The Joshua Tree

WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAMEI want to runI want to hideI want to tear down the wallsThat hold me insideI want to reach outAnd touch the flameWhere the streets have no nameI want to feel, sunlight on my faceSee that dust cloud disappear without a traceI want to take shelter from the poison rainWhere the streets have no nameWhere the streets have no nameWhere the streets have no nameWe're still buildingThen burning down love, burning down loveAnd when I go thereI go there with you...(It's all I can do)The cities a floodAnd our love turns to rustWe're beaten and blown by the windTrampled into dustI'll show you a placeHigh on ta desert plainWhere the streets have no nameWhere the streets have no nameWhere the streets have no nameStill buildingThen burning down loveBurning down loveAnd when I go thereI go there with you(It's all I can do)
HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FORI have climbed the highest mountainsI have run through the fieldsOnly to be with youOnly to be with youI have run I have crawledI have scaled these city wallsOnly to be with youBut I still haven't foundWhat I'm looking forBut I still haven't foundWhat I'm looking forI have kissed honey lipsFelt the healing in her fingertipsIt burned like fireThis burning desireI have spoke with the tongue of angelsI have held the hand of a devilIt was warm in the nightI was cold as a stoneBut I still haven't foundWhat I'm looking forBut I still haven't foundWhat I'm looking forI believe in the Kingdom ComeThen all the colors will bleed into oneBut yes I'm still running.You broke the bondsYou loosened the chainsYou carried the crossAnd my shameAnd my shameYou know I believed itBut I still haven't foundWhat I'm looking forBut I still haven't foundWhat I'm looking for
WITH OR WITHOUT YOUSee the stone set in your eyesSee the thorn twist in your sideI wait for youSleight of hand and twist of fateOn a bed of nails she makes me waitAnd I wait....without youWith or without youWith or without youThrough the storm we reach the shoreYou give it all but I want moreAnd I'm waiting for youWith or without youWith or without youI can't liveWith or without youAnd you give yourself awayAnd you give yourself awayAnd you giveAnd you giveAnd you give yourself awayMy hands are tiedMy body bruised, she's got me withNothing left to winAnd nothing else to loseWith or without youWith or without youI can't liveWith or without you
BULLET THE BLUE SKYIn the howling wind comes a stinging rainSee it driving nails into souls on the tree of pain>From the firefly, a red orange glowSee the face of fear running scared in the valley belowBullet the blue skyBullet the blue skyBullet the blueBullet the blueIn the locust wind comes a rattle and humJacob wrestled the angel and the angel was overcomePlant a demon seed, you raise a flower of fireSee them burning crosses, see the flames, higher and higherBullet the blue skyBullet the blue skyBullet the blueBullet the blueThis guy comes up to meHis face red like a rose on a thorn bushLike all the colors of a royal flushAnd he's peeling off those dollar billsSlapping them downOne hundred, two hundredAnd I can see those fighter planesAnd I can see those fighter planesAcross the mud huts where the children sleepThrough the alleys of a quiet city streetTake the staircase to the first floorTurn the key and slowly unlock the doorAs a man breathes into a saxophoneThrough the walls we hear the city groanOutside it's AmericaOutside it's AmericaAcross the field you see the sky ripped openSee the rain come through the gaping woundPounding on the women and childrenwho run into the arms of America
RUNNING TO STAND STILLAnd so she woke upFrom where she was lying stillSaid we got to do something about where we're goingStep on a steam trainStep out of the driving trainMaybe run from the darkness in the nightSinging Ha La La La De DaySinging Ha La La La De DaySweet the sinBut the bitter taste in my mouthI see seven towersBut I only see one way outYou got to cry without weepingTalk without speakingScream without raising your voice, you knowI took the poison, from the poison stream,Then I floated out of hereSinging Ha La La La De DaySinging Ha La La La De DayShe runs through the streetsWith her eyes painted redUnder black belly of cloud in the rainIn through a doorway she brings meWhite gold and pearls stolen from the seaShe is ragingShe is raging and the storm blows up in her eyesShe will suffer the needle chillShe is running to stand still
RED HILL MINING TOWNFrom Father to SonThe blood runs thinOur faces frozen (still) against the windThe seam is splitThe coal face crackedThe lines are longAnd there's no going backThrough hands of steelAnd a heart of stoneOur labor day has come and goneAnd you leave us holding onIn Red Hill TownAs the lights go downI'm hanging onYou're all that's left to hang on toI'm holding onYou're all that's left to hang on toThe glass is cutThe bottle runs dryOur love runs coldIn the caverns of the nightWe're wounded by fearInjured in doubtI can lose myselfI'm holding onYou're all that's left to hold on toAnd we scorch the earthSet fire to the skyStoop so low to reach so highA link is lostThe chain undoneNow we wait all dayFor the night to comeAnd it comesAnd it comesLike a hunter (child)I'm hanging onYou're all that's left to hang on toI'm hanging on toYou're all that's left to hang on toWe see love slowly stripped awayOur love, has seen a better dayI'm hanging onYou're all that's left to hold on toI'm holding onYou're all that's left to hold on toSee the lights go down on Red Hill TownSee lights go down on Red Hill Town
IN GOD'S COUNTRYDesert skyDream beneath a desert skyThe rivers runBut soon run dryWe need new dreams tonightDesert roseDreamed I saw a desert roseDress torn in ribbonsAnd in bowsLike a siren she calls (to me)Sleep comes like a drug...In God's CountrySad eyes crooked crosses...In God's CountrySet me alightWe'll punch a hole right through the nightEveryday the dreamers dieShe is LibertyAnd she comes to rescue meHope, faith, her vanityThe greatest gift is goldSleep comes like a drug...In God's CountrySad eyes crooked crosses...In God's CountryNaked flameShe stands with a naked flameI stand with the sons of CainBurned by the fire of loveBurned by the fire of love
TRIP THROUGH YOUR WIRESIn the distanceShe saw me comingI was calling outI was calling outStill shakingStill in painAngel or devilI was thirstyAnd you wet my lipsYou, I'm waiting for youYou, you set my desireI trip through your wiresI was broken, bent out of shapeI was naked in the clothes you madeMy lips were dry, throat like rustYou gave me shelterFrom the heat and the dustThere's no more water in the wellNo more water in the wellAngel or devilI was thirsty and you wet my lipsYou, I'm waiting for youYou, You set my desireI trip through your wiresThunder, thunder on the mountainThere's a rain cloud in the desert skyIn the distance you saw me comingI was calling outI was calling out
ONE TREE HILLWe turn away to face the cold, enduring chillAs the day begs the night for mercyYour sun so bright it leaves no shadows, only scarsCarved into stone on the face of earthThe moon is up and over One Tree HillWe see the sun go down in your eyesYou ran like river to the seaLike a river to the seaAnd in our world a heart of darkness, a firezoneWhere poets speak their hearts, then bleed for itJara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of loveYou know his blood still cries from the groundIt runs like a river to the seaLike a river to the seaI don't believe in painted roses or bleeding heartsWhile bullets rape the night of the mercifulI'll see you again when the stars fall from the skyAnd the moon has turned red over One Tree HillWe run like a river to the seaLike a river to the sea
EXITYou know he got the cure...but then he went astray,He used to stay awakeTo drive the dreams he had awayHe wanted to believeIn the hands of love...His head it felt heavyAs he cut across the landHe went deeper into blackDeeper into white...he could seeThe stars shineLike nails in the nightHe felt the healingHealing, healing, healingHands of loveLike the stars shiny, shiny...From above.He put his hands in the pocketHis finger on the steelThe pistol weighed heavyHis heart he could feelWas beating, beatingBeating, beating oh my loveOh my love, oh my loveOh my love.He saw the hands that buildCould also pull down....The hands of love.
MOTHERS OF THE DISAPPEAREDMidnight, our sons and daughtersWere cut down and taken from usHear their heartbeat...We hear their heartbeatIn the windWe hear their laughterIn the rainWe see their tearsHear their heartbeat...We hear their heartbeatNight hangs like a prisonerStretched over black and blueHear their heartbeat...We hear their heartbeatIn the treesOur sons stand nakedThrough the wallsOur daughters crySee their tears in the rainfall