Achtung Baby
 
 
1. Zoo Station (4:36)
2. Even Better Than the Real Thing (3:41)
3. One (4:36)
4. Until The End of The World (4:39)
5. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (5:16)
6. So Cruel (5:49)
7. The Fly (4:29)
8. Mysterious Ways (4:04)
9. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World (3:53)
10. Ultraviolet (Light My Way) (5:31)
11. Acrobat (4:30)
12. Love is Blindness (4:23)
 
 

Zoo Station
 
 

     I'm ready
     I'm ready for the laughing gas
     I'm ready
     I'm ready for what's next
     I'm ready to duck
     I'm ready to dive
     I'm ready to say
     I'm glad to be alive
     I'm ready
     I'm ready for the push

     The cool of the night
     The warmth of the breeze
     I'll be crawling 'round
     On my hands and knees

     Just down the line... Zoo Station
     Gotta make it on time... Zoo Station

     I'm ready
     I'm ready for the gridlock
     I'm ready... to take it to the street
     I'm ready for the shuffle
     Ready for the deal
     Ready to let go of the steering wheel
     I'm ready
     Ready for the crush

     (She's just down the line)... Zoo Station
     (Got to make it on time)... Zoo Station

     Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright
     It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, It's alright
     Hey baby, hey baby, hey baby, hey baby
     It's alright, it's alright

     (Alright, you can turn it up)

     Time is a train
     Makes the future the past
     Leaves you standing in the station
     Your face pressed up against the glass

     I'm just down the line from your love... (Zoo Station)
     You know I'm under the sign... (Zoo Station)
     I've gotta make it on time
     Make it on time... (Zoo Station)
     That's alright... (Zoo Station)
     Just two stops down the line... (Zoo Station)
     Just a stop down the line...
 

 
 
Even Better Than the Real Thing
 
 

     Give me one more chance
     And you'll be satisfied
     Give me two more chances
     You won't be denied

     Well my heart is where it's always been
     My head is somewhere in between
     Give me one more chance
     Let me be your lover tonight

     (Check it out)

     You're the real thing
     Yeah the real thing
     You're the real thing
     Even better than the real thing
     Child...

     Give me one last chance
     And I'm gonna make you sing
     Give me half a chance
     To ride on the waves that you bring

     You're honey child to a swarm of bees
     Gonna blow right through you like a breeze
     Give me one last dance
     We'll slide down the surface of things

     You're the real thing
     Yeah the real thing
     You're the real thing
     Even better than the real thing
     Child...

     We're free to fly the crimson sky
     The sun won't melt our wings tonight

     Oh now... here she comes

     Take me higher
     Take me higher
     You take me higher
     You take me higher

     You're the real thing
     Yeah the real thing
     You're the real thing
     Even better than the real thing
     Even better than the real thing
     Even better than the real thing
 

 
  
One
 
 

     Is it getting better
     Or do you feel the same
     Will it make it easier on you now
     You got someone to blame
     You say...

     One love
     One life
     When it's one need
     In the night
     One love
     We get to share it
     Leaves you baby if you
     Don't care for it

     Did I disappoint you
     Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
     You act like you never had love
     And you want me to go without
     Well it's...

     Too late
     Tonight
     To drag the past out into the light
     We're one, but we're not the same
     We get to
     Carry each other
     Carry each other
     One...

     Have you come here for forgiveness
     Have you come to raise the dead
     Have you come here to play Jesus
     To the lepers in your head

     Did I ask too much
     More than a lot
     You gave me nothing
     Now it's all I got
     We're one
     But we're not the same
     Well we
     Hurt each other
     Then we do it again
     You say
     Love is a temple
     Love a higher law
     Love is a temple
     Love the higher law
     You ask me to enter
     But then you make me crawl
     And I can't be holding on
     To what you got
     When all you got is hurt

     One love
     One blood
     One life
     You got to do what you should
     One life
     With each other
     Sisters
     Brothers
     One life
     But we're not the same
     We get to
     Carry each other
     Carry each other

     One... life

     One
 

 
 
Until The End Of The World
 
 

     Haven't seen you in quite a while
     I was down the hold just passing time
     Last time we met was a low-lit room
     We were as close together as a bride and groom
     We ate the food, we drank the wine
     Everybody having a good time
     Except you
     You were talking about the end of the world

     I took the money
     I spiked your drink
     You miss too much these days if you stop to think
     You lead me on with those innocent eyes
     You know I love the element of surprise
     In the garden I was playing the tart
     I kissed your lips and broke your heart
     You... you were acting like it was
     The end of the world

     (Love... love...)

     In my dream I was drowning my sorrows
     But my sorrows, they learned to swim
     Surrounding me, going down on me
     Spilling over the brim
     Waves of regret and waves of joy
     I reached out for the one I tried to destroy
     You... you said you'd wait
     'til the end of the world
 

 

Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
 
 

     You're dangerous 'cause you're honest
     You're dangerous, you don't know what you want
     Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot
     For any spirit to haunt

     Hey hey sha la la
     Hey hey

     You're an accident waiting to happen
     You're a piece of glass left there on the beach
     Well you tell me things I know you're not supposed to
     Then you leave me just out of reach

     Hey hey sha la la
     Hey hey sha la la

     Who's gonna ride your wild horses
     Who's gonna drown in your blue sea
     Who's gonna ride your wild horses
     Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee

     Well you stole it 'cause I needed the cash
     And you killed it 'cause I wanted revenge
     Well you lied to me 'cause I asked you to
     Baby, can we still be friends

     Hey hey sha la la
     Hey hey sha la la

     Who's gonna ride your wild horses
     Who's gonna drown in your blue sea
     Who's gonna ride your wild horses
     Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee

     Oh, the deeper I spin
     Oh, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin
     Took a drive in the dirty rain
     To a place where the wind calls your name
     Under the trees the river laughing at you and me
     Hallelujah, heavens white rose
     The doors you open
     I just can't close

     Don't turn around, don't turn around again
     Don't turn around, your gypsy heart
     Don't turn around, don't turn around again
     Don't turn around, and don't look back
     Come on now love, don't you look back

     Who's gonna ride your wild horses
     Who's gonna drown in your blue sea
     Who's gonna taste your salt water kisses
     Who's gonna take the place of me

     Who's gonna ride your wild horses
     Who's gonna tame the heart of thee
 

 
 
So Cruel
 
 

     We crossed the line
     Who pushed who over
     It doesn't matter to you
     It matters to me

     We're cut adrift
     But still floating
     I'm only hanging on
     To watch you go down
     My love

     I disappeared in you
     You disappeared from me
     I gave you everything you ever wanted
     It wasn't what you wanted

     The men who love you, you hate the most
     They pass right through you like a ghost
     They look for you but your spirit is in the air
     Baby, you're nowhere

     Oh... love... you say in love there are no rules
     Oh... love... sweetheart...
     You're so cruel

     Desparation is a tender trap
     It gets you every time
     You put your lips to her lips
     To stop the lie

     Her skin is pale like God's only dove
     Screams like an angel for your love
     Then she makes you watch her from above
     And you need her like a drug

     Oh... love... you say in love there are no rules
     Oh... love... sweetheart...
     You're so cruel

     She wears my love like a see-through dress
     Her lips say one thing
     Her movements something else
     Oh love...like a screaming flower
     Love... dying every hour... love

     You don't know if it's fear or desire
     Danger the drug that takes you higher
     Head in heaven, fingers in the mire

     Her heart is racing, you can't keep up
     The night is bleeding like a cut
     Between the horses of love and lust
     We are trampled underfoot

     Oh... love... you say in love there are no rules
     Oh... love... sweetheart...
     You're so cruel

     Oh... love... to stay with you I'd be a fool
     Sweetheart... you're so cruel
 

 
 
The Fly
 
 
 
Low Voice Gospel Voice
      (Oh, baby child)

      It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
      It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight
      They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by a moon
      You know I don't see you when she walks in the room

      It's no secret that a friend is someone who lets you help
      It's no secret that a liar won't believe anyone else
      They say a secret is something you tell one other person
      So I'm telling you... child
 

A man will beg   
A man will crawl  
On the sheer face of love  
Like a fly on a wall  
It's no secret at all 
Love... we shine like a  
burning star  
We're falling from  
the sky... tonight 
 
      It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest
      It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success
      Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief
      All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief
      Oh love...
 
A man will rise  
A man will fall  
From the sheer face of love  
Like a fly from a wall  
It's no secret at all 
Love... we shine like a  
burning star  
We're falling from  
the sky... tonight 
      
      (Achtung Baby)
 
      (Love... we shine like a burning star)
      (We're falling from the sky... tonight)
 
A man will rise  
A man will fall  
From the sheer face of love  
Like a fly from a wall  
It's no secret at all 
Love... we shine like a  
burning star  
We're falling from  
the sky... tonight 
 
      It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
      The universe exploded 'cause of one man's lie
      Look, I gotta go, yeah I'm running outta change
      There's a lot of things, if I could I'd rearrange
 
 
 
Mysterious Ways
 
 

     Johnny take a walk with your sister the moon
     Let her pale light in to fill up your room
     You've been living underground
     Eating from a can
     You've been running away
     From what you don't understand...
     Love

     She's slippy
     You're sliding down
     She'll be there when you hit the ground

     It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
     She moves in mysterious ways
     It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
     She moves in mysterious ways

     Johnny take a dive with your sister in the rain
     Let her talk about the things you can't explain
     To touch is to heal
     To hurt is to steal
     If you want to kiss the sky
     Better learn how to kneel

     (on your knees boy)

     She's the wave
     She turns the tide
     She sees the man inside the child

     It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
     She moves in mysterious ways
     It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
     She moves in mysterious ways
     It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
     Lift my days, light up my nights

     One day you will look... back
     And you'll see... where
     You were held... how
     By this love... while
     You could stand... there
     You could move on this moment
     Follow this feeling

     It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
     She moves in mysterious ways
     It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
     She moves in mysterious ways
     It's alright, it's alright, it's alright

     We move through miracle days
     Spirit moves in mysterious ways
     She moves with it
     She moves with it
     Lift my days, light up my nights
 

 
 
Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
 
 

     Six o'clock in the morning
     You're the last to hear the warning
     You've been trying to throw your arms
     Around the world
     You've been falling off the sidewalk
     Your lips move but you can't talk
     Tryin' to throw your arms around the world

     I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
     Be still
     I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
     Woman I will

     Sunrise like a nosebleed
     Your head hurts and you can't breathe
     You been tryin' to throw you arms around the world
     How far you gonna go
     Before you lose your way back home
     You've been trying to throw your arms
     Around the world

     I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
     Woman be still
     I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
     Woman I will

     Yeah, I dreamed that I saw Dali
     With a supermarket trolley
     He was trying to throw his arms around a girl
     He took an open top beetle
     Through the eye of a needle
     He was tryin' to throw his arms around the world

     I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
     Woman be still
     I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
     Oh, Woman I will

     (And you just gotta, you just gotta make your faith... see...)

     Nothin' much to say I guess
     Just the same as all the rest
     Been trying to throw your arms around the world
     And a woman needs a man
     Like a fish needs a bicycle
     When you're tryin' to throw your arms around the world

     I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
     I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
     I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
     Woman be still
     Woman be still
     Be still
     Woman be still
     Woman I will
 

 
 
Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
 
 

     Sometimes I feel like I don't know
     Sometimes I feel like checkin' out
     I want to get it wrong
     Can't always be strong
     And love it won't be long...

     Oh sugar, don't you cry
     Oh child, wipe the tears from your eyes
     You know I need you to be strong
     And the day is as dark as the night is long
     Feel like trash, you make me feel clean
     I'm in the black, can't see or be seen

     Baby, baby, baby... light my way
     (alright now)
     Baby, baby, baby... light my way

     You bury your treasure
     Where it can't be found
     But your love is like a secret
     That's been passed around
     There is a silence that comes to a house
     Where no one can sleep
     I guess it's the price of love
     I know it's not cheap

     (oh, come on)
     Baby, baby, baby... light my way
     (oh, come on)
     Baby, baby, baby... light my way

     Oh... ultraviolet...
     Ultraviolet...
     Ultraviolet...
     Ultraviolet...

     Baby, baby, baby... light my way

     I remember
     When we could sleep on stones
     Now we lie together
     In whispers and moans
     When I was all messed up
     And I had opera in my head
     Your love was a light bulb
     Hanging over my bed

     Baby, baby, baby... light my way
     (oh, come on)
     Baby, baby, baby... light my way

     Ultraviolet...
     Ultraviolet...
     Ultraviolet...
     Ultraviolet...      
 
     Baby, baby, baby...
     Baby, baby, baby...
     Baby, baby, baby... light my way
     Baby, baby, baby... light my way
     Baby, baby, baby... light my way
 
     Baby, baby, baby... light my way
 

 
 
Acrobat
 
 

     Don't believe what you hear
     Don't believe what you see
     If you just close your eyes
     You can feel the enemy
     When I first met you girl
     You had fire in your soul
     What happened your face
     Of melting in snow
     Now it looks like this

     And you can swallow
     Or you can spit
     You can throw it up
     Or choke on it
     And you can dream
     So dream out loud
     You know that your time is coming 'round
     So don't let the bastards grind you down

     No, nothing makes sense
     Nothing seems to fit
     I know you'd hit out
     If you only knew who to hit
     And I'd join the movement
     If there was one I could believe in
     Yeah I'd break bread and wine
     If there was a church I could receive in
     'cause I need it now

     To take a cup
     To fill it up
     To drink it slow
     I can't let you go
     I must be an acrobat
     To talk like this
     And act like that
     And you can dream
     So dream out loud
     And don't let the bastards grind you down

     Oh, it hurts baby
     (What are we going to do now it's all been said)
     (No new ideas in the house and every book has been read)

     And I must be an acrobat
     To talk like this
     And act like that
     And you can dream
     So dream out loud
     And you can find
     Your own way out
     You can build
     And I can will
     And you can call
     I can't wait until
     You can stash
     And you can seize
     In dreams begin
     Responsibilities
     And I can love
     And I can love
     And I know that the tide is turning 'round
     So don't let the bastards grind you down
 

 
 
Love Is Blindness
 
 

     Love is blindness
     I don't want to see
     Won't you wrap the night
     Around me
     Oh my heart
     Love is blindness

     In a parked car
     In a crowded street
     You see your love
     Made complete
     Thread is ripping
     The knot is slipping
     Love is blindness

     Love is clockworks
     And cold steel
     Fingers too numb to feel
     Squeeze the handle
     Blow out the candle
     Love is blindness

     Love is blindness
     I don't want to see
     Won't you wrap the night
     Around me
     Oh my love
     Blindness

     A little death
     Without mourning
     No call
     And no warning
     Baby... a dangerous idea
     That almost makes sense

     Love is drowning
     In a deep well
     All the secrets
     And no one to tell
     Take the money
     Honey
     Blindness

     Love is blindness
     I don't want to see
     Won't you wrap the night
     Around me
     Oh my love
     Blindness