Dave
Dave'd called me up yesterday
Everything he loved had moved away
I felt despair come crawling through that phone
I know the feeling but don't get me wrong
Dave I've always thought that you were touched by fate
It's never easy but why throw it away?
Maybe you were both chasing this
Flirt with death but never kiss her,
Dave
Oh, I keep dreaming, I'll set the scene,
So what's a fiver? Why so mean?
The golden moment, the blinding gleam
It's all over, that's too cheap.
I see you bleed,
I know you feel the squeeze,
But please,
Believe,
The view from on your knees
Deceives
Keep going.
Dave,
I know you're empty, I know you're numb
And you can't function, I know that you're drunk
But Dave I've always felt that you were touched by fate
The thing that gets me is the stupid waste.
So pick it up and don't put it down,
A newer story in another town
I see you bleed
I know you feel the squeeze
Time heals
Believe,
Then it will seem you dreamed these things,
Long Ago.
Everything he loved had moved away
I felt despair come crawling through that phone
I know the feeling but don't get me wrong
Dave I've always thought that you were touched by fate
It's never easy but why throw it away?
Maybe you were both chasing this
Flirt with death but never kiss her,
Dave
Oh, I keep dreaming, I'll set the scene,
So what's a fiver? Why so mean?
The golden moment, the blinding gleam
It's all over, that's too cheap.
I see you bleed,
I know you feel the squeeze,
But please,
Believe,
The view from on your knees
Deceives
Keep going.
Dave,
I know you're empty, I know you're numb
And you can't function, I know that you're drunk
But Dave I've always felt that you were touched by fate
The thing that gets me is the stupid waste.
So pick it up and don't put it down,
A newer story in another town
I see you bleed
I know you feel the squeeze
Time heals
Believe,
Then it will seem you dreamed these things,
Long Ago.
Bob Geldof
℗1984 Phonogram Limited
Rain (US and Canada only version)
The rain came pouring down yesterday
And everything he loved got washed away
I felt despair come crawling through that phone
I know the feeling but don't get me wrong
And everything he loved got washed away
I felt despair come crawling through that phone
I know the feeling but don't get me wrong
Rain, I've always felt that they were touched by fate
It's never easy but why throw it away
Maybe they were both chasing this
Flirt with death, but never kiss her
Rain, Rain, Rain, Rain
The rain keeps falling
In steady streams
Of holy water
In times of grief
The flooded moments
The sea of peace
That cools the pain
And wipes you clean
The flooded moments
The sea of peace
That cools the pain
And wipes you clean
I see you bleed
I know you feel the squeeze
But please believe
The view from on your knees decieves
Keep falling...
Rain, Rain, Rain, Rain
I know your empty
I know your numb
(keep falling, keep falling, rain)
And you can't function
I know that your drunk
(keep falling, keep falling, rain)
The rain, I've always felt that they were touched by fate
The thing that gets me is the stupid waste
So pick it up and don't put it down
A newer story in another town
I see you bleed
I know you feel the squeeze
Time heals believe
Then it will seem you dreamed
These things long ago
Rain, Rain, Rain, Rain
And Rain, I see you bleed
I know you feel the squeeze
Time heals believe
Soon it will seem you dreamed
These things....
(keep falling, keep falling)
Rain.....rain
(keep falling, keep falling)
Rain...rain
(keep falling, keep falling)
Rain...rain
(keep falling, keep falling)
Rain...rain
(keep falling, keep falling)
Rain...rain
b/w Hard Times
Ahh, hard times
Hard times
And these are hard times
Ooh, getting better
Hard times
Ooh, ooh! Ooh!
I straighten out
And shake out that drag
You touch and go
But I'm catching you
Spare a dime
I nicked 1000p
It's taste is sweet
On bike
Now Billy grab the goods
You stash that cash
And you pedal away
The only act of revolution left
In this collective world
So, look, don't talk
Baby don't turn away
You look alright
And I feel O.K
If things are like this
Then maybe we'll stay
Turn away
Turn away
Turn away, yeah, yeah
Well I'm dressed in blue
Oh, she stops the street
The day rolls up
And all the bulls see red
Like that pole
And taste the ground below
It's taste is sweet
Brush your tooth
And wipe the night away
It's taste is sour, the dreams of fright
But I swear
Oh I swear right now
Ain't it bittersweet
(I think that I believe)
Yeah, look, don't talk
Don't turn away
You look alright
And I feel O.K
If things are like this
Then maybe we'll stay
Turn away
Don't turn away
Turn away, yeah, yeah
These are hard times
Ooh, getting better
Hard times
Ooh, we're getting better
Hard times
Ooh, getting better
Hard times
Ooh, we're getting better now
(Oooh!)
Oh, I've been lying
In the long grass too long
Pushing back, the psychic waste
Hit that switch
And knock the daylights out
Taste is sweet
Oh walk away
Walking through that door
It's open wide
All other options closed
Let me say
Oh let me say right here
I'll dig my ditch
And keep my head down through these
Hard times
Ooh, getting better
Hard times
Ooh, we're getting better
Hard times
Ooh, we're getting better
Hard times
Ooh, they're getting better
Now
Hard times (times, times, times….)
Hard times
And these are hard times
Ooh, getting better
Hard times
Ooh, ooh! Ooh!
I straighten out
And shake out that drag
You touch and go
But I'm catching you
Spare a dime
I nicked 1000p
It's taste is sweet
On bike
Now Billy grab the goods
You stash that cash
And you pedal away
The only act of revolution left
In this collective world
So, look, don't talk
Baby don't turn away
You look alright
And I feel O.K
If things are like this
Then maybe we'll stay
Turn away
Turn away
Turn away, yeah, yeah
Well I'm dressed in blue
Oh, she stops the street
The day rolls up
And all the bulls see red
Like that pole
And taste the ground below
It's taste is sweet
Brush your tooth
And wipe the night away
It's taste is sour, the dreams of fright
But I swear
Oh I swear right now
Ain't it bittersweet
(I think that I believe)
Yeah, look, don't talk
Don't turn away
You look alright
And I feel O.K
If things are like this
Then maybe we'll stay
Turn away
Don't turn away
Turn away, yeah, yeah
These are hard times
Ooh, getting better
Hard times
Ooh, we're getting better
Hard times
Ooh, getting better
Hard times
Ooh, we're getting better now
(Oooh!)
Oh, I've been lying
In the long grass too long
Pushing back, the psychic waste
Hit that switch
And knock the daylights out
Taste is sweet
Oh walk away
Walking through that door
It's open wide
All other options closed
Let me say
Oh let me say right here
I'll dig my ditch
And keep my head down through these
Hard times
Ooh, getting better
Hard times
Ooh, we're getting better
Hard times
Ooh, we're getting better
Hard times
Ooh, they're getting better
Now
Hard times (times, times, times….)
Bob Geldof
℗1984 Phonogram Limited