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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bono
Lead Vocals
The Edge
Background Vocals
Adam Clayton
Bass Guitar
Larry Mullen Jr.
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bono
Composer
The Edge
Composer
Adam Clayton
Composer
Larry Mullen Jr.
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dave Meegan
Additional Engineer
Brian Eno
Producer
Pat McCarthy
Additional Engineer
Daniel Lanois
Producer
Mark Wallace
Mixing Engineer
Mary Kettle
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Flood
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah
[Verse 1]
Desert sky, dream beneath the desert sky
The rivers run, but soon run dry
We need new dreams tonight
[Verse 2]
Desert rose, dreamed I saw a desert rose
Dress torn in ribbons and in bows
Like a siren, she calls to me
[Chorus]
Sleep comes like a drug in God's country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses, in God's country
Yeah, ah
Yeah, ah
[Verse 3]
Set me alight, we'll punch a hole right through the night
Every day the dreamers die
See what's on the other side
[Verse 4]
She is liberty and she comes to rescue me
Hope, faith, her vanity
But the greatest gift is gold
[Chorus]
Sleep comes like a drug in God's country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses, in God's country, yeah
[Verse 5]
Naked flame, she stands with a naked flame
I stand with the sons of Cain
Burned by the fire of love
Burned by the fire of love
[Outro]
Love
Love
Written by: Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge