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Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Lyrics By U2

    green light seven eleven
    you stop in for a pack of cigarettes
    you don’t smoke don’t even want to
    hey now check your change
    dressed up like a car crash
    your wheels are turnin’ but you’re upside down

    pre
    you say when he hits you you don’t mind
    because when he hurts you you feel alive
    oh no is that what it is

    red lights grey morning
    you stumble out of a hole in the ground
    a vampire or a victim
    it depends on who’s around
    you used to stay in to watch the adverts
    you could lipsynch to the talk shows

    pre
    and if you look you look through me
    and when you talk you talk at me
    and when i touch you you don’t feel a thing

    if i could stay then the night would give you up
    stay and the day would keep its trust
    stay and the night would be enough

    faraway so close
    up with the static and the radio
    with satellite television
    you can go anywhere
    miami new orleans
    london belfast and berlin

    pre
    and if you listen i can’t call
    and if you jump you just might fall
    and if you shout i’ll only hear you

    if i could stay then the night would give you up
    stay and the day would keep its trust
    stay with the demons you drowned
    stay with the spirit i found
    stay and the night would be enough

    4
    three o’clock in the morning
    it’s quiet there’s no one around
    just the bang and the clatter
    as an angel runs to ground
    just the bang and the clatter
    as an angel hits the ground

    Artist: U2

    Year: 1994

    Decade: 90s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 132