Rattle & Hum

Love rescue me
Come forth and speak to me
Raise me up and don't let me fall
No man is my enemy
My own hands imprison me
Love rescue me


Many strangers have i met
On the road to my regret
Many lost who seek to find themselves in me
They ask me to reveal
The very thoughts they would conceal
Love rescue me


And the sun in the sky
Makes a shadow of you and i
Stretching out as the sun sinks in the sea
I'm here without a name
In the palace of my shame
Said, love rescue me


In the cold mirror of a glass
I see my reflection pass
See the dark shades of what i used to be
See the purple of her eyes
The scarlet of my lies
Love rescue me


Yea, though i walk
In the valley of shadow
Yea, i will fear no evil
I have cursed thy rod and staff
They no longer comfort me
Love rescue me


Sha la la...sha la la la
Sha la la la...ha la la...
Sha la la la...sha la la la
Sha la la la...sha la la
Sha la la la...sha la la la
Sha la la...
I said love, love rescue me


I said love
Climb up the mountains, said love
I said love, oh my love
On the hill of the son
I'm on the eve of a storm
And my word you must believe in
Oh, i said love, rescue me
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah...


Yeah i'm here without a name
In the palace of my shame
I said love rescue me


I've conquered my past
The future is here at last
I stand at the entrance
To a new world i can see
The ruins to the right of me
Will soon have lost sight of me
Love rescue me

You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
You say you want
Your story to remain untold


But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all i want is you


You say you'll give me
A highway with no one on it
Treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night


You say you'll give me
Eyes in a moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbour in the tempest
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all i want is you


You say you want
Your love to work out right
To last with me through the night


You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold
Your love not to grow cold


All the promises we break
From the cradle to the grave
When all i want is you


You...all i want is...
You...all i want is...
You...all i want is...
You...

(yeah)


Lover, i'm on the street
Gonna go where the bright lights
And the big city meet
With a red guitar...on fire
Desire


She's a candle burning in my room
Yeah i'm like the needle, needle and spoon
Over the counter with a shotgun
Pretty soon everybody got one
And the fever when i'm beside her
Desire, desire...


And the fever...getting higher
Desire, desire...burning, burning


She's the dollars
She's my protection
Yeah she's a promise
In the year of election
Oh sister, i can't let you go
Like a preacher stealing hearts
At a traveling show
For love or money money money
Money money money money money
Money money money
And the fever, getting higher
Desire, desire, desire, desire
Desire, desire

It was a cold and wet december day
When we touched the ground at jfk
Snow was melting on the ground
On bls i heard the sound
Of an angel


New york, like a christmas tree
Tonight this city belongs to me
Angel


Soul love...this love won't let me go
So long...angel of harlem


Birdland on fifty-three
The street sounds like a symphony
We got john coltrane and a love supreme
Miles says she's got to be an angel


Lady day got diamond eyes
She sees the truth behind the lies
Angel


Soul love...this love won't let me go
So long...angel of harlem
Angel of harlem


She says it's heart...heart and soul...
Yeah yeah...(yeah)
Yeah yeah...(right now)


Blue light on the avenue
God knows they got to you
An empty glass, the lady sings
Eyes swollen like a bee sting
Blinded you lost your way
Through the side streets and the alleyway
Like a star exploding in the night
Falling to the city in broad daylight
An angel in devil's shoes
Salvation in the blues
You never looked like an angel
Yeah yeah...angel of harlem


Angel...angel of harlem...
[repeat and fade]

I have climbed highest mountain
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 walls
These city walls
Only to be with you


But i still haven't found what i'm looking for
But i still haven't found what i'm looking for


I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire


I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone


But i still haven't found what i'm looking for
But i still haven't found what i'm looking for


I believe in the kingdom come
Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
Well yes i'm still running


You broke the bonds and you
Loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Of my shame
You know i believed it


But i still haven't found what i'm looking for
But i still haven't found what i'm looking for
But i still haven't found what i'm looking for
But i still haven't found what i'm looking for...

(this is a song charles manson stole from the beatles. we're stealing it back.)

When you get to the bottom
You go back to the top of the slide
And you stop and you turn
And you go for a ride
Then you get to the bottom
Then you see me again


Do you, don't you want me to love you
Coming down fast i'm right here above you
Tell me tell me tell me the answer
Ain't no lover but you ain't no dancer


Helter skelter
Helter skelter
Helter skelter


Do you, don't you want me to make you
I'm coming down fast now don't let me break you
Tell me tell me tell me the answer
You ain't no lover but you ain't no dancer


Helter skelter
Helter skelter
Helter skelter


When you get to the bottom
You go back to the top of the slide
And you turn and you stop
And you go for a ride
Then you get to the bottom
Then you see me again


Do you, don't you want me to love you
Coming down fast i'm right here above you
Tell me tell me tell me the answer
Ain't no lover but you ain't no dancer


Helter skelter
Helter skelter
Helter skelter...(and again)


Helter skelter
Helter skelter
Helter skelter

I was a sailor, i was lost at sea
I was under the waves
Before love rescued me
I was a fighter, i could turn on a thread
Now i stand accused of the things i've said


Love comes to town i'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town i'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe i was wrong to ever let you down
But i did what i did before love came to town


I used to make love under a red sunset
I was making promises i was soon to forget
She was pale as the lace of her wedding gown
But i left her standing before love came to town


I ran into a juke joint when i heard a guitar scream
The notes were turning blue, i was dazing in a dream
As the music played i saw my life turn around
That was the day before love came to town


When love comes to town i'm gonna jump that train
When love comes to town i'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe i was wrong to ever let you down
But i did what i did before love came to town


[repeat chorus]


I was there when they crucified my lord
I held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword
I threw the dice when they pierced his side
But i've seen love conquer the great divide


When love comes to town i'm gonna catch that train
When love comes to town i'm gonna catch that flame
Maybe i was wrong to ever let you down
But i did what i did before love came to town

In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See it driving nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain
From the firefly, a red orange glow
See the face of fear
Running scared in the valley below


Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue


In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome
You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire
See them burning crosses
See the flames higher and higher


Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue


This guy comes up to me
His face red like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colors of a royal flush
And he's peeling off those dollar bills
Slapping them down
One hundred, two hundred
And i can see those fighter planes
And i can see those fighter planes
Across the mud huts where the children sleep
Through the alleys of a quiet city street
You take the staircase to the first floor
Turn the key and slowly unlock the door
As a man breathes into a saxophone
And through the walls you hear the city groan
Outside is america
Outside is america


Across the field you see the sky ripped open
See the rain through a gaping wound
Pounding on the women and children
Who run
Into the arms
Of america