[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

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 walk away, walk away

I walk away, walk away - I will follow

If you walk away, walk away

I walk away, walk away - 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



Walk away, walk away

I walk away, walk away - I will follow

If you walk away, walk away

I walk away, walk away - I will follow



Your eyes make a circle

I see you when I go in there

Your eyes, your eyes

Your eyes, your eyes



If you walk away, walk away

I walk away, walk away - I will follow

I will follow

I will follow


U 2 - Boy - 1980

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

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 --



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 --


U 2 - Boy - 1980

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

Cat Dubh



Say goodnight

She waits for me to turn out the light

Really still

She waits to break my will.



Woah-oh

Yes, and I know the truth about you.

She cat.

And in the daylight

A blackbird makes a violent sight

And when she is done

She sleeps beside the one



Woah-oh-oh

Yes, and I know the truth about you

She cat.



Yes, and I know the truth about you

She cat.


U 2 - Boy - 1980

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

Into the Heart



Into the heart of a child

I stay awhile - 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


U 2 - Boy - 1980

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

Out of Control



Monday morning - eighteen years are dawning

I say how long - you say how long

It was one dull morning

I woke the world with bawling

I was so sad - it was so bad

I had a feeling it was out of control

I had the opinion it was out of control



Boys and girls go to school, and girls

They make children - not like this one



I had a feeling it was out of control

I had the opinion it was out of control



I had a feeling it was out of control

I had the opinion it was out of control



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

And one day I'll die

The choice will not be mine

Will it be too late? you can't fight it



I had a feeling it was out of control

I had the opinion it was out of control


U 2 - Boy - 1980

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

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 coloured 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



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 - stories for boys

Stories for boys - stories for boys


U 2 - Boy - 1980

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

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

The ocean washes my feet

Splashes the soul of my shoes


U 2 - Boy - 1980

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

A Day Without Me


I'm 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 feelings I've been 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 your eyes and then let go

To the world I left behind

Shed a tear and then let go


U 2 - Boy - 1980

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

Another Time, Another Place


Bright morning lights

Wipe the sleep from another day's eyes

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


U 2 - Boy - 1980

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

The Electric Co


Boy, stupid boy

Don't sit at the table until you're able to

Toy, broken toy

Shout and 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 - talk and feel

Hole in your head

You don't shout - you're spoon-fed

If you don't know - Electric Co

If you don't know - Electric Co


If you don't know - Electric Co

If you don't know - Electric Co


U 2 - Boy - 1980