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Milton Keynes Bowl

Milton Keynes, England

"The Longest Day"

June 22, 1985

Transcribed by Michael Reiter

Reiter@aol.com

Line up: The Faith Brothers, Spear of Destiny, Billy Bragg, The Ramones, R.E.M., U2

Attendance: 50,000 and sold out, thank you

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Set list: 11 O'clock Tick Tock/I Will Follow/Seconds /MLK/The Unforgettable Fire/Wire/Sunday Bloody Sunday/Cry-The Electric Co./A Sort of Homecoming/[Bad aborted] Rain/Bad/October/New Year's Day/Pride (In the Name of Love) Encore: Party Girl/Gloria/"40"

Snippets:

Amazing Grace (Tradtional) in Electric Co

Wooden Heart (Elvis Presley) in Electric Co.

Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie) in Electric Co.

A Hard Day's Rain's Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan) in Rain

Ruby Tuesday (Rolling Stones) in Bad

Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones) in Bad

Unknown (Could be an improvisation) in Party Girl

Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band-Aid/Geldof/Ure) in "40"

We Are the World (USA For Africa) in "40"

Song origins:

Boy: Two

October: Two

War: Four

Unforgettable Fire: Six

Singles only: Two

Covers: One

Total: Seventeen (not including Cry)

Tour Information

This show:

Previous show: June 1, 1985. St. Jacob's Fussbalstadion, Basel, Switzerland 13 songs

Next Show: June 29, 1985 Croke Park - Dublin, Eire 17 songs

Not having played in three weeks, U2 are rusty and play a concert that is all over the place.

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["Fourth of July" plays on the public adress system]

[Some live instruments tuning up in background]

[Cheers and screams as band takes stage]

[Bono]

Some songs we might never play again we play tonight for you

[Cheers]

11 O'Clock Tick Tock

[11 O'Clock Tick Tock starts]

It's cold out-side

It gets so hot in here-ere

The boys and girls collide

To the music in my ear

[Edge: Whoa ohhhhhhthroughout]

I hear the children cry-in'

And I know it's time to go

I hear the children cry-yy-in'

Take me hoome.

Huh!

[Bridge]

Ah! painted face,

And I know we haven't long

We thought that we had the answers,

It was the questions we had wrong

[Edge: Ahhhhhhhhh-ohhh throught]

Hear the children cryy-in'

And I know it's time to go-uh

I hear the children cryyy-yin',

Take meee hoo-me..

[Bridge]

[Bono and Edge in falsetto]

Sad song, Sad song,

Sad song, saad song

[Bono shouts]

Two three four! [Echo]

[Bridge]

[Cheers]

Sing it!

[Bono sings]

La la la la

la la la

La la

La la la la

[Crowd]

La la lala

La la la

La la la la

[Bono and Edge]

Lalalalala la lalala

La la la

[Tempo change]

[Bono and Edge in falsetto]

Saad song, saad song

Saad song, sad song

[Bono says]

Two three four! [Echo]

[Bridge]

This is the Edddge!

[Cheers]

[Big guitar "solo"]

[Bridge ends]

Lift me up!

Oooh

Lift yourself up

We lift ourself up...

[Clapping]

Call ouuut...

Your naa-a-hame,

Callll ouuut.. in paaa-aa-aaian,

Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaal

You better call ouut [Echo]

Calllll

Call outt

Hey!

[Outro]

Thank you

[Cheers]

[Ends]

[Claps]

[I Will Follow begins]

[Cheers]

[Bono yells]

Let me tell you

I WILL FOLLOW!!!

[Segue to first verse]

[Bono sings]

I was on the outside,

When you say ya say you needed me-ee

I was looking at myself, I was bliiind

Could not see-ee

Uhh!

[Bridge]

A boy tries hard

To be a man,

His mother takes him

By his hand,

He stops to think

He starts to cryy

Oh why-y?

[Bridge]

[Bono and Edge except "I will follow"]

If you walkaway, walkaway,

I walkaway, walkaway - I will follow.

If you walkaway, walkaway

I walkaway, walkawaaay - I WILLLL......

FOLLOW! [echo]

[Bridge]

Tchoh

I think this song is coming out all right

I think the sun is coming out all right

I was on the inside

When they pulled the four walls do-hown [down]

I was looking through the window

I was lost, I am fo-ound

[Bridge]

[Bono and Edge except Bono only on "I will follows"]

Walkaway, Walkaway

Walkaway, walkawaaaay - I will follow

If you walkaway, walkaway,

Walkaway, walkawaaaay - I WILLLLL..

FOLLOOOOOOOOOW! [echo]

T-yuh

[Bridge]

[Intermezzo]

Well,

We started off in a car park

We've ended up in a field

THe only difference is

You

Fifty thousand of you

And we thank you

Sing, for me

{Bono sings]

Your eyeees

[Crowd]

Make a cir-cle,

[Bono]

I see you when I goo-oo in here

But it's your eye, [echo]

Hey

It's your eyes [echo]

It's your eye, Hey

Your! Your your

Yourrrr eyeeee-

Yoourr eyeee

Huh!

Pick it up!

[Bridge]

[Bono and Edge]

If you walkaway, walkaway

Walkaway, walkaway - I will follow

If you walkaway, walkaway

I walkaway, walkawaaaay - I will follow

[Tempo change]

I will fol-low

I willll...fol-low

I will follow

I WILLLL.

I WILLLL

I WILLLLL

I WILLLLLL.

FOLLOW! [echo]

[Ends]

[Seconds]

A message, a message to the Prime Minister

A message to Mrs. Thatcher

A message to the PResident

A message to Ronald Ray-Gun

A song called seconds

[Screams when Edge takes the microphone, Edge lead vocals on the first verse]

[Long intro]

Will you welcome the Edge?

[Edge with Bono on Oh oh oh ]

Takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye oh oh oh

Say bye byeeeee

[Edge and Bono]

Where you going to now-oww-oww?

[Edge]

Lightning flashes across the sky

[Edge and Bono]

East to west,

Do or die

[Edge]

Like a thief in the night

[Edge and Bono]

See the world by candle liiight

[Bridge]

[Edge with Bono "oooh" throughout]

[Cheers]

[Edge with Bono "oooh" throughout]

Faaaaaaallllllll

Rise annnnd

Falllllllllllllll

Rise annnd....

[Transition]

[Bono]

In an apartment on Times Square

You can assemble them anywhere

Hell to ransom, Hell to pay

A revolution every day

USSR, DDR, London, New York, Peking

It's the puppets..

It's the Muppets pull the strings

Hey

[Bridge]

[Edge, with Bono "Ooooooh" throughout]

Whoaaa

Rise and

Fallllllllllll

Rise and...

[Transition]

[Edge]

Say goodbye

[Bono]

Say goodbye

[Edge]

Say goodbye

[Bono]

Say goodbye

[Bono and Edge as the music stops]

Say goodbyeeeeeeeee-ay-ay

[Cheers]

[Instruments start again]

[Edge and Bono]

Takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye oh oh oh

[Bridge]

[Edge, with Bono ohhhhhhh throughout]

Fall

[Bono]

This is the rise and fall

Rise annnnnd

Faaaaaaaaaaaaall

Rise annnd

[Bono and Edge]

And they're doin' "the atomic bomb"

They know where the dance goes wrong

Yes, they're doing "the atomic bomb"

They want you to sing along

[Bono and Edge]

Say goodbyeee

Say goodbyeeeeeeeeee

[Ends]

[Clapping and cheering]

I'd like to, I'd like to dedicate this song to Corretta King, wife of Martin Luther King, mother of the civil rights movement in America, for a special person, this special song

[Cheers]

[Unforgettable Fire tour sequencer start of MLK]

Sleee-eeep

Sleep to-nii-hi-iight

And may your dreaaamms

Be re-ah-liiized

If thundercloud

Passes rai-aaain

So let it ra-aain

Rain down on heeeee

Mmmmm-mmm-mmmmmm

So let it be-eeeeeee

Mmm-mm-mmm

So let it be-eeeeee

Sleeeeee-eeeeep

Sleep to-nig-hiiiight

And may your dree-eams

Be re-aalized

If thunderclooooud

Passes raii-ainnnnnnnn

So let it rainnnnnnnnnn

Let it rainnnnn

Rain on meeeeeee

[Cheers]

[Ends]

[Guitar tries to start]

[Cheers]

[Sequencer kicks in]

Well I don't know all of your names

But I sing this one for everyone of you.

Welcome to "The Unforgettable Fire!"

[Cheers]

[Drums in and then guitars and bass]

[Edge]

Ooooh Ooooh Oooh oooh oooh

[Bono with Edge Ooooh oooh oooh oooh oooh throughout verse]

III-ce [Ice]

Your only rivers run cold

These city li-ighhhts

They shine of silver and goold

Took from the niiight

Your eyes as black as coooaaal

[Bridge]

[Piano]

[Bono]

Walk on byyy

Walk on through

Walk 'til you ru-un

And don't look baaack

For here

I aaaaaammm

[Guitar bridge (Edge is having a hard time)]

Carnival...

The wheels fly and

The colors spin

Through al-cohool

Red wine that punctures the skin...

Face to faccce

In a dry and waterless plaacce

[Bridge]

[Piano]

Walk on by

Walk on through

So sad to beseige your love song

He-ead ooo-onn

[Bono and Edge]

Stay in this time

Stay toniiight in a lie

I'm only asking but III

I think you know

[Bono falsetto]

Stay

[Bono normal]

Come on...

Take me home

Come on...

Take me away

Home again

[Bono says]

We're home again

[Guitar dominated bridge]

Welcome home

[Bridge, but all the instruments are disjointed]

[Tempo change]

[Bono sings]

But if the mountains should crum-ble

Or disappear into the sea..

Not a tear,

No not IIIII

[Bono Falsetto]

[With Edge]

Staay in this time

Stay toniiight,

In a lie

[Bono normal, with Edge still]

I'm only asking

But I

Well I think you kno-ow

[Bono Falsetto, with Edge still]

Staaaay in this time

Stay toniiight.

In a lie!.

[Bono normal and alone]

E-ver

After

It's loving time

And if you save your looove

Saaave it all

Well don't push me too faaaaar

Well don't push me too faaarr

[Outro]

Tonii-i-iight...

Too-niiight

To-niight

[End]

[Cheers]

[Bono says]

This is the needle in the record,

I'm gonna wrap myself up in it I'm gonna take myself home with it

[Wire begins]

BRRRRRR-COOOO!

Uh[Echo]

Give it up

Give it to my heart

[Segue]

In a sense and

Innocent I am

Guilty of the crime that's now in haand

Such a nice daaaay

To throw your loooove awa-y=uh

Such a nice daaay

To let it go-ooooo

[Bridge]

So in these eyes

I can't believe it

So deep in his eyes

Cold

Heart and soul

Heart and souu-oull

[Transition]

[Bono]

Brrr coo

Give it up

Such a cold heart

Self apart

[Bono with the Edge

Sooo lay me down

My soul to keep

So lay me down

The

Longest sleeep

Ohhhh ohhh

The

The longest slee-eep

[Bridge]

Ahhh!

Brrrrrrrcooo!

In my heart

Keep it comin'

[Bridge ends]

In I come

And out you go

YOU GET!

Here we are again now... place your bets..

Is this the tiiiiime?

The time to wiiiin or lose?

Is this the tiiiiime?

The time to choo-oose?

[Bono and Edge]

Ohhh oh ohhh

Ohhh ohhh whoah

Oh ohhh ohhhhh

Oooh oooh

[Transition]

[Bono and Edge]

Sooo lay me down

My soul to keep

So deep inside a

Cold fii-ire

Cold in his heart

Heart and soul

Heart and sooo-ouul

[Bridge]

BRRRRR-COOO! [echo]

[Bono with Edge singing "Ooh!" throughout]

Give it up

Just keep me going

Inside

Right track

You go the card trick

Cartoon

Cutthroat

Lent out

I'm all right, Jack

Get off my back

I'm no dope

I'll give you the hope

Here's the rope [Larry comes in way too early on the crash out]

Here's the rope

Swi...

Short haired Mother Hubbard

Son of tricky dick

Short slope

Mother Hubbard

Pocket full of rum

Money for home

Money for rum

Money for home

[Final ends it] [Time 26:44]

[Cheers]

[Bono shouts]

Sunday Bloody Sunday!

[Screams and cheers]

Pick i up

Woo

Hoo

[Guitar begin Sunday Bloody Sunday}]

[Rhythmic clapping]

Mmmmm-oh oh

Oh oh oh

Oh oh

[Bono]

I can't believe the news todaay

I can't close my eyes

And make it go away...

[Tempo change]

How loong?

[Bono and Edge:]

How long must we sing this song?

[Bono]

How long

[Bono and Edge]

How loooooooooooooong

Toniiiight

[Bono]

We can be as one

[Edge]

Ton-iight

[Bono:]

Broken bottles under chill-dren's feet

And body's strewn across a

Dead-end stre-eet

But I won't heed the battle caaall..

Puts my back up,

My back up against the wall

[Edge and Bono]

Sunday Bloody Sundaaaaaaaay

[Edge]

Sunday Bloody Sundaaaaaay

[Bono]

Sunday Bloody Sunday-ay

All right stooop!

[Bridge]

And this battle's just begun

There's many lost

But tell me-

Who has won?

The trenches dug within our hearts

And mothers, children, brothers sisters torn apaaaart

[Bono and Edge]

Sunday Bloody Sundaaaaaay

[Bono]

How long?

[Bono and Edge]

How long must we sing this so-ong?

[Bono]

How long?

[Bono and Edge]

How looo-ooo-oooo-oooong?

[Bono and Edge]

Toniiiiiiiight!

[Bono]

We can be as one

[Bono and Edge singing laaaaaa]

Toniiiiight!

Toniiiight!

Toniiiight

Toniiight

Today!

[Cheers]

[Bridge]

[Guitar dominated transition]

[Bono]

You know the words

In other words

No more!

Sing!

[Crowd ]

No more

[Bono]

No more

[Crowd]

No More

[Bono:]

No more

[Crowd:]

No more

[Bono:]

No war

[Crowd:]

No war

[Bono:]

No more

[Crowd:]

No more

[Bono:]

No more

[Crowd:]

No more

[Bono]

Wipe your tears awaay

Wipe your blood---shot eyes

[Edge]

Sunday Bloody Sundaaaaaay

[Bono]

Wipe your tears away

[Edge]

Sunday Bloody Sundaaaaay

[Edge]

Sunday Bloody Sundaaaaay

[Bono]

Sunday Bloody Sundaaay

[Bono]

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Shhh

[Edge]

Sunday Bloody Sunday

[Bono]

Sunday Bloody SUndayt

We are so sick of it!

[Tempo change]

And it's true we are immune

When fact is fiction, TV reality-hey-yeah

And today the mill-ions cry

We eat and drink while tomorrow they dieeee.

[Edge]

Sunday bloody Sundaaaay

[Bono]

The real battle yet begun

[Edge]

Sunday blood Sundaaay

[Bono]

To Claim the victory that Jesus won

ON!

[Bono and Edge]

Sunday Bloody Sundaaaaay

[Exra vers]

[Bono]

Yeah

One more

The hope

[Rhythmic clapping]

[Edge and Bono]

Sunday bloody Sundaaaay

Sunday bloody Sundaaaaaaay

Sunday bloody Sundaaaaaaaay

Sunday bloody Sundaaaay

[Short outro]

[Cheers]

[Ends]

[Bono says, somewhat tired]

Thank you, thank you very much

This is where to go...when you don't know. This is the Electric Co.

[The Cry riff]

[Cheers]

Somebody cry, somebody cry, somebodyyy cry

Somebody's cried, somebody's cried, somebodyyyyy lried

Don't you look back, don't you look back, don't you looook baack

Somebody cried, somebody cried, some-bodyyy d..d..die!

Well, I can't see why... or... what for!

What for!

What fooor?

Ohh ooh

[Electric Co. starts]

[Cheers]

Whooooooo oooohh

Whohhhhhh ooooooooh

[Intro ends]

Boy, stupid boy,

Don't sit at the table

Till you able to

Toy, broken toy

Shout and shout, you're inside out

Till you don't know,

Electric co. [Edge Electrico oh oh]

If you do-hon't know-ho[Edge Electrico oh oh] Electric co.

[Bridge]

Red,

Running ree-ed

You play for real,

Talk and feel

Hold your hand

You don't shout,

Your spoon fed

Till you don't know, w'electric co. [Edge: electric co oh oh]

If you don't know [Edge: Electrico oh oh] electric co.

Two three four

[Bridge]

Okay Joey [Ramone?]

[Bono's saying something]

[Bridge continues]

[Cheers]

[What used to be the "Send in the Clowns" bridge, now the "Amazing Grace" Bridge with an improvisationa]

I wish I would

Oh what I'd do

Who I would

With a wooden heart

Do do do do

do do do do do

Do do do do do do

Do do do

[Crowd]

Do do dod

do do do

Do do do do

Well

Amaaa-aaazing Grace

Ho-ow sweet

The souuund

That saved

A wretch like meeeeeeeeee-uhhhhhh

II-III once

Was lost

Bu-ut now,

I'm found

Was bli-i-innnd

Buuu-ut now,

I see uh

[Bridge]

See

See what I mean

See!

[Bridge ends]

But if you don't know, electric co... [Edge Electrico oh oh]

If you don't know, [Edge: Electrico oh oh] electric co

But if you don't know, electric co... [Edge Electrico oh oh]

If you don't know, [Edge: Electrico oh oh] electric co

But if you don't know, Ele-ctr-icooooahhhh

Hugh!

[Bridge]

[Transition to outro]

[Outro]

[From Bowie's Ziggy Stardust]

Ziggy played gui-taaaaaar!

[Ends]

[Bono says]

Thank you!

And this indeed is what makes.... you the best audience in the world.

[Cheers].You know .I ask myself why people queue up in lines wait a long time...and it gets raining on them. Sometimes I feel that we can never live up to this, and it's true: we can't live up to it but you just did. So thank you

[Cheers]

This is for us, "A Sort of Homecoming"

[A Sort of Homecoming guitar starts]

And you know it's time to go,

Through the sleet and driving snow

Across the fields of morning,

Lights in the distance

[Bono and Edge]

And you hunger for the time

Time to heal, desire time

And your earth moves beneath your own dreaaaam landscape

[Bono]

Ohhh ohhhh ohhhh

On borderland we ruuuuuuuuuu-uuuuuuu-uuuuuuun

[Bono and Edge]

I'll be there

[Bono with Edge: "Ohhhhhhhhhh"

Too-night

We'll build a bridge

Across the sea and land

Build a bridge!

[Bridge]

[Bono]

Just a smokes ccreen all around

[Bono and Edge]

Oh comma way

Oh come

Yo comma way A say I, uh huh

Oh comma way

Oh come

Oh comma way A say I

[Bono]

Ohhh

Ohh-ho

On border lands we ruuun [Edge: Ahhhhh... until "don't come back"]

And still we run

We run and don't come ba-ack

[Bono and Edge]

I'll be there

[Bono with Edge: Ahhhhhh until the last Tonight]

To-o-niiiight

To o niiiight

[Transition]

[Bono]

I'll be there

Tonight

I'll be there

Tonight

[Bridge]

[Bono and Edge]

Oh comma way

Oh come

Oh comma way ah say I uh huh

[Crowd]

Oh comma way

[Bono]

Oh come

Oh comma way say I

[Transition]

[Bono]

The wind will crack

In winter time

This bomb blast lighhhhtning waltz

No spoken words

Just a screeeeeeeeeeee-aaaaaam

Oh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

W'Ohhhh-ohooh ohohoh

[Bono with Edge: Ahhhhhhh]

Tonight we'll build a bridge

Across the sea and laaand

[Bono and Edge]

III'll be there

Tonniiiiiiiiight

[Edge]

Ahh ahhhh ahhhh ahhhh

[Bono]

Toniiight

[Bono]

I'll be there

Tonight

I'll be there tonight

[Transition]

And your heart beats so slow

Through the sleet and driving snow

[Bono and Edge]

Across the fields of morning,

Lights in the distance

[Bono]

Oh don't sorrow nor don't weep

For toniiiiiiiight with you

I am coming hoooome

I am coming hoooooome

[Outro]

[Cheers]

[Ends]

[Bono says]

We come from Ireland, Dublin City Ireland. And the next time you're in DUblin you can ask me

Dublin city is not always a fair city. In fact sometimes it's an unfair city.

There's good and bad in every city.

Thank you!

[Cheers]

This is "Bad"

[Sequencer starts]

[Sequencer malfunctions plays fast and high, feedback starts]

This is very Bad!

[Crew comes onto stage]

If we all get back togther

It's really great to be back in Los Angeles

[Crowd]

Well now you know why we don't break down so much, because I don't tell very good jokes. Actually there was this sandwich that went into a bar...

Right, so this swndwich goes intoa bar, and eases his way

past a few pork pies and steps up to the waiter and says, "Waiter can I have a pint of Guinness?" He says, "No, I'm sorry, we don't serve sandwiches"

[Crowd sighs"

[Sequencer starts]

The gentelman with the spectacles, can we have him to the stage

And I was going

Well here's the best microphone stand in teh world

Shh

[Audience members are invited onstage]

[Crowd]

Here we go

here we go Here we go Here we go

[Someone spits]

[Crowd laughs]

Oh shit, it's a real bummer when they're tall

[Martin comes on stage and gives Bono a bear hug]

[Bono]

All right, sunshine, I'll tell you whatseeing as you're the heighth you are, you can do the rest of this on your knees, All right hold on

You got a joke

What's your name sir

This is Martin

I've always wanted to meet you Martin, how are you doing

Look everyone was up for picking

Martin, Martin, that's not funny.

[Martin]

OK! I'll tell a joke, what's the biggest joke in Great Britain?

[People yell different stuff]

Wham!

[Bono]

Well, seeing as the concert is broken down, let's play something for the day. You know any Beatles' songs.......

[Crowd]

Edge?

[Bono]

What's that you want them to play... they want you to play that song "Rain"

["Rain" starts on Acoustic]

The rain comes

They dip

I might as well be dead

When the rain comes

[Clapping]

When the rain comes

When the sun shines

Slip into the shade

When the sun shines

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain

I don't mind

Hey!

[Bridge]

When the rain comes

THey run and

Slip into the shade

When the rain comes

When the sun shines

Slip and all day

When the sun shines

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain

I don't know

[Outro]

I get so high

[Segues into Dylan's A Hard Day's Rain is Gonna Fall]

And it's a hard

And it's a hard gonna fall

And it's a hard

Gonna fall

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain

I don't mind

[Ends]

[52 minutes]

Thank you.

[Someone yells "Twilight"

This is, I hope an d I pray

A song that sounds like..Bad

[Bad sequencer starts]

[Bad sequencer breaks down again][Scattered laughs]

Anyone know anymore jokes?

[Bad starts without sequencer, guitar and drum sticks]

[Bono sings, quoting from the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood"]

[Segue]

If you

Twist and

Turn awaay...

If you

Tear your-self in two a-again...

If I could...

You know I would...

If I could..

I would

Let it goo...

[Full Drums and bass come in]

[Crowd begins to clap with the beat]

Surrender

Dis-locaate...

[Transition]

If I could

Through myslef

Set your spirit free

Leave this heart o' clay

See you walk

Walk away

Into the nii-hight [night]

Through the half life

Through the flame

Shhhh!

[Transition, sequencer comes bakc]

If I could...

Through this life less lifeline blind to the wind

See you walk

Break away

Set your spirit free...

I'd lead your heart away...

See you break, break away...

[Messed up redo above]

[Bridge]

Woo hoo

Woo hooo

Woo hooo-ooo

Woo hooo

Woo

[Transition]

Let it go-o

Uh huh

And so fade a-way ay ay

Let it go-ho

Uh -huh

And so faade away hey

Wide Awaaake

I'm wide awaaa-a-a-ake

Wide awaaaake!

Yeahhhh!

I'm not sleepin'

[Transition]

Oh no no no

I'm not sleepin'

Ooh ha

Oooh ooh oooh

[Transition]

If they should ask

Well maybe they!

Tell me what I should say

True colors fly

In blue and black

Through silken sky

And burnin' flag

Colors crash..

Colliiiiide in bloodshot eye-eyes

[Bridge]

Woo hoo

Wooo ho oooh oooh

If I could

You know I would

If I could

I would..

Let it go.....

[Tempo change]

This despera-tion

Sepera-tion

Jubilation

Rev-e-la-tion

In tempta-tion

Isola-tion

Desola-tion

Iso-la-tion

Let it go-ho.

Uh huh

And so faaade away-ay-ay

To let it go-ho

Uh huh

And so faaaaaaade

Faaaaaaade

Fade away

No, NO!

Fade awaay

Fade awaaay

[Bridge that lasts forever]

Let it go..

Go, Go

Don't let her go!

No, No

Let her go!

Ho! No

And so faade away-ay-ay

Let it go

Uh huh

And so faaade away away hey

Wide awaaaaaaaake

I'm Wide awaaaa-aaa-aaake-

Wide awaaake

Yeah heah

I'm not sleepin'

[Cheers]

[Transition]

Oh no no no

I'm not sleee-pin'

Hee

Hoo hoo

[Bono quoting from the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" ]

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

Whose gonna hang a name on you

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday

Whose gonna hang a name on-

You

Goodbye

Who's gonna hang

[Crowd]

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

[Bono, quoting from the Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil":]

Pleased to meet you

I Hope you guess my name

Ahhh yeah

I'm Pleased to meet ya

I Hope you get my name

Oh yeah!

[Back into Ruby Tuesday

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

[Bono says]

Goodbye

[Bad continues]

[Bridge]

[Outro, with Larry and Adam way ahead of Edge who wants to continue]

[Ends]

[Cheers]

["October" piano]

[Cheers, not very loud]

[Drum stick beat comes in]

Octoooober

Trees are stripped bare

From all they we-ear,

What do I care?

Oc-toberrr

Kingdoms rise

And Kingdoms faaall

But you go o-o-onnnnnn...

And oooooooooooon

And onnn-nnnnn-nnnnnn

You go onnnnnnnn

You go ooooooooon [echo as]

[New Year's Day starts with bass]

[Cheers]

[Bono shouts]

Yeah-eah ho hoooo-oooooooh

[Intro ends, segue to first verse piano ends]

[Guitar]

All is qui-et

On New Year's Daa-aay

A world in whiiite

Gets under waaay

I want to be with you , be with you

Night and daaaay-ay

Nothing changes on New Year's Daa-aaay

[Bridge]

On New Year's Daay

[Bono with Edge ahhh ahhhh four times throughout]

IIIII will be with youuu again

IIIII will be with you aaa-gain..

[Bridge]

[Bono]

Under a blood reddd sky-yyyy

A crowd has gathered

In black and whi-hite

Arms entwined

The chosen feeeew!

Newspaper says

Saays

Say it's true, it's truuuue

We can break through

Oh-hh!,

Torn in two,

We can be one

[Bono with Edge ahhh ahhhh-uh four times throughout]

III-I....I will begin again

[Bono yells]

Begin again!

[Cheers]

[Bridge]

[Crowd]

Whoa oh oh..

Oh whoa oh

[Piano Bridge]

[Cheers immediately after piano starts]

[Edge back on Guitar]

[Segue to next verse]

Uh huh,

Uh huh

Uh huh...

[Segie

[Bono with Edge ahhh ahhh-uh throughout]

Ohhh Maybe the time is right

Oooh maybe tonight

IIII will begin again

IIII will be with you again

[New Year's Day outro... then ends]

[Cheers]

[Bono says]

Thank you!

[Loud cheers]

Pride (In the name of love)!

[Cheers]

["Pride" starts]

[Segue into first verse]

One man come in the name of love

One man come and gooo...

One man come he to justify...

One man to overthroow

[Bono and Edge]

In the naaaame of lo-ove

What more in the name of lo-ohoohve

In the naaaame of lo-ove

What more

In the name of love

[Bono]

One man caught on a barbed wire fence

One man he resissst

One man washed

On an empty beach

One man betrayed with a kiss

[Bono and Edge:]

In the naaaame of looove

What more in the name of lo-o-hove

In the naaaame of lo-uh-uhve

What more in the name of love

[Bono]

Here we go

[Bridge]

[Tempo change]

Mmm-mmmm-mmmmm

Ohh ohhhh ohhhh

Buhhh oh ohhhhh

Oh oh oh oh

[Bono]

Early morning,

April four,

The shot rings out in the memphis skyyy

Free at last

They took your life

They could not take your priiiide

[Bono and Edge:]

In the naaaame

Of love

What more?

In the naaame of love?

[Edge]

In the naaaame of lo-o-ove

What moore in the name of love?

[Bono, with Edge on backup]

Oh oh oh ohhhhh

Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh ohoh

Oh oh oh oh

[Guitar, bass and drums]

[Crowd]

Oh oh oh oh

Oh whoa oh oh

Oh oh oh oh

Sing it for John Lennon!

Jimi Hendrix!

Marc Bolan

Jim Morrison

Steven Biko

Nelson Mandela

The Reverend Martin Luther King

Sing it for yourself

[Bono and Edge:]

In the naaame of looove!

What mooore in the name of lo-ove

[Edge]

In the naaame of lo-ove

What more in the name of loove

[Outro]

In the name of loooooooooooove!

[Drum crash out]

Goodnight. God bless you!

Thank you!

[Band leaves]

[Band returns to loud cheers for an encore]

Hello!

[Party Girl starts up guitar only]

I know a girl, a girl called Par-ty

[Crowd]

Par-ty girl-irl-irl

[Bono]

I know she wants more than a par-ty

[Crowd]

Party Girl-irl

But she won't tell me... her name

Oh no, not me]

[Other instruments, start]

[Bono in a falsetto]

Doo dooo, dooo dooo

Dooo dooo doo doo ooh

[Crowd]

Doo dooo dooo doo

[Bono normal]

I know a boy called

Trash... Trash can

I know he does alllll that he can

Wham bam

But he won't tell me ...his name

Oh no,

Not me..

[Bridge]

[Crowd]

Hey!

hEy!

[Bono]

Ladies and gentleman, Ted Nungent!

[Crowd continues]

[Bono verbalizing the guitar sounds]

Ba ba doo fah foo dah doo da

Ra raffle too fah doo dah oooh ma

Ra ba ba dah doo dah dah daaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, na na na

[Segue]

When I was three

I thought the world revolved around me I was

[Bono and Edge]

Wrooong

And so IIII

Siiiing along

And if you dance

Then-- dance with meee

I know a girl

A girl called par-ty

Party girl-irl

I know she wants more than a par-arty

Party girl-irl

I know a boy,

A boy called Trampoline

You know what I mean

I think I know what she waants

I think I know

What you

[Crowd]

want

[Crowd]

Hey

I think I know what you want

Hey

Hey!

Hey

[Bono]

Bad da the summer sun is coming up

I feel the

I feel so gay

Ba da so late now

The summer sun is coming up

Coming up

[Crowd]

Hey

Thank you very much

[Gloria starts immedieately]

This is Gloria!

TWO THREE FOURRRR!

Get up!

Up!

Ugh!

[Segue to first verse]

But I tried to sing this song

IIII

I tried to stand up

But I can't find my feet,

I tried

I tried to speak up

But only in you

I'm complete

[Bridge]

Glor-iaaaaa,

In te Domine

[Crowd]

Glor-iaaaa,

[Bono]

Exultate

Gloriaaa,

Gloria-a-ha

Oh mylord

Loosen my lips

LOOSEN 'EM!

Uhh

Loseen em

Pick it up Edge

Ha ha!

[Cheers]

[Bridge ends]

But III tried to sing this song

III

I tried to get in

But I can't find the door

The door is open

You're standing there

You let me innn

[Bridge]

[Crowd]

Gloriaaa

[Bono]

In te Domine

Glori-aaaa

Exulta teeeeeeee

[Transition]

Oh my lord...

If I had anything...

Anything at all

IIIII'd I give it to you [Echo]

III [Echo]

Well I'd give it to you

To you! [echo]

OOh ooh

Give it to YOU! [echo]

I'd give it to YOU! [echo]

Oh oh ooh ooh

[Bridge]

Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

[Crowd]

Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

[Bridge ends]

One of the nicesest human beings in the world!

Adam Clayton!

[Cheers]

[Bass solo with that little drum knock]

Larry Mullen Jr.

[Guitar]

This is the Edge

[Chers]

[Bono and Edge, slightly off one another]

Glor-iaaa

Gloria-aa-a

Glor-iaaa

Glor-ia-aa-a

Gloriaaaaa [Edge]

In te Domine In Celebre

Gloriaaaa

Glor-i-ahhh

Glorrr-iaaaa

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeay yeah

Gloriaaa

Gloriaaaaaaa

Gloriaaa

In te domine

Gloriaaa

[Ends]

Thank you, good night

[Cheers]

Thank you good night god bless you

[Band leave stage]

[Band return]

Well, uh, I think we have the whole world tonight

We're going to

We're going to write some songs for our next LP

And uh I don't care

We had five great acts play

I want to thank the faith brothers

Spirit Destiny

I want to thank REM for coming a long way

I want to thank these

Goodnight God Bless you this is "40"

[Cheers]

[40 begins, Adam and Edge switch instruments]

And I want to thank Billy Bragg

And of human kindness

I waited patiently for the lord

He inclined and heard my cry

He lift me out of the pits

Out of the mi-ry clay

[Tempo change]

[Bono and Edge]

I will sing

Sing a new song

I will siiiing

Sing a new soo-o-ong

[Bridge]

How longggg?

To sing this song?

Howw long?

To sing this song

How loooong?

[Bono]

Howww loooong?

To sing this song?

[Tempo change]

You set my feet upon a rock

You make my footsteps firm

[Bono and Edge]

Many will see

Many will see annnd hear

I will siiiiing..

Sing a new soooong

I will siiiing

Sing a new so-oong

[Bridge]

[Bono]

Sing it!

[Bono and Edge]

How looooong

To sing this soo-ong?

Hooww looong

To sing this song?

How loooooong?

How-ow looooong?

Hoooow loong?

[Bono]

To sing this song?

[Bridge ends]

Thank you

[Cheers]

[Instrumental]

[Crowd]

How loooong?

To sing this soong?

[Bono]

How looong

To sing this sooong?

How loooong

To sing this sooong?

Howww looooong

Feed the world

Let them know it's Christmas time

Feeed

The

Woooorld

Let them know that spring time has come

Hooooow Long

To sing this soong?

Hoooow loooong

To sing this soong?

We are the world

We are the children

We are the world

We are the children

Hoowww looong

To sing this song?

[Crowd]

Howww loooong

To sing this song?

Hoooow loooong

To sing this song?

Hooooow loooong

To sing this song?

Howww loooo-onng

To sing this song?

[Cheers as Adam makes a chug a chugga sound with the guitar]

Howw looong

To sing this song?

How loooong

To sing this song

How long

[Adam goes off on his guitar hero antics]

How long?

To sing this song?

How long

To sing this song?

How long

To sing this song?

Howw long?

To sing this song

Howw long?

To sing this song?

Howww long?

To sing this song

Howww long?

To sing htis song

[Drums and bass only]

How looooong

To sing this song

How looooong

To sing this song

Hoow long?

To sing this song?

Hoooow long?

To soing this song

Hooow long?

To sing this song

[Drums only

How long

To sing this song

How long

TO sing this song

HOw long to sing

To sing this song

How long to

Sing this song

HOw long

To sing this song

How long

To sing this song

How long

[Drums stop]

TO sing this song

[Cheers as Larry waves goodbye]

[Fireworks]

[Crowd leaves]

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