Red Hill Mining Town lyrics

From father to son

The blood runs thin

Ooh, see the faces frozen (still)

Against the wind.

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.

They leave me holdin' on

In Red Hill Town.

See the lights go down on ...

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.

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.

Yeah, you keep me holdin' on

In Red Hill Town.

See the lights go down on

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

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

And it comes like a hunter (child).

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.

Love, slowly stripped away

Love has seen its better day.

Hangin' on

Lights go down on Red Hill

The lights go down on Red Hill.

The lights go down on Red Hill Town

• Artist:U2
• Album:The Joshua Tree (1987)