[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

Surrender


The city's alight with lovers and lies

Bright blue eyes

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

Got to find out, find out what she's living for


Surrender, surrender

Surrender, surrender


The city's a fire - a passionate flame

That knows me by name

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 I look for you

It's in the things I do and say

If I want to live, I've got to die to myself someday


Surrender, surrender

Surrender, surrender


U 2 - War - 1983

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

"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 --



How long to sing this song?

How long to sing this song?

How long? how long? how long?


U 2 - War - 1983

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

11 O'Clock Tick Tock



It's cold outside

It gets so hot in here

And the boys and girls collide

To the music in my ear



I hear the children crying

And I know it's time to go

I hear the children crying

Take me home



A painted face

And I know we haven't long

We thought that we had the answers

It was the questions we had wrong



I hear the children crying [etc repeated]



Sad song, sad song

Sad song, sad song



Call out your name

Call out in shame

Call out your name

Call out - call out


U 2 - Under a Blood Red Sky - 1983

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

Party Girl


I know a girl

A girl called Party, Party Girl

I know she wants more than a party, Party Girl

And she won't tell me her name


I know a boy

A boy called Trash, Trash Can

I know he does all that he can, wham bam

And she won't tell me his name


When I was three

I thought the world revolved around me

I was wrong

But you can sing, sing along

And if you dance

Then dance with me


I know a girl

A girl called Party, Party Girl

I know she wants more than a party, Party Girl


I know a boy

A boy called Trampoline

You know what I mean

I think you know what he wants

I think he knows what he wants

I think he knows what he wants.


U 2 - Under a Blood Red Sky - 1983

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

A Sort of Homecoming



And you know it's time to go

Through the sleet and driving snow

Across the fields of mourning

Lights 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 - on borderland we run

I'll be there - I'll be there tonight

A highroad, a highroad out from here



The city walls are all come 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 valleys explode

Dislocated, suffocated

The land grows weary of its own



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



The wind will crack in wintertime

This bomb blast lightning waltz

No spoken words - just a scream



Tonight we'll a bridge across the sea and land

See the sky, the burning rain

She will die and live again tonight



And you heart beats so slow

Through the rain and fallen snow

Across the fields of mourning

Lights in the distance

Oh, don't sorrow - no, don't weep

For tonight, at last, I am coming home

I am coming home


U 2 - The Unforgettable Fire - 1984

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

Pride (in the name of love)



One man come in the name of love

One man come and go

One man come here to justify

One man to overthrow

In the name of love

One more in the name of love

In the name of love

One more in the name of love

One man crawled 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

One more in the name of love

In the name of love

One more in the name of love



Early morning - April 4

A shot rings out in the Memphis sky

Free at last, they took your life

But they could not take your pride

In the name of love

One more in the name of love

In the name of love

One more in the name of love


U 2 - The Unforgettable Fire - 1984

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

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 in his eyes - I can't believe it

Cold in his heart and soul, heart and soul

Cold man - such a cold heart

Such a cold man - watch you tear yourself apart

So lay me down - my soul to keep

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 bet

Is this the time - time to win or lose?

Is this the time - the time to choose?



Cold in his eyes - I can't believe it

So deep inside - a cold fire

Cold in his heart and soul



Anytime you're on the earth

Kiss me - ooh, not too tight now

That's right - just keep me going



It's all right Jack

You're on the right track

Cut through - cut out

Cut throat - let out

I'm on your side

Be on the boat side

I'm all right Jack

You get off my back

I'm no dope

I give you hope

Here's the rope

Here's the rope

Now swing on it


U 2 - The Unforgettable Fire - 1984

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

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 till you run and don't look back

For here I am



Carnival - the wheels fly and the colours 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 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 a lie

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


U 2 - The Unforgettable Fire - 1984

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

Promenade



Earth, sky, sea, and rain

Here she comes back again

Men of straw sneak a whore

Words that build or destroy

Dirt, dry bones, sand and stones

Barbed wire fence cut me down

I'd like to be around

In a spiral staircase to the higher ground

And like a firework I explode

Roman candle lightning lights up the sky

In cracked streets, trampled under foot

Sidestep, sidewalk

I see you stare into space

Have I got closer now, behind the face?

Tell me, tell me will you dance with me

And turn me around tonight

Up through the spiral staircase to the higher ground



Slide show - sea-side town

Coca-Cola - football, radio, radio, radio



U 2 - The Unforgettable Fire - 1984

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

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



If you should ask then maybe they

Would tell you what I would say

True colours fly in blue and black

Bruised silken skies and burning flak

Colours crash - collide in bloodshot 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


U 2 - The Unforgettable Fire - 1984

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

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 toward 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

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

You give yourself to this the longest day

You give yourself - you give it all away



Two rivers run to deeper seas

Things change and so do I

The light that strikes the tallest trees

Will light the way for I

Will light the 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 --



You give yourself to this the longest day

You give yourself - you give it all away



U 2 - The Unforgettable Fire - 1984

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

Elvis Presley and America



Black flesh of my own love

Tell me - open my eyes

Black flesh come into my own life

Telling me to sing

And I believe in you

And I believe in you

Black flesh sees the sky

And he turns its side from you

She won't turn my back

And I know her tears are blue

And you know - and your sky is faith in blue

And your heart - so cold when I'm with you

And you feel, like no-one told you to

And your time is on your side

And you'll talk with me - oh, don't talk to me

Oh, don't talk to me - don't talk to me



You know, like no one told you how

But you know, well the king knows how to howl

And revealed like sentimental

But you don't care - with us you're sharing

In your he-a-rt, he-a-rt

Hopelessly, so hope and see

I'm breaking through for you and me

And you know, though no-one told you to

And you found out where you were going, where to

And you're through with me

But I know that you'll be back for more



You know, and though no-one told you so

And you know

The sky - like a heart in shades of blue

And you walk when you want to let go

We live on the outside

Turn away - fade away

Drop me down but don't break me

If you can, stay

Audience sighs in your heart and mind

Audience dies in your heart and mine

Sweetly love will come

Loving is on your side, walking through

Something in your heart

It beats like something new



The edge - I'm lost

Stay - stay sad and resigned

Oh stay sad - no more beside

Oh stay sad - no more beside

Oh stay sad - no more be sad



And you know, and though no one told you how

And you wipe the sweat off your white brow

And you care, and though no one told you try

And your heart is left out from the side

And the rain beats down

And the shame going down

And this rain keeps on coming down

And this sky is black



Give a voice - so winged you are

You are going to join to God

Give a voice - so winged you are

Give a voice so singular

Gave away some line, gave one old line



And you know, and though no one told you scan

And you feel, like you pretend you can

You say go - you live on the other side of me

Don't you leave - don't leave out part of me

Then I can't feel like I feel before

I can't hold on and I see the floor

And you pick me up

Bits and pieces on this floor


U 2 - The Unforgettable Fire - 1984

[Rock'n'Roll Nigger]

M L K


Sleep, sleep tonight

And may your dreams be realised

If the thundercloud 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 realised

If the thundercloud passes rain

So let it rain

Let it rain - rain on him


U 2 - The Unforgettable Fire - 1984

[Kronos]

U2 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, and 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...