U 2 - Red Hill Mining Town lyrics

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From Father to Son

The blood runs thin

Our faces frozen (still) against the wind

The seam is split

The coal face cracked

The lines are long

And there's no going back

Through hands of steel

And a heat of stone

Our labour day has come and gone

And you leave us holding on

In Red Hill Town

As the lights go down

I'm hanging on

You're all that's left to hold on to

I'm holding 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 you

Because you keep me holding on

In Red Hill Town as the lights go down

I'm hanging on

You're all that's left to hold on to

I'm holding on

You're all that's left to hold on to

And we scorch the earth

Set fire to the sky

Stoop so low to reach so high

A link is lost

The chain undone

Now we wait all day

For the night to come

And it comes

And it comes

Like a hunter (child)

I'm hanging on

You're all that's left to hold on to

I'm holding on

You're all that's left to hold on to

We see love slowly stripped away

Our love

has seen a better day

I'm holding on

You're all that's left to hold on to

See the lights go down on Red Hill Town

See lights go down on Red Hill Town