The Hands That Built America
by U2

Album: The Best of 1990-2000 (2002)
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  • Oh my love
    It's a long way we've come
    From the freckled hills
    To the steel and glass canyons

    From the stony fields
    To hanging steel from skies
    From digging in our pockets
    For a reason not to say goodbye

    These are the hands that built America
    Ah, ah, ah, America

    Last saw your face
    In a water colored sky
    As sea birds argue a long goodbye

    I took your kiss
    On the spray of a new lined star
    You gotta live in your dreams
    Don't make them so hard

    And these are the hands that built America
    Ah, ah, ah, America

    Of all of the promises
    Is this one we can keep
    Of all of the dreams
    Is this one still out of reach?

    It's early fall
    There's a cloud in the New York skyline
    Innocence dragged across a yellow line

    These are the hands that built America
    These are the hands that built America
    Ah, ah, ah, America
    Ah, ah, ah, America Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, LARRY MULLEN, PAUL HEWSON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Acrobat from Adelaide, AustraliaBono also sings a song in Gaelic that appears during Gangs of New york, it is a very haunting melody and I hit rewind several times to hear it.
  • Angela from Hagerstown, Mdew. Eminem. Horrible loss there.
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