Bono - Bullet The Blue Sky lyrics

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In the howlin' wind<br />

Comes a stingin' rain<br />

See it drivin' nails<br />

Into the souls on the tree of pain.<br />

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From the firefly<br />

A red orange glow<br />

See the face of fear<br />

Runnin' scared in the valley below.<br />

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Bullet the blue sky<br />

Bullet the blue sky<br />

Bullet the blue<br />

Bullet the blue.<br />

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In the locust wind <br />

Comes a rattle and hum.<br />

Jacob wrestled the angel<br />

And the angel was overcome.<br />

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You plant a demon seed<br />

You raise a flower of fire.<br />

We see them burnin' crosses<br />

See the flames, higher and higher.<br />

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Woh, woh, bullet the blue sky<br />

Bullet the blue sky<br />

Bullet the blue<br />

Bullet the blue.<br />

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Suit and tie comes up to me<br />

His face red like a rose on a thorn bush<br />

Like all the colours of a royal flush<br />

And he's peelin' off those dollar bills<br />

(Slappin' 'em down)<br />

One hundred, two hundred.<br />

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And I can see those fighter planes<br />

And I can see those fighter planes<br />

Across the tin huts as children sleep<br />

Through the alleys of a quiet city street.<br />

Up the staircase to the first floor<br />

We turn the key and slowly unlock the door<br />

As a man breathes into his saxophone<br />

And through the walls you hear the city groan.<br />

Outside, is America<br />

Outside, is America<br />

America.<br />

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See across the field<br />

See the sky ripped open<br />

See the rain comin' through the gapin' wound<br />

Howlin' the women and children<br />

Who run into the arms<br />

Of America.