Listen to Red Hill Mining Town (Songs of Surrender) by U2

Red Hill Mining Town (Songs of Surrender)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Edge

Background Vocals

Bono

Lead Vocals

Adam Clayton

Bass Guitar

Larry Mullen Jr.

Larry Mullen Jr.

Drums

Trombone Shorty

Trombone Shorty

Brass

Dan Oestreicher

Dan Oestreicher

Baritone Saxophone

Yirmayah Yisrael

Yirmayah Yisrael

Tenor Saxophone

Rori Coleman

Brass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Bono

Composer

The Edge

Composer

Adam Clayton

Composer

Larry Mullen Jr.

Larry Mullen Jr.

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

The Edge

Producer

Bob Ezrin

Co-Producer

Duncan Stewart

Mixing Engineer

Richard Rainey

Engineer

Paul Schoen

Engineer

Alastair McMillan

Alastair McMillan

Engineer

Julian Shank

Additional Engineer

Scott Sedillo

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

From father to son

The blood runs thin

Ooh, with our faces frozen stiff

Against the wind

[Verse 1]

The seam was split

The coal-face cracked

The lines were so long

We couldn’t see to the back

[Verse 2]

We were making steel

They were made of stone

Now our labour day

Has come and gone

[PreChorus]

You kept me holdin' on

In Red Hill Town

As the lights go out, I am

I'm hangin' on

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

Yeah, I'm still waiting

I'm hangin' on

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

[Verse 3]

The glass is cut

And the bottle's run dry

Our love runs cold

In the caverns of the night

[Verse 4]

We're wounded by fear

Injured in doubt

I can lose myself

But you I cannot live without

[PreChorus]

'Cause you keep me holdin' on

In Red Hill Town

As the lights go out, I am

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 5]

We scorch the earth

Then we set fire to the sky

We stoop so low

To reach so high

[Verse 6]

A link is lost

The chain undone

Now we wait all day

For night to come

And it comes like a monster to a child

[Chorus]

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

[Outro]

I'm alive, I'm alive, our love slowly stripped away

Our love, that's seen its better days

Love slowly stripped away

Our love that's seen its better day

Lights go down on Red Hill, oh-oh-oh

The lights go down on Red Hill Town

The lights go down on Red Hill

The lights go down on Red Hill Town

Written by: Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge

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