Staring at the sun acoustic — U2
STARING AT THE SUN (Acoustic)
Music by U2 - Lyrics by Bono and The Edge
Tune Down Your Guitar 1/2 Step - Use Acoustic Guitar
Bono Verse
Summer stretching on the grass Summer dresses pass In the shade of a willow tree Creeps a crawling over me Over me and over you Stuck together with God's glue
It's going to get stickier too
It's been a long hot summer Let's get undercover Don't try too hard to think Don't think at all
I'm not the only one Starin' at the sun Afraid of what you'd find
If you took a look inside
Repeat
Not just deaf and dumb I'm staring at the sun Not the only one
Who's happy to go blind
There's an insect in your ear If you scratch it won't disappear It's gonna itch and burn and sting Do you want to see what the scratching brings? Waves that leave me out of reach Breaking on your back like a beach
Will we ever live in peace?
'Cause those that can't do often have to Those that can't do often have to preach
To the ones Starin' at the sun Afraid of what you'd find
If you took a look inside
Repeat
Not just deaf and dumb I'm staring at the sun Not the only one Who'd rather go blind
Intransigence is all around Military still in town Armour plated suits and ties Daddy just won't say goodbye Referee won't blow the whistle God is good but will He listen? I'm nearly great But there's something I'm missing
I left in the duty fee Though you never really belonged to me
You're not the only one Starin' at the sun Afraid of what you'd find
If you stepped back inside
Repeat
I'm not sucking my thumb I'm staring at the sun Not the only one
Who's happy to go blind
Repeat
Happy to go blind Happy to go blind
Happy to go... blind
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