Red Hill Mining Town Lyrics by U2

Red Hill Mining Town

From Father to Son
The blood runs thin
Our faces frozen [still] against the wind
The seam is split
The coal face cracked
The lines are long
And there's no going back
Through hands of steel
And a heat of stone
Our labour day has come and gone

And you leave us holding on
In Red Hill Town
As the lights go down
I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
I'm holding 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 you
Because you keep me holding on
In Red Hill Town as the lights go down
I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
I'm holding on
You're all that's left to hold on to

And we scorch the earth
Set fire to the sky
Stoop so low to reach so high
A link is lost
The chain undone
Now we wait all day
For the night to come
And it comes
And it comes
Like a hunter [child]
I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
I'm holding on
You're all that's left to hold on to
We see love slowly stripped away
Our love
has seen a better day
I'm holding on
You're all that's left to hold on to
See the lights go down on Red Hill Town
See lights go down on Red Hill Town