 Genius Lyrics
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U2 – Trip Through Your Wires
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The song has a bluesy rhythm and features lead singer Bono on harmonica. It was consistently played live throughout the Joshua Tree Tour, but has never been performed since.
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The Strypes – Trip Through Your Wires
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[Verse 1] / 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
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U2 – Wire
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“Wire” is the third track on The Unforgettable Fire.It is one of U2’s early, fast-driving rock songs that sets the stage for more confident rockers on their next album, The Joshua
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U2 – Mothers of the Disappeared
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This song was written in honor of two groups working on behalf of the victims–either kidnapped (“disappeared”) or assassinated–of American-backed “dirty wars” in Latin America: the
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U2 – Wire (Kevorkian 12" Vocal Remix)
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[Verse 1] / 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 / [Chorus] / Cold in his
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U2 – Drunk Chicken / America
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“Rise Up” is one of four tracks included on the 20th anniversary re-release of The Joshua Tree that had not been previously released.
The other three unreleased tracks are “Wave
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U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name (Single Edit)
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[Verse 1] / 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 (Ah ah ah) / [
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U2 – Spanish Eyes
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“Spanish Eyes” is a track included on the 20th anniversary release of The Joshua Tree. It was originally released as a b-side to the album’s second single, “I Still Haven’t Found
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U2 – In God's Country (Live)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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U2 – With or Without You
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“With or Without You” was released as the lead single from the album “The Joshua Tree”. It was the band’s most successful single at the time.
It features sustained guitar parts
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U2 – Walk to the Water
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“Walk to the Water” is a track included on the 20th anniversary release of The Joshua Tree. It was originally released as one of two b-sides to the album’s first single, “With or
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U2 – Exit
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“Exit” was developed from a lengthy jam that was recorded in a single take and edited down to a shorter arrangement.
The lyrics, which portray the mind of a serial killer, were
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U2 – Pride (In the Name of Love)
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Originally Bono wanted to write a song about Ronald Reagan’s arrogant pride in his military power, which inevitably led to heightened nuclear tensions during the Cold War. However
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U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name
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“Where the Streets Have No Name” is the third single from U2’s 1987 album The Joshua Tree. It was written by Bono in response to the notion that it’s possible to identify a person’
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U2 – Deep in the Heart
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“Deep In The Heart” is a track included on the 20th anniversary release of The Joshua Tree. It was originally released as a b-side to the album’s second single, “I Still Haven’t
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U2 – I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
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“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” is the second single taken from U2’s 1987 album The Joshua Tree.
It’s written in the writing style of King David, specifically from
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U2 – Beautiful Ghost / Introduction to Songs of Experience
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“Beautiful Ghosts/Introduction to Songs of Experience” is a track built around the poetry of William Blake, who’s credited as a co-writer alongside U2.
The track was included on
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LYRA – Mothers of the Disappeared
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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 / Through the rain we see
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Imelda May – I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
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[Verse 1] / 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
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U2 – Red Hill Mining Town
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The focus of the song is on the National Union of Mineworkers' 1984 strike in England that occurred in response to the National Coal Board’s campaign to close uneconomic mines.
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U2 – Running to Stand Still
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“Running to Stand Still” is slow ballad based on piano and guitar and it describes a heroin-addicted couple living in Dublin’s Ballymun flats; the towers have since become
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