THE PLAYBOY MANSION
Lyrics: Bono and The Edge. Music: U2.
If Coke... is a mystery
Michael Jackson... history
If beauty... is truth
And surgery... the fountain of youth
What am I to do
Have I got the gifts to get me through
The gates of that mansion
If OJ... is more than a drink
And a Big Mac... bigger than you think
If perfume is an obsession
And talk shows... confession
What have we got to lose?
Another push and maybe we'll be through
The gates of that mansion
I never bought a Lotto ticket
I never parked in anyone's space
The banks they're like cathedrals
I guess casinos took their place
Love, come on down
Don't wake her, she'll come around
Chance is a kind of religion
Where you're damned for plain hard luck
I never did see that movie
I never did read that book
Love come on down...
Let my numbers come around
Don't know if I can hold on...
Don't know if I'm that strong...
Don't know if I can wait that long
Till the colours come flashing
And the lights go on...
Then will there be no time of sorrow
Then will there be no time of shame
And though I can't say why
I know I've got to believe
We'll go driving in that pool
It's who you know that get you through
The gates of the Playboy Mansion
Then will there be no time of sorrow
Then will there be no time of pain
Then will there be no time of sorrow
Then will there be no time of shame
Produced by Flood and Howie B. Recorded by Alan Moulder. Assisted by Rob Kirwan. Mixed by Howie B. Assited by Rob Kirwan. Inspirational decks: Howie B. Kits and loops: Larry Mullen. Keyboards: Flood. Contains excerpts from "You Showed Me" written by G. Clark and R. McGuinn, published by Gene Clark/Bug Music and Tickson Music (BMI). Used by permission. Copyright Polygram International Music. (4:40)
