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"Red Hill Mining Town"

from The Joshua Tree

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 heart 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 runs 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 / 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 hanging on / You're all that's left to hold on to / I'm hanging on / You're all that's left to hold on to / We see our love slowly stripped away / Our love, has seen a better day / 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 / See the lights go down on Red Hill Town / See lights go down on Red Hill Town