughing gas I'm ready I'm ready for what's next I'm ready to duck I'm ready to dive I'm ready to say I'm glad to be alive I'm ready I'm ready for the push The cool of the night The warmth of the breeze I'll be crawling 'round On my hands and knees Just down the line...Zoo Station Gotta make it on time...Zoo Station I'm ready I'm ready for the gridlock I'm ready...to take it to the street I'm ready for the shuffle Ready for the deal Ready to let go of the steering wheel I'm ready Ready for the crush (She's just down the line)...Zoo Station (Got to make it on time)...Zoo Station Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, It's alright Hey baby, hey baby, hey baby, hey baby It's alright, it's alright (Alright, you can turn it up) Time is a train Makes the future the past Leaves you standing in the station Your face pressed up against the glass I'm just down the line from your love...(Zoo Station) You know I'm under the sign...(Zoo Station) I've gotta make it on time Make it on time...(Zoo Station) That's alright...(Zoo Station) Just two stops down the line...(Zoo Station) Just a stop down the line... --- Even Better Than the Real Thing Give me one more chance And you'll be satisfied Give me two more chances You won't be denied Well my heart is where it's always been My head is somewhere in between Give me one more chance Let me be your lover tonight (Check it out) You're the real thing Yeah the real thing You're the real thing Even better than the real thing Child... Give me one last chance And I'm gonna make you sing Give me half a chance To ride on the waves that you bring You're honey child to a swarm of bees Gonna blow right through you like a breeze Give me one last dance We'll slide down the surface of things You're the real thing Yeah the real thing You're the real thing Even better than the real thing Child... We're free to fly the crimson sky The sun won't melt our wings tonight Oh now...here she comes Take me higher Take me higher You take me higher You take me higher You're the real thing Yeah the real thing You're the real thing Even better than the real thing Even better than the real thing Even better than the real thing --- One Is it getting better Or do you feel the same Will it make it easier on you now You got someone to blame You say... One love One life When it's one need In the night One love We get to share it Leaves you baby if you Don't care for it Did I disappoint you Or leave a bad taste in your mouth You act like you never had love And you want me to go without Well it's... Too late Tonight To drag the past out into the light We're one, but we're not the same We get to Carry each other Carry each other One... Have you come here for forgiveness Have you come to raise the dead Have you come here to play Jesus To the lepers in your head Did I ask too much More than a lot You gave me nothing Now it's all I got We're one But we're not the same Well we Hurt each other Then we do it again You say Love is a temple Love a higher law Love is a temple Love the higher law You ask me to enter But then you make me crawl And I can't be holding on To what you got When all you got is hurt One love One blood One life You got to do what you should One life With each other Sisters Brothers One life But we're not the same We get to Carry each other Carry each other One...life One --- Until the End of the World Haven't seen you in quite a while I was down the hold just passing time Last time we met was a low-lit room We were as close together as a bride and groom We ate the food, we drank the wine Everybody having a good time Except you You were talking about the end of the world I took the money I spiked your drink You miss too much these days if you stop to think You lead me on with those innocent eyes You know I love the element of surprise In the garden I was playing the tart I kissed your lips and broke your heart You...you were acting like it was The end of the world (Love...love...) In my dream I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows, they learned to swim Surrounding me, going down on me Spilling over the brim Waves of regret and waves of joy I reached out for the one I tried to destroy You...you said you'd wait 'til the end of the world --- Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses You're dangerous 'cause you're honest You're dangerous, you don't know what you want Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot For any spirit to haunt Hey hey sha la la Hey hey You're an accident waiting to happen You're a piece of glass left there on the beach Well you tell me things I know you're not supposed to Then you leave me just out of reach Hey hey sha la la Hey hey sha la la Who's gonna ride your wild horses Who's gonna drown in your blue sea Who's gonna ride your wild horses Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee Well you stole it 'cause I needed the cash And you killed it 'cause I wanted revenge Well you lied to me 'cause I asked you to Baby, can we still be friends Hey hey sha la la Hey hey sha la la Who's gonna ride your wild horses Who's gonna drown in your blue sea Who's gonna ride your wild horses Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee Oh, the deeper I spin Oh, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin Took a drive in the dirty rain To a place where the wind calls your name Under the trees the river laughing at you and me Hallelujah, heavens white rose The doors you open I just can't close Don't turn around, don't turn around again Don't turn around, your gypsy heart Don't turn around, don't turn around again Don't turn around, and don't look back Come on now love, don't you look back Who's gonna ride your wild horses Who's gonna drown in your blue sea Who's gonna taste your salt water kisses Who's gonna take the place of me Who's gonna ride your wild horses Who's gonna tame the heart of thee --- So Cruel We crossed the line Who pushed who over It doesn't matter to you It matters to me We're cut adrift But still floating I'm only hanging on To watch you go down My love I disappeared in you You disappeared from me I gave you everything you ever wanted It wasn't what you wanted The men who love you, you hate the most They pass right through you like a ghost They look for you but your spirit is in the air Baby, you're nowhere Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules Oh...love...sweetheart... You're so cruel Desperation is a tender trap It gets you every time You put your lips to her lips To stop the lie Her skin is pale like God's only dove Screams like an angel for your love Then she makes you watch her from above And you need her like a drug Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules Oh...love...sweetheart... You're so cruel She wears my love like a see-through dress Her lips say one thing Her movements something else Oh love...like a screaming flower Love...dying every hour...love You don't know if it's fear or desire Danger the drug that takes you higher Head in heaven, fingers in the mire Her heart is racing, you can't keep up The night is bleeding like a cut Between the horses of love and lust We are trampled underfoot Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules Oh...love...sweetheart... You're so cruel Oh...love...to stay with you I'd be a fool Sweetheart...you're so cruel --- The Fly (Oh, baby child) It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by a moon You know I don't see you when she walks in the room It's no secret that a friend is someone who lets you help It's no secret that a liar won't believe anyone else They say a secret is something you tell one other person So I'm telling you...child Low Voice Gospel Voice A man will beg Love...we shine like a A man will crawl burning star On the sheer face of love We're falling from Like a fly on a wall the sky...tonight It's no secret at all It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief Oh love... Low Voice Gospel Voice A man will rise Love...we shine like a A man will fall burning star From the sheer face of love We're falling from Like a fly from a wall the sky...tonight It's no secret at all (Achtung Baby) (Love...we shine like a burning star) (We're falling from the sky...tonight) Low Voice Gospel Voice A man will rise Love...we shine like a A man will fall burning star From the sheer face of love We're falling from Like a fly from a wall the sky...tonight It's no secret at all It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky The universe exploded 'cause of one man's lie Look, I gotta go, yeah I'm running outta change There's a lot of things, if I could I'd rearrange --- Mysterious Ways Johnny take a walk with your sister the moon Let her pale light in to fill up your room You've been living underground Eating from a can You've been running away From what you don't understand... Love She's slippy You're sliding down She'll be there when you hit the ground It's alright, it's alright, it's alright She moves in mysterious ways It's alright, it's alright, it's alright She moves in mysterious ways Johnny take a dive with your sister in the rain Let her talk about the things you can't explain To touch is to heal To hurt is to steal If you want to kiss the sky Better learn how to kneel (on your knees boy) She's the wave She turns the tide She sees the man inside the child It's alright, it's alright, it's alright She moves in mysterious ways It's alright, it's alright, it's alright She moves in mysterious ways It's alright, it's alright, it's alright Lift my days, light up my nights One day you will look...back And you'll see...where You were held...how By this love...while You could stand...there You could move on this moment Follow this feeling It's alright, it's alright, it's alright She moves in mysterious ways It's alright, it's alright, it's alright She moves in mysterious ways It's alright, it's alright, it's alright We move through miracle days Spirit moves in mysterious ways She moves with it She moves with it Lift my days, light up my nights --- Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World Six o'clock in the morning You're the last to hear the warning You've been trying to throw your arms Around the world You've been falling off the sidewalk Your lips move but you can't talk Tryin' to throw your arms around the world I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you Be still I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you Woman I will Sunrise like a nosebleed Your head hurts and you can't breathe You been tryin' to throw you arms around the world How far you gonna go Before you lose your way back home You've been trying to throw your arms Around the world I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you Woman be still I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you Woman I will Yeah, I dreamed that I saw Dali With a supermarket trolley He was trying to throw his arms around a girl He took an open top beetle Through the eye of a needle He was tryin' to throw his arms around the world I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you Woman be still I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you Oh, Woman I will (And you just gotta, you just gotta make your faith...see...) Nothin' much to say I guess Just the same as all the rest Been trying to throw your arms around the world And a woman needs a man Like a fish needs a bicycle When you're tryin' to throw your arms around the world I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you Woman be still Woman be still Be still Woman be still Woman I will --- Ultraviolet (Light My Way) Sometimes I feel like I don't know Sometimes I feel like checkin' out I want to get it wrong Can't always be strong And love it won't be long... Oh sugar, don't you cry Oh child, wipe the tears from your eyes You know I need you to be strong And the day is as dark as the night is long Feel like trash, you make me feel clean I'm in the black, can't see or be seen Baby, baby, baby...light my way (alright now) Baby, baby, baby...light my way You bury your treasure Where it can't be found But your love is like a secret That's been passed around There is a silence that comes to a house Where no one can sleep I guess it's the price of love I know it's not cheap (oh, come on) Baby, baby, baby...light my way (oh, come on) Baby, baby, baby...light my way Oh...ultraviolet... Ultraviolet... Ultraviolet... Ultraviolet... Baby, baby, baby...light my way I remember When we could sleep on stones Now we lie together In whispers and moans When I was all messed up And I had opera in my head Your love was a light bulb Hanging over my bed Baby, baby, baby...light my way (oh, come on) Baby, baby, baby...light my way Ultraviolet... [Repeat 4 times] Baby, baby, baby... Baby, baby, baby... Baby, baby, baby...light my way [Repeat 3 times] Baby, baby, baby...light my way --- Acrobat Don't believe what you hear Don't believe what you see If you just close your eyes You can feel the enemy When I first met you girl You had fire in your soul What happened your face Of melting in snow Now it looks like this And you can swallow Or you can spit You can throw it up Or choke on it And you can dream So dream out loud You know that your time is coming 'round So don't let the bastards grind you down No, nothing makes sense Nothing seems to fit I know you'd hit out If you only knew who to hit And I'd join the movement If there was one I could believe in Yeah I'd break bread and wine If there was a church I could receive in 'cause I need it now To take a cup To fill it up To drink it slow I can't let you go I must be an acrobat To talk like this And act like that And you can dream So dream out loud And don't let the bastards grind you down Oh, it hurts baby (What are we going to do now it's all been said) (No new ideas in the house and every book has been read) And I must be an acrobat To talk like this And act like that And you can dream So dream out loud And you can find Your own way out You can build And I can will And you can call I can't wait until You can stash And you can seize In dreams begin Responsibilities And I can love And I can love And I know that the tide is turning 'round So don't let the bastards grind you down --- Love is Blindness Love is blindness I don't want to see Won't you wrap the night Around me Oh my heart Love is blindness In a parked car In a crowded street You see your love Made complete Thread is ripping The knot is slipping Love is blindness Love is clockworks And cold steel Fingers too numb to feel Squeeze the handle Blow out the candle Love is blindness Love is blindness I don't want to see Won't you wrap the night Around me Oh my love Blindness A little death Without mourning No call And no warning Baby...a dangerous idea That almost makes sense Love is drowning In a deep well All the secrets And no one to tell Take the money Honey Blindness Love is blindness I don't want to see Won't you wrap the night Around me Oh my love Blindness --- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Zooropa xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Zooropa (What do you want) (What do you want) Zooropa...Vorsprung durch Technik Zooropa...be all that you can be Be a winner Eat to get slimmer Zooropa...a bluer kind of white Zooropa...it could be yours tonight We're mild and green And squeaky clean Zooropa...better by design Zooropa...fly the friendly skies Through appliance of science We've got that ring of confidence And I have no compass And I have no map And I have no reasons No reasons to get back And I have no religion And I don't know what's what And I don't know the limit The limit of what we've got Don't worry baby, it'll be alright You got the right shoes To get you through the night It's cold outside, but brightly lit Skip the subway Let's go to the overground Get your head out of the mud baby Put flowers in the mud baby Overground No particular place names No particular song I've been hiding What am I hiding from Don't worry baby, it's gonna be alright Uncertainty can be a guiding light I hear voices, ridiculous voices Out in the slipstream Let's go, let's go overground Take your head out of the mud baby She's gonna dream up The world she wants to live in She's gonna dream out loud She's gonna dream out loud Dream out loud --- Babyface Watching your bright blue eyes In the freeze frame I've seen them so many times I feel like I must be your best friend You're looking fine, so fine, oh my Dressed up like a lovely day, oh Babyface, babyface Slow down child, let me untie your lace Babyface, babyface Cover girl with natural grace How could beauty be so kind To an ordinary guy Coming home late at night To turn you on Checking out every frame I've got slow motion on my side Turning around and around With the sound and colour Under my control, go Round and around, going down Dressed up like a lovely day Babyface, babyface Tin foil hair all tied up in lace Babyface, babyface Bitter sweet girl won't you give me a taste How could beauty be so kind To an ordinary guy Do do do do do do do do do...do do... Do do do do do do do do do...do do... Babyface, babyface Slow down child, let me untie your lace Babyface, babyface Open the door, let me unpack my case Babyface, babyface You're everywhere child You're all over the place Babyface, babyface You're coming to me from outer-space How could beauty be so kind To an ordinary guy --- Numb Don't move Don't talk out of time Don't think Don't worry Everything's just fine Just fine Don't grab Don't clutch Don't hope for too much Don't breathe Don't achieve Or grieve without leave Don't check Just balance on the fence Don't answer Don't ask Don't try and make sense Don't whisper Don't talk Don't run if you can walk Don't cheat, compete Don't miss the one beat Don't travel by train Don't eat Don't spill Don't piss in the drain Don't make a will Don't fill out any forms Don't compensate Don't cower Don't crawl Don't come around late Don't hover at the gate Don't take it on board Don't fall on your sword Just play another chord If you feel you're getting bored I feel numb I feel numb Too much is not enough I feel numb Don't change your brand Gimme what you got Don't listen to the band Don't gape Gimme what I don't get Don't ape Don't change your shape Gimme some more Have another grape Too much is not enough I feel numb I feel numb Gimme some more A piece of me, baby I feel numb Don't plead Don't bridle Don't shackle Don't grind Gimme some more Don't curve Don't swerve I feel numb Lie, die, serve Gimme some more Don't theorize, realise, polarise I feel numb Glance, dance, dismiss, apologise Gimme what you got Gimme what I don't get Gimme what you got Too much is not enough Don't spy I feel numb Don't lie Don't try Imply Detain Explain Start again I feel numb I feel numb Don't triumph Don't coax Don't cling Don't hoax Don't freak Peak Don't leak Don't speak I feel numb I feel numb Don't project Don't connect Protect Don't expect Suggest I feel numb Don't project Don't connect Protect Don't expect Suggest I feel numb Don't struggle Don't jerk Don't collar Don't work Don't wish Don't fish Don't teach Don't reach I feel numb Don't borrow Too much is not enough Don't break I feel numb Don't fence Don't steal Don't pass Don't press Don't try Don't feel Gimme some more Don't touch I feel numb Don't dive Don't suffer Don't rhyme Don't fantasize Don't rise Don't lie I feel numb Don't project Don't connect Protect I feel numb Don't expect Suggest Don't project Don't connect Protect I feel numb Don't expect Suggest I feel numb --- Lemon Lemon See through in the sunlight She wore lemon But never in the daylight She's gonna make you cry She's gonna make you whisper and moan And when you're dry She draws her water from the stone And I feel Like I'm slowly, slowly, slowly slipping under And I feel Like I'm holding onto nothing She wore lemon To colour in the cold grey night She had heaven And she held on so tight A man makes a picture A moving picture Through the light projected He can see himself up close A man captures colour A man likes to stare He turns his money into light to look for her And I feel Like I'm drifting, drifting, drifting from the shore And I feel Like I'm swimming out to her Midnight is where the day begins Midnight is where the day begins Midnight is where the day begins Lemon See through in the sunlight A man builds a city With banks and cathedrals A man melts the sand so he can See the world outside You're gonna meet her there A man makes a car She's your destination And builds a road to run them on You gotta get to her A man dreams of leaving She's imagination But he always stays behind And these are the days When our work has come assunder And these are the days When we look for something other Midnight is where the day begins Midnight is where the day begins Midnight is where the day begins Midnight is where the day begins Midnight is where the day begins Midnight is where the day begins Midnight is where the day begins Midnight is where the day begins A man makes a picture A moving picture Through the light projected He can see himself up close You're gonna meet her there A man captures colour She's your destination A man likes to stare There's no sleeping there He turns his money into light She's imagination To look for her Lemon She is the dreamer She's imagination She had heaven Through the light projected He can see himself up close She wore lemon --- Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Green light, Seven Eleven You stop in for a pack of cigarettes You don't smoke, don't even want to Hey now, check your change Dressed up like a car crash Your wheels are turning but you're upside down You say when he hits you, you don't mind Because when he hurts you, you feel alive Hey babe, is that what it is Red lights, gray morning You stumble out of a hole in the ground A vampire or a victim It depends on who's around You used to stay in to watch the adverts You could lip synch to the talk shows And if you look, you look through me And when you talk, you talk at me And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing If I could stay... Then the night would give you up Stay...and the day would keep its trust Stay...and the night would be enough Faraway, so close Up with the static and the radio With satellite television You can go anywhere Miami, New Orleans London, Belfast and Berlin And if you listen I can't call And if you jump, you just might fall And if you shout, I'll only hear you If I could stay... Then the night would give you up Stay...then the day would keep its trust Stay...with the demons you drowned Stay...with the spirit I found Stay...and the night would be enough Three o'clock in the morning It's quiet and there's no one around Just the bang and the clatter As an angel runs to ground Just the bang And the clatter As an angel Hits the ground --- Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car You're a precious stone You're out on your own You know everyone in the world But you feel alone Daddy won't let you weep Daddy won't let you ache Daddy gives you as much as you can take A-ha sha-la, a-ha sha-la Daddy's gonna pay for your crashed car A little uptight You're a baby's fist Butterfly kisses up and down your wrist When you see daddy coming You're licking your lip Nails bitten down to the quick A-ha sha-la, a-ha sha-la Daddy's gonna pay for your crashed car Daddy's gonna pay for your crashed car You've got a head full of traffic You're a siren's song You cry for mama And daddy's right along He gives you the keys to a flamin' car Daddy's with you wherever you are Daddy's a comfort Daddy's your best friend Daddy'll hold your hand right up to the end A-ha sha-la, a-ha sha-la Daddy's gonna pay for your crashed car Daddy's gonna pay for your crashed car Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday's alright... [Repeat and fade until end] --- Some Days Are Better Than Others Some days are dry, some days are leaky Some days come clean, other days are sneaky Some days take less, but most days take more Some slip through your fingers and onto the floor Some days you're quick, but most days you're speedy Some days you use more force than is necessary Some days just drop in on us Some days are better than others Some days it all adds up And what you got is not enough Some days are better than others Some days are slippy, other days sloppy Some days you can't stand the sight of a puppy Your skin is white but you think you're a brother Some days are better than others Some days you wake up with her complaining Some sunny days you wish it was raining Some days are sulky, some days have a grin And some days have bouncers and won't let you in Some days you hear a voice Taking you to another place Some days are better than others Some days are honest, some days are not Some days you're thankful for what you've got Some days you wake up in the army And some days it's the enemy Some days are work, most days you're lazy Some days you feel like a bit of a baby Lookin' for Jesus and His mother Some days are better than others Some days you feel ahead You're making sense of what she said Some days are better than others Some days you hear a voice Taking you to another place Some days are better than others --- The First Time I have a lover A lover like no other She got soul, soul, soul, sweet soul And she teach me how to sing Shows me colours when there's none to see Gives me hope when I can't believe That for the first time I feel love I have a brother When I'm a brother in need I spend my whole time running He spends his running after me When I feel myself going down I just call and he comes around But for the first time I feel love My father is a rich man He wears a rich man's cloak Gave me the keys to his kingdom coming Gave me a cup of gold He said I have many mansions And there are many rooms to see But I left by the back door And I threw away the key And I threw away the key Yeah, I threw away the key Yeah, I threw away the key For the first time For the first time For the first time I feel love --- Dirty Day I don't know you And you don't know the half of it I had a starring role I was the bad guy who walked out They said be careful where you aim 'cause where you aim you just might hit You can hold on to something so tight You've already lost it Dragging me down That's not the way it used to be You can't even remember What I'm trying to forget It was a dirty day Dirty day You're looking for explanations I don't even understand If you need someone to blame Throw a rock in the air You'll hit someone guilty From father to son In one life has begun A work that's never done Father to son (And love...it won't last kissin' time) [Repeat 3 times] Get it right There's no blood thicker than ink Hear what I say Nothing's simple as you think Wake up Some things you can't get around I'm in you More so when they put me in the ground These days, days, days run away like horses over the hill These days, days, days run away like horses over the hill... [Repeat and fade until end] --- The Wanderer I went out walking Through streets paved with gold Lifted some stones Saw the skin and bones Of a city without a soul I went out walking Under an atomic sky Where the ground won't turn And the rain it burns Like the tears when I said goodbye Yeah I went with nothing Nothing but the thought of you I went wandering I went drifting Through the capitals of tin Where men can't walk Or freely talk And sons turn their fathers in I stopped outside a church house Where the citizens like to sit They say they want the kingdom But they don't want God in it I went out riding Down that old eight lane I passed by a thousand signs Looking for my own name I went with nothing But the thought you'd be there too Looking for you I went out there In search of experience To taste and to touch And to feel as much As a man can Before he repents I went out searching Looking for one good man A spirit who would not bend or break Who would sit at his father's right hand I went out walking With a bible and a gun The word of God lay heavy on my heart I was sure I was the one Now Jesus, don't you wait up Jesus, I'll be home soon Yeah I went out for the papers Told her I'd be back by noon Yeah I left with nothing But the thought you'd be there too Looking for you Yeah I left with nothing Nothing but the thought of you I went wandering --- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Pop xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Discotheque You can reach But you can't grab it You can hold it, control it No, you can't bag it You can push But you can't direct it Circulate, regulate, oh no You cannot connect it You know you're chewing bubblegum You know what that is But you still want some You just can't get enough Of that lovie dovie stuff You get confused But you know it Yeah, you hurt for it, work for it, love You don't always show it Let's go Let's go Let's go Discotheque Let's go Let's go Discotheque You're looking for the one But you know you're somewhere else instead You want to be the song Be the song that you hear in your head Love...Love... Love...Love... Love... It's not a trick 'Cause you can't learn it It's the way you don't pay, that's okay 'Cause you can't earn it You know you're chewing bubblegum You know what that is But you still want some You just can't get enough Of that lovie dovie stuff Let's go Let's go Discotheque Go go Go go Discotheque You're looking for the one But you know you're somewhere else instead You want to be the song Be the song that you hear in your head Love... (You want heaven in your heart) (Heaven in your heart) (The sun, the moon, and the stars) But you take what you can get 'Cause it's all that you can find But you know there's something more Tonight, tonight, tonight Ha...ha... Ha...ha... Ha...ha... Ha... (Boom Cha) (Boom Cha) Discotheque (I can't get, I can't, not enough) (Boom Cha) (Boom Cha) Discotheque (I can't get, I can't, not enough) (Boom Cha) (Boom Cha) Discotheque (I can't get, I can't, not enough) (Boom Cha) (Boom Cha) Discotheque (I can't get, I can't, not enough) (Boom Cha) (Boom Cha) Discotheque (Boom Cha) (Boom Cha) Discotheque --- Do You Feel Loved Take these hands they're good for nothing You know these hands never worked a day Take these boots they're going nowhere You know these boots don't want to stray You got my head filled with songs You got my shoelaces undone Take my shirt, go on take it off me You can tear it up If you can tie me down Do you feel loved Do you feel loved Do you feel loved Do you feel loved Take the colours of my imagination Take the scent hanging in the air Take this tangle of a conversation And turn it into your own prayer With my fingers as you want them With my nails under your hide With my teeth at your back And my tongue to tell you the sweetest lies Do you feel loved Do you feel loved Do you feel loved And it looks like the sun But it feels like the rain Love's a bully pushing and shoving In the belly of a woman Heavy rhythm taking over To stick together A man and a woman Stick together Man and woman Stick together... And I feel loved Do you feel loved Do you feel loved And it looks like the sun But it feels like the rain And there's heat in the sun To see us through the rain Do you feel loved Do you feel loved Do you feel... Do you feel... --- Mofo Looking for to save my save my soul Looking in the places where no flowers grow Looking for to fill that God shaped hole Mother...mother sucking rock and roll (Mother...) Holy dunc, spacejunk coming in for the splash (Been around the back...been around the front) White dopes on punk staring into the flash (Been around the back...been around the front) Looking for the baby Jesus under the trash (Been around the back...been around the front) Mother...mother sucking rock and roll (Mother...) Mother [scat singing] rock and roll (Mother...) Mother...mother...mother... Mother...mother...mother... Mother...am I still your son You know I've waited for so long to hear you say so Mother...you left and made me someone Now I'm still a child, no one tells me no Looking for a sound that's going to drown out the world (Been around the back...been around the front) Looking for the father of my two little girls (Been around the back...been around the front) Got the swing got the sway got my straw in lemonade (Been around the back...been around the front) Still looking for the face I had before the world was made (Been around the back...been around the front) Mother...mother sucking rock and roll (Mother...) Bubble popping sugar dropping rock and roll (Mother...) Mother...mother suck, yeah, fuck yeah (Mother...) Mother...mother...mother... Mother...mother...mother... Soothe me mother Move me father Fool me brother Woo me sister Soothe me mother Rule me father Show me mother Show me mother Show me mother Show me mother Show me mother Show me mother --- If God Will Send His Angels Nobody else here baby No one here to blame No one to point the finger It's just you and me and the rain Nobody made you do it No one put words in your mouth Nobody here taking orders When love took a train heading south It's the blind leading the blond It's the stuff, it's the stuff of country songs Hey if God will send his angels And if God will send a sign And if God will send his angels Would everything be alright God has got his phone off the hook, babe Would he even pick up if he could It's been a while since we saw that child Hanging 'round this neighbourhood You see his mother dealing in a doorway See Father Christmas with a begging bowl Jesus sister's eyes are a blister The High Street never looked so low It's the blind leading the blond It's the cops collecting for the cons So where is the hope and where is the faith And the love...what's that you say to me Does love...light up your Christmas Tree The next minute you're blowing a fuse And the cartoon network turns into the news If God will send his angels And if God will send a sign And if God will send his angels Where do we go Where do we go Jesus never let me down You know Jesus used to show me the score Then they put Jesus in show business Now it's hard to get in the door It's the stuff, it's the stuff of country songs But I guess it was something to go on If God will send his angels I sure could use them here right now Well if God would send his angels I don't want to lie (Where do we go) I don't want to have a feel for the song And I want to love, and I... (Where do we go) And I want to feel alone --- Staring at the Sun Summer stretching on the grass Summer dresses pass In the shade of a willow tree Creeps a crawling over me Over me and over you Stuck together with God's glue It's going to get stickier too It's been a long hot summer Let's get under cover Don't try too hard to think Don't think at all I'm not the only one Staring at the sun Afraid of what you'd find If you took a look inside I'm not just deaf and dumb Staring at the sun Not the only one Who's happy to go blind There's an insect in your ear If you scratch it won't disappear It's going to itch and burn and sting You want to see what the scratching brings Waves that leave me out of reach Breaking on your back like a beach Will we ever live in peace 'Cause those that can't do Often have to And those that can't do Often have to preach To the ones Staring at the sun Afraid of what you'll find If you took a look inside Not just deaf and dumb Staring at the sun I'm not the only one Who'd rather go blind Intransigence is all around Military still in town Armour plated suits and ties Daddy just won't say goodbye Referee won't blow the whistle God is good but will He listen I'm nearly great But there's something missing I left it in the duty free But you never really belonged to me You're not the only one Staring at the sun Afraid of what you'd find If you stepped back inside I'm not sucking on my thumb I'm staring at the sun Not the only one Who's happy to go blind --- Last Night on Earth As the fuel goes down Stops the car Puts her feet outside in the rain She's back on the machine But it's sweet so far away She feels the ground is giving way But she thinks we're better off that way The more you take the less you feel The less you know the more you believe The more you have the more it takes today You got to give it away (You got to give it away) You got to give it away (You got to give it away) You got to give it away (You got to give it away) Well she don't care what it's worth She's living like it's the last night on earth The last night on earth She's not waiting on a saviour to come She's at the bus-stop with News of the World and the Sun Sun, here it comes She's not waiting for anyone You got to give it away (You got to give it away) You got to give it away (You got to give it away) You got to give it away (You got to give it away) Well she don't care what it's worth She's living like it's the last night on earth The last night on earth Slipping away The clock tells her that time is slipping Slip sliding...tonight Minute hands and seconds sticking Slipping away There's something she might be missing The world turns and we get dizzy The world turns and we get dizzy Slipping away Is it spinning for you The way it's spinning for me She's living, living next week now You know she's going to pay it back somehow She hasn't been to bed in a week She'll be dead soon then she'll sleep You got to give it away (You got to give it away) You got to give it away (You got to give it away) You got to give it away (You got to give it away) She already knows it hurts She's living like it's the last night on earth The last night on earth Last night on earth Last night... --- Gone You get to feel so guilty Got so much for so little Then you find that feeling Just won't go away You're holding on to every little thing so tightly 'Til there's nothing left for you anyway Goodbye... You can keep this suit of lights I'll be up with the sun I'm not coming down I'm not coming down I'm not coming down You wanted to get somewhere so badly You had to lose yourself along the way You change your name, well that's okay, it's necessary And what you leave behind you don't miss anyway Goodbye... You can keep this suit of lights I'll be up with the sun I'm not coming down I'm not coming down I'm not coming down 'Cause I'm already gone Felt that way all along Closer to you every day I didn't want it that much anyway You're taking steps that make you feel dizzy Then you learn to like the way it feels You hurt yourself you hurt your lover Then you discover What you thought was freedom is just greed Goodbye... And it's emotional Good night... I'll be up with the sun You're still holding on I'm not coming down I'm not coming down I'm not coming down Gone...sun...time...sun... Gone...sun....gone...sun... Sun... --- Miami Weather 'round here chopping and changing Surgery in the air Print shirts and southern accents Cigars and big hair We got the wheels, petrol is cheap We only went there for a week Got the sun got the sand Got the batteries in the handycam... Her eyes all swimming pool blue Dumb bells on a diving board Baby's always attracted to the things she's afraid of Big girl with the sweet tooth Watches the skinny girl in the photo shoot Freshmen squeaky clean She tastes of chlorine Miami, my mammy Love the movies...love to walk those movie sets Get to shoot someone in the foot Get to smoke some cigarettes No big deal we know the score Just back from the video store Got the car and the car chase What's he got inside the case I want a close up of that face Here comes the car chase Miami, my mammy Miami I bought two new suits...Miami Pink and blue...Miami I took a picture of you...My mammy Getting hot in a photo booth...Miami I said you looked like a Madonna You said...maybe... Said I want to have your baby...baby We could make something beautiful Something that wouldn't be a problem We could make something beautiful Something that wouldn't be a problem At least not in...Miami You know some places are like your auntie But there's no place like Miami, my mammy Miami, my mammy --- The Playboy Mansion If Coke is a mystery Michael Jackson...History If beauty is truth And surgery the fountain of youth What am I to do Have I got the gift to get me through The gates of that mansion If OJ is more than a drink And a Big Mac bigger than you think If perfume is an obsession And talk shows, confession What have we got to lose Another push and we'll be through The gates of that mansion I never bought a Lotto ticket I never parked in anyone's space The banks feel like cathedrals I guess casinos took their place Love, come on down Don't wake her, she'll come around Chance is a kind of religion Where you're damned for plain hard luck I never did see that movie I never did read that book Love, come on down Let my numbers come around Don't know if I can hold on Don't know if I'm that strong Don't know if I can wait that long 'Til the colours come flashing And the lights go on Then will there be no time for sorrow Then will there be no time for shame And though I can't say why I know I've got to believe We'll go driving in that pool It's who you know that gets you through The gates of the Playboy mansion But they don't mention...the pain Then will there be no time for sorrow Then will there be no time for shame Then will there be no time for sorrow Then will there be no time for shame --- If You Wear That Velvet Dress Tonight the moon is playing tricks again I'm feeling sea sick again The whole world could just dissolve Into a glass of water I've been good 'cause I know you don't want me to Do you really want me to be blue as you It's her daylight that gets me through We've been here before Last time you scratched at my door The moon was naked and cold I was like a two year old Who just wanted more If you wear that velvet dress If you wear that velvet dress Tonight the moon has drawn its curtains It's a private show No one else going to know I'm wanting Sunlight, sunlight fills my room It's sharp and it's clear But nothing at all like the moon It's okay, the struggle for things not to say I never listened to you anyway And I got my own hands to pray But if you wear that velvet dress But if you wear that velvet dress Tonight the moon is a mirrorball Light flickers from across the hall Who'll catch the star when it falls If you wear that velvet dress --- Please So you never knew love Until you crossed the line of grace And you never felt wanted 'Til you had someone slap your face So you never felt alive Until you'd almost wasted away You had to win You couldn't just pass The smartest ass At the top of the class Your flying colors Your family tree And all your lessons in history Please...please...please... Get up off your knees Please...please...please... Please... So you never knew How low you'd stoop to make that call And you never knew What was on the ground 'til they made you crawl So you never knew That the heaven you keep, you stole Your Catholic blues Your convent shoes Your stick-on tattoos Now they're making the news Your holy war Your northern star Your sermon on the mount From the boot of your car Please...please...please... Get up off your knees Please...please...please... Leave me out of this please So love is hard And love is tough But love is not What you're thinking of September Streets capsizing Spilling over Down the drain Shards of glass Splinters like rain But you could only feel Your own pain October Talk getting nowhere November December Remember Are we just starting again Please...please...please... Get up off your knees, yeah Please...please...please... Please... So love is big Is bigger than us But love is not What you're thinking of It's what lovers deal It's what lovers steal You know I've found it hard to receive 'Cause you my love I could never believe --- Wake Up Dead Man Jesus, Jesus help me I'm alone in this world And a fucked up world it is too Tell me, tell me the story The one about eternity And the way it's all gonna be Wake up, wake up dead man Wake up, wake up dead man Jesus, I'm waiting here boss I know you're looking out for us But maybe your hands aren't free Your father, He made the world in seven He's in charge of heaven Will you put in a word in for me Wake up, wake up dead man Wake up, wake up dead man Listen to your words they'll tell you what to do Listen over the rhythm that's confusing you Listen to the reed in the saxophone Listen over the hum of the radio Listen over sounds of blades in rotation Listen through the traffic and circulation Listen as hope and peace try to rhyme Listen over marching bands playing out their time Wake up, wake up dead man Wake up, wake up dead man Jesus, were you just around the corner Did You think to try and warn her Or are you working on something new If there's an order in all of this disorder Is it like a tape recorder Can we rewind it just once more Wake up, wake up dead man Wake up, wake up dead man Wake up, wake up dead man ---