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Lyrics of Red Hill Mining Town by U2
verse
From father to a son
The blood runs thin
Ooh, see the faces frozen still
Against the wind
verse
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
pre-chorus
They leave me holdin' on
In Red Hill Town
See the lights go down on
chorus
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
verse
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
pre-chorus
Yeah, you keep me holdin' on
In Red Hill Town
See the lights go down on
chorus
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
verse
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
pre-chorus
And it comes like a hunter, child
chorus
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
hook
Love, slowly stripped away
Love has seen it's better day
chorus
Hangin' on
Lights go out on Red Hill
The lights go down on Red Hill
The lights go down on Red Hill Town
outro
The lights go down on Red Hill Town
Writer(s): Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Dave Evans, Paul David Hewson
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The Joshua Tree (Deluxe)
Album • 1987 • 28 tracks
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