Singles&B-Sides

U2 Singles&B-Sides Lyrics
1.A CELEBRATION

Shake! Shake!

Don't go
I believe in a celebration
I believe you set me free
I believe you can loose these chains
I believe you can dance with me
Dance with me

Shake! Shake!
Shake! Shake!

I believe in the third world war
I believe in the atomic bomb
I believe in the powers that be
But they won't overpower me

And, and you can go there too
And, and you can go go go go

Shake! Shake!
Shake! Shake!

And we dance out of time
And everything goes 'round and 'round
And we don't have the time
To watch the world go tumbling down

Go! Go!

I believe in the bells of Christchurch
Ringing for this land
I believe in the cells of Mountjoy
There's an honest man

And, and you can go there too
And, and you can go go go go

I believe in the walls of Jericho
I believe they're coming down
I believe in this city's children
I believe in the trumpet's sound

And you can go there too
And you can go go go go...

I believe in what I'm doing
What am I doing here...


2.THE SWEETEST THING

My love throws me like a rubber ball
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
She won't catch me or break my fall
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
But in this I'm a rain cloud
You know she likes a dry kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing

I'm losing you
Hey hey hey, I'm losing you yeah
Ain't love the sweetest thing

I wanted to run but she made me crawl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Eternal fire, she turned me to straw
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
You know I got black eyes
But they burn so brightly for her
Mine is a blind kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing

I'm losing you
Oh oh oh, I'm losing you
Ain't love the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh, yeah

Blue-eyed boy and this brown-eyed girl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
You can sew it up but you still see the tear
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
And in this I'm a rain cloud
You know we got a stormy kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing


3.Hallelujah(Here She Comes)

(From 'Tower of Song:The Songs of Leonard Cohen')

I see you're dressed to kill
I know I can't wait until
Hallelujah... here she comes

I see you're dressed in black
I guess I'm not coming back
Hallelujah... here she comes

Born and raised
On the wrong side of town
You get so high
That you can't come down

I see the road is rough
You know I'm not giving up
Hallelujah... here she comes

I know where the lady goes
I know she got a ring on her toes
Hallelujah... here she comes

Born and raised
On the wrong side of town
You get so high
That you can't come down

I'm going higher, higher, higher
Higher, higher, higher
Higher, higher, higher
Higher, higher, higher
I'm gonna be there
When that light's gonna shine
I'm gonna be there
When her heart kindles next to mine

I'm gonna be...
Here she comes
Yeah here she comes

I see you're dressed to kill
I know I can't wait until
Hallelujah... here she comes

I see you're dressed in black
I guess I'm not coming back
Hallelujah... here she comes

Born and raised
On the wrong side of town
You get so high
That you can't come down

I'm gonna be there
Higher, higher, higher
Gonna get higher, higher, higher
Gonna get higher, higher, higher
Higher, higher, higher...

I'm gonna be there
When that light's gonna shine
I'm gonna be there
When that light's gonna shine

Hallelujah... here she comes
Here she comes...


4.Dancing Barefoot

Lyrics:Patti Smith/Ivan Kral
Music:Patti Smith/Ivan Kral

She is benediction
She is addicted to he
She is the root connection and
She is connecting with me

Here I go and I don't know why
I spin so ceaselessly
Could it be he's taking over me

I'm dancing barefoot
Headed for a spin
Some strange music drags me in
It makes me come up like some heroine

She is sublimation
She is the essence of thee
She is concentrating on
He who is chosen by she

Here I go and I don't know why
I spin so ceaselessly
Could it be he's taking over me

I'm dancing barefoot
Headed for a spin
Some strange music drags me in
It makes me come up like some heroine

She is recreation
She intoxicated by thee
She has a slow sensation that
He is levitating with she

Here I go and I don't know why
I spin so ceaselessly
'Til I lose my sense of gravity

I'm dancing barefoot
Headed for a spin
Some strange music drives me on
Makes me come up like some heroine

Oh God I feel for you
Oh God I feel for you
Oh God I feel for you
Oh God I feel for you


5.Unchained Melody

Lyrics:North/Zarrett
Music:North/Zarrett

Oh, oh my love
Oh my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long and lonely time

And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine

I need your love
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me

Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea

Lonely rivers sigh
Wait for me, wait for me
I'll be coming home
Wait for me

Oh, oh my love
Oh my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long and lonely time

And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine

I need your love
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
God speed your love to me


6.CHRISTMAS (Baby Please Come Home)

Lyrics:Phil Spector
Music:Phil Spector

It's Christmas
Baby, please come home

Yeah!

The snow's coming down
I'm watching it fall
Watching people around
Baby please come home

The churchbells in town
They're ringing a song
What a happy sound
Baby please come home

They're singing deck the halls
But it's not like Christmas at all
I remember when you were here
And all the fun we had last year

Pretty lights on the tree
I'm watching 'em shine
You should be here with me
Baby please come home

Baby please come home
Baby please come home

They're singing deck the halls
But it's not like Christmas at all
I remember when you were here
And all the fun we had last year

If there was a way
I'd hold back these tears
But it's Christmas day
Baby please come home
Ohh...

Baby please come home
Baby please come home
Baby please come home
Ohh...
Baby please come home
Baby please come home


7.The Lounge Fly Mix

It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
It's no secret that I left you and still I don't know why
They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by moon
You know I'd come back, baby if you gave me some 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
What do you think... child

A man will beg
A man will crawl
But it's never to late
To take his call
It's no secret at all

It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest
It's no secret that ambition bites the nails of succcess
Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief
And everyone needs the music 'cause everyone needs relief

A man will rise
A man will fall
From the sheer face of love
Like a fly on a wall
It's no secret at all

It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
The universe exploded 'cos one man told lie
Look I gotta go
Yeah I'm running outta change
There's a lot of things
If I could I'd rearrange


8.The Lady With The Spinning Head

Here she comes
Lady luck again
Figure of eight
Six and nine again

My lady with the spinning head

Whatever the deal
She won't let me down
Wherever I go
She's always hanging 'round

My lady with the spinning head
La la la la la la la la la la la
Lady with the spinning head
La la la la la la la la la la la
Lady with the spinning head

She's been gone
But I knew she'd be back
She's got the rent
She put me in the black

The lady with the spinning head

Men old men
Took away my car
Those credit guys
Have got the power

I'm on top
When she's around
She's my ticket
Out of town

La la la la la la la la la la la
Lady with the spinning head
La la la la la la la la la la la
Lady with the spinning head


9.Night And Day

When the jungle shadows fall
Like the tick tick tock of the eye of the clock
As it's standing against the wall
Like the drip drip drip of the rain drops
When the summer shower's through
So a voice within me
Keeps revealing you... you

Night and day
You are the one
Only you beneath the moon
And under the sun
Whether near to me or far
It's no matter, baby, where you are
I think of you
Night and day

Day and night
Why is it so
That this longing for you follows wherever I go
In the roaring traffic gloom
In the silence of my lonely room
I think of you
Night and day

Night and day
Under the hide of me
Though such a hungry yearning
Burning inside of me
This torment won't be through
'til you let me spend my life making love to you
Day and night
Night and day

Night and day
Under the hide of me
Oh, such a hungry yearning
Burning, burning inside of me
This torment won't be through
'til you let me spend my life making love to you
Day and night
Night and day

Night and day
Night and day
Night and day
Night, night, night and day
Night and day
Night, night and day
Night and day


10.Satellite Of Love

Lyrics:Lou Reed
Music:Lou Reed

Satellite's gone
Up to the sky
Things like that drive me
Out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV

Oh... satellite of love
Ah... satellite of love
Oo... satellite of love
Satellite

Satellite's gone
Way up to Mars
Soon it will be filled
With parking cars
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV

Ooo... ahh... satellite of love
Ha... satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite

I've been told that you've been bold
With Harry, Mark and John
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Harry, Mark and John

Satellite's gone
Up to the sky
Things like that drive me
Out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV

Hoo... satellite of love
Haa... satellite of love
Hoo... satellite of love
Satellite of love

Satellite... satellite...


11.Slow Dancing

My love is cruel as the night
She steals the sun and shuts out the light
All of my colors, they turn to blue
Win or lose

She does it slow dancing...
All night long

Scarlet eyes and a see-through heart
She saw me coming right from the start
She picked me up, but had me down on my knees
Just a-begging her, begging her please

Take me slow dancing...
She took me slow dancing...
All night long

And I don't know why a man
Searches for himself in his lover's eyes
No, I don't know why a man
Sees the truth but believes the lies

My love is restless as the wind
She moves like a shadow across my skin
She left with my conscience -- don't want it back
It just gets in the way

If you wanna go slow dancing...
She took me slow dancing...
All night long ... slow


12.Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me

You don't know how you took it
You just know what you got
Oh Lawdy you been stealing
From the thieves
And you got caught in the headlights
Of a stretched car
You're a star

Dressing like your sister
Living like a tart
If they don't know what you're doing
Babe it must be art
Your headache in a suitcase
You're a star

Don't be shy
You don't have to go blind
Hold me thrill me
Kiss me kill me

You don't know how you got here
You just know you want out
Believing in yourself
Almost as much as you doubt
You're a big smash
You wear it like a rash star

Don't be shy
You need a crowd to cry
Hold me thrill me
Kiss me kill me

They want you to be Jesus
They'll go down on one knee
But they'll want their money back
If you're alive at thirty-three
And you're turning tricks
With your crucifix
You're a star

Don't be shy
You don't have to deny your love
Hold me thrill me
Kiss me kill me


13.Holy Joe(Garage Mix)

I...
I'm a humble guy
No, really I try
You know it's hard sometimes

You...
Yeah, you're messed up too
My brother's gonna get through
Working my way to get to you

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Here it comes
Here it comes
Holy Joe

Please...
Don't make me say please
Champagne and ice cream
It's not what I want, it's what I need

Devotion
And a little appreciation
Little heavy rotation
Looks good on me

Having the best time of anybody's life
Closer than ever to everybody's wife

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Here it comes
Here it comes
Holy Joe

Having the best time of anybody's life
Closer than ever to everybody's wife

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Be good to me

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Here it comes
Here it comes
Holy Joe

Here it comes
Here it comes
Holy Joe

Here it comes
Here it comes
Holy Joe


14.Holy Joe(Guilty Mix)

I...
I'm a humble guy
No, really I try
Though it's hard sometimes

True...
I'm hard working too
Working it up to see you
Shame, shame
Make shampoo

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Here it comes
Here it comes
Holy Joe

Please...
Don't make me say please
Champagne and ice cream
It's not what I want, it's what I need

Precocious
Just a little precocious
Expialadocious
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Devotion
And some appreciation
Little heavy rotation
Looks good on me

You know it's not hard
If you think of a lot harder, oh yeah
Just wanted the moment
To last a little longer, oh yeah

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Here it comes
Here it comes
Holy Joe

Having the best time of anybody's life
Closer than ever to everybody's wife

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Be good to me

Come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Be good to me

Here it comes
Here it comes
Holy Joe


15.North And South Of The River

Lyrics:Christy Moore/Bono/The Edge
Music:U2

I want to reach out over the loch
And feel your hand across the water
Walk with you along an unapproved road
Not looking over my shoulder

I want to see
I want to hear
To understand your fears
But we're north and south of the river

I've been doing it wrong all of my life
This holy town has turned me over
A young man running from what he didn't understand
As the wind from the loch just blew colder and colder

There was a badness that had its way
But love wasn't lost, love will have it's day
North and south of the river

Can we stop playing this old tune?
Darling I don't have the answer
I want to meet you where you are
I don't need you to surrender
There is no feeling so alone
As when the one you're hurting is your own
North and south of the river

Some high ground is not worth taking
Some connections are not worth making
This old church bell no longer ringing
Some old songs are not worth bringing

North and south of the river
North and south of the river


16.Pop Muzik

New York London Paris Munich

New York London Paris Munich
Everybody talk about...Pop Muzik

Pop...pop...pop...pop...muzik
Pop...pop...pop...pop...muzik

Pop...pop pop...muzik
Pop...pop pop...muzik
Pop...pop pop...muzik
Pop...pop pop...muzik

Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop muzik

Shooby dooby doo whop
Pop dop shoo whop
Shooby dooby doo whop
Pop dop shoo whop

Radio video
Boogie with a suitcase
You're living in a disco
Forget about the rat race

Let's do the milkshake
Sell it like a hotcake
Try some, buy some
Fee fie foursome

Talk about...pop muzik
Talk about...pop muzik
Talk about...pop muzik
Talk about...pop muzik

Dance to the Pop Mart
Top of food chain
Listen to the countdown
They're playing our song again

If you wanna be a gun slinger
Don't be a rock singer
Eenie meenie miney moe
Anyway you want to go

Talk about...pop muzik
Talk about...pop muzik
Talk about...pop muzik
Talk about...pop muzik

Pop...pop muzik

Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop muzik


17.Happiness Is A Warm Gun

Written:John Lennon/Paul Mccartney

Happiness is a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun

She's not a girl who misses much
She's not a girl who misses much

Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun

Happiness is a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun

She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
Like a lizard on a window pane
The man in the crowd
With the multicoloured mirrors on his hobnail boots
Lying with his eyes wide open
And the hands busy working overtime
A soap impression of his wife which he ate
And donated to the National Trust

Hey I need a fix 'cause I'm going down

Happiness is a, a warm gun
Happiness is a, a warm gun
Happiness is a, a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun

Happiness is a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun

I need a fix cause I'm going down
I need a fix cause I'm going down
I need a fix cause I'm going down
To the bits that I left uptown

I need a fix cause I'm going down, uptown
Need a fix cause I'm going down, uptown

Happiness is a, a warm gun
Happiness is a, a warm gun
Happiness is a, a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun


18.Two Shots Of Happy One Shot Of Sad

Two shots of happy, one shot of sad
You think I'm no good, well I know I've been bad
Took you to a place, now you can't get back
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad

Walked together down a dead end street
We were mixing the bitter with the sweet
Don't try to figure out what we might of had
Just two shots of happy, one shot of sad

I'm just a singer, some say a sinner
Rolling the dice, not always a winner
You say I've been lucky, well hell I've made my own
Not part of the crowd, but not feeling alone

Under pressure, but not bent out of shape
Surrounded, we always found an escape
Drove me to drink, but hey that's not all bad
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad

Guess I've been greedy, all of my life
Greedy with my children, my lovers, my wife
Greedy for the good things as well as the bad
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad

Maybe it's just talk, saloon singing
The chairs are all stacked, the swinging's stopped swinging
You say I hurt you, you put the finger on yourself
Then after you did it, you came crying for my help

Two shots of happy, one shot of sad
I'm not complaining, baby I'm glad
You call it a compromise, well what's that
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad

Two shots of happy, one shot of sad


19.Wild Irish Rose

In a field by a river
My lover and I did lie
And on my naked shoulder
She's too proud to cry
She said that I must leave her
An icy tear she froze
How could I melt the heart
Of a wild Irish rose?

Well a gypsy she has made of me
A servant of the street
From bed to bed I've traveled
To taste a love as sweet
Well the heart it knows no reasons
And reason never knows...
As I lie with them, I'm thinkin' of
A wild Irish rose

Well I saw the city of angels
It brought a devil out of me
In Hell's Hotel on Sunset
Showed a whore no mercy
As the orange sky was screamin'

From the roof I let her go
These are the dizzy heights that brought me
My wild irish rose

Well red is the rose
That she laid on my grave
A life is what she wanted
And a life I surely gave
Like a hundred men before me
They lay lyin' here in rows
Young men, bloody
As a wild irish rose