The Joshua Tree (1987)
TheEdge 2006.07.24. 16:44
Where The Streets Have No Name
I wanna run, I want to hide I wanna tear down the walls That hold me inside. I wanna reach out And touch the flame Where the streets have no name.
I wanna feel sunlight on my face. I see the dust-cloud Disappear without a trace. I wanna 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 and 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 a flood, 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 and burning down love Burning down love. And 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 the highest mountains 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 finger tips It burned like fire (I was) burning inside her.
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 colours will bleed into one Bleed into one. But yes, I'm still running.
You broke the bonds And you loosed the chains Carried the cross of my shame Oh my shame, you know I believe 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 waitÖ without you
With or without you With or without you.
Through the storm, we reach the shore You gave it all but I want more And I'm waiting for youÖ
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 got me with nothing to win And nothing else 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 howlin' wind Comes a stingin' rain See it drivin' nails Into the souls on the tree of pain.
From the firefly A red orange glow See the face of fear Runnin' 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. We see them burnin' crosses See the flames, higher and higher.
Woh, woh, bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue.
Suit and tie comes up to me His face red like a rose on a thorn bush Like all the colours of a royal flush And he's peelin' off those dollar bills (Slappin' 'em down) One hundred, two hundred.
And I can see those fighter planes And I can see those fighter planes Across the tin huts as children sleep Through the alleys of a quiet city street. Up the staircase to the first floor We turn the key and slowly unlock the door As a man breathes into his saxophone And through the walls you hear the city groan. Outside, is America Outside, is America America.
See across the field See the sky ripped open See the rain comin' through the gapin' wound Howlin' 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 lyin' still. Said I gotta do something About where we're goin'.
Step on a fast train Step out of the driving rain, maybe Run from the darkness in the night. Singing ah, ah la la la de day Ah la la la de day.
Sweet the sin, bitter the taste in my mouth. I see seven towers, but I only see one way out. You gotta 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 Ah la la la de day Ah la la la de day.
She walks through the streets With her eyes painted red Under black belly of cloud in the rain. In through a doorway She brings me white golden pearls Stolen from the sea.
She is ragin' She is ragin' 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 Ooh, see the 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.
They leave me holdin' on In Red Hill Town. See the lights go down on ...
Hangin' on You're all that's left to hold on to. I'm still waiting I'm hangin' 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 holdin' on In Red Hill Town. See the lights go down onÖ
Hangin' on You're all that's left to hold on to. I'm still waiting I'm hangin' on You're all that's left to hold on to On to.
We scorch the earth Set fire to the sky And we stooped 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 hangin' on You're all that's left to hold on to. I'm still waiting I'm hangin' on You're all that's left to hold on to.
We see love, slowly stripped away Our love has seen its better day. Hangin' on Lights go down on Red Hill The lights go down on Red Hill. The lights go down on Red Hill. The lights go down on Red Hill Town..
In God's Country
Desert sky, dream beneath the 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 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. Every day the dreamers die to 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 comin' round I was callin' out, I was callin' out. Still shakin', 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.
Oh I need, oh I need Oh I need, oh I need it. Oh I need, oh I need All I need, yeah, yeah!
Thunder, thunder on the mountain There's a raincloud In the desert sky. In the distance She saw me comin' round I was callin' out I was callin' out.
One Tree Hill
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill As the day begs the night for mercy, love.
A 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 a river on to the 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 runs to the sea We run like a river to the sea.
And when it's rainin', rainin' hard That's when the rain will break a heart.
Rainin', rainin' in your heart Rainin' in your heart. Rainin', rain into your heart Rainin', rainin', rainin' Rain into your heart. Rainin', ooh, rain in your heart, yeah. Feel it.
Oh great ocean Oh great sea Run to the ocean Run to the sea.
Exit
You know he got the cure But then 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 came across the land A dog started cryin' Like a broken-hearted man At the howling wind At the howling wind.
He went deeper into black Deeper into white. He could see the stars shine Like nails in the night.
He felt the healing Healing, healing, healing hands of love Like the stars shiny, shiny from above.
A hand in the pocket Fingering the steel The pistol weighed heavy And his heart he could feel was beating Beating, beating, beating, Oh my love, oh my love Oh my love, oh my love.
So 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 heartbeats We hear their heartbeats.
In the trees our sons stand naked Through the walls our daughter cry See their tears in the rainfall.
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