Drag Me Down
Drag me down in colors pink and gold
(Like a ship that's going under..
Bring me home in rain and thunder)
Bless the night before the day grows old
(Like a ship that's going under...
Bring me home in rain and thunder)
Drag me down in colors pink and gold
(Like a ship that's going under...
I'll be home in rain and thunder)
Bless the night before the day grows old
(With pink and...With pink and gold)
It's just a moment of terror
A fraction of bliss
Your hearts in my mouth and
My soul's in your wrist
I love you I think
But is it always like this with you?
Tuck me up with stories I've been told
(Like a ship that's going under...
I'll be home in rain and thunder)
Then wake me up with days that come and go
(With pink and...With pink and...With pink and gold)
And when the record is over
The passion's been spent
The movie winds down and says "The End" in French
I'll turn on the lights
But do I have to pretend it's true?
I love you....oh, oh, oh, oh...
and...
I need you...oh, oh, oh, oh...
Drag me down, Drag me down, oh, oh, oh, oh...
Drag me down, Drag me down, oh, oh, oh, oh...
Drag me down in colors pink and gold.
Bring me home in rain and thunder)
Bless the night before the day grows old
(Like a ship that's going under...
Bring me home in rain and thunder)
Drag me down in colors pink and gold
(Like a ship that's going under...
I'll be home in rain and thunder)
Bless the night before the day grows old
(With pink and...With pink and gold)
It's just a moment of terror
A fraction of bliss
Your hearts in my mouth and
My soul's in your wrist
I love you I think
But is it always like this with you?
Tuck me up with stories I've been told
(Like a ship that's going under...
I'll be home in rain and thunder)
Then wake me up with days that come and go
(With pink and...With pink and...With pink and gold)
And when the record is over
The passion's been spent
The movie winds down and says "The End" in French
I'll turn on the lights
But do I have to pretend it's true?
I love you....oh, oh, oh, oh...
and...
I need you...oh, oh, oh, oh...
Drag me down, Drag me down, oh, oh, oh, oh...
Drag me down, Drag me down, oh, oh, oh, oh...
Drag me down in colors pink and gold.
Bob Geldof
℗1984 Phonogram Limited
Alternative US only lyrics
Drag me down in colors pink and gold
(Like a ship that's going under..
I'll be home in rain and thunder)
Bless the night before the day grows old
(Like a ship that's going under...
I'll be home in rain and thunder)
I'll be home in rain and thunder)
Bless the night before the day grows old
(Like a ship that's going under...
I'll be home in rain and thunder)
Do it
Dragin me down
Dragin me down
Oh o oh
Oh o oh
Dragin me down
Dragin me down
Oh o oh
Oh o oh
You’re mother’s a bitch
Never wanna be kissed by a stoneAnd ya bring up the beat
And you turn up the heat
Go, go
There’s some that have said, hey man drop dead
Well he should knowBut there’s a part of my head that stays here in bed
When I goAnd so I was
Talking all night I was thinking like this
Your heart’s in my mouth and my soul’s in my wristI love you I think
But is it always like this with you?
But is it always like this with you?
Its
Dragin me down
Dragin me downOh o oh
Oh o oh
Dragin me down
Dragin me down
We go Oh o oh
Oh o oh
Tuck me up with stories I've been told
(Like a ship that's going under...
Take me home in rain and thunder)
Then wake me up with days that come and go
(In pink and...In pink and...in pink and gold)
And when the record is over
The passion's been spent
The movie winds down and says "The End" in French
I'll turn on the lights
But do I have to pretend it's true?
(Like a ship that's going under...
Take me home in rain and thunder)
Then wake me up with days that come and go
(In pink and...In pink and...in pink and gold)
And when the record is over
The passion's been spent
The movie winds down and says "The End" in French
I'll turn on the lights
But do I have to pretend it's true?
Hey come here I want to talk tonight
What to talk about?
Talk anything but talk loud
I’ve been thinking again
My mind is starting to believe
The brain is kicking where the body’s been
Where’s the beat up DJ
He can’t be loose
I think I’ll go home now
I think I’m no use
De de de de
De de de de
Oh o oh
Oh o oh
De de de de
De de de de
Oh o oh
Oh o oh
Say what
De de de de
Oh o oh
Oh o oh
Dragin me down
Dragin me down
Oh o oh
Oh o oh
Dragin me down
Dragin me down
We go Oh o oh
b/w An Icicle In The Sun
I know you're brilliant and young
You're like an icicle in the sun
You sparkle and you shine, okay
And one day soon you'll melt away
Fade away, melt away
Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...
Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...
It's 6'o clock, and growing colder
And nobody looks out on the bay
But now they're sparking up the window
Well I can see her cry
The water glistening in her eye
Trickle down and caught the line
And crash down, quenching-
Yeah you're brilliant and young
But no one said it's any fun
I know you heard somebody say
"Every dog must have it's day," -It's not your day, bark away
Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...
Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...
It's 8'o clock, I'm growing older
She wonders why they stay away
It just don't fit in like it used to
The meter's running out
She gets another shooting-out
She sighs and then she settles down
Another evening...
I know you're brilliant and young
You burst and now your time has come
Where I stand to look, okay
Well I remember you this way, come this way, don't delay
Play the worn out tape, the one that has you smiling
Play the parts with ease, where even they survive
Turn the volume down, and all the old excuses
The ones that said "I Do"
I would if I could, it's true
'Cause when you're old there's nothing new
But just remember
When you're brilliant and young
It's sad to see what you've become
And you just want to shake and shout
Leave somewhere, they're going out
And straighten them among the crowd
The cobbles in the blackest shroud, ooh ooh
When you're brilliant and young
You're like an icicle in the sun, number one, rule of thumb
Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...
You sparkle and you shine, okay
And one day soon you'll melt away
Fade away, melt away
Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...
Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...
It's 6'o clock, and growing colder
And nobody looks out on the bay
But now they're sparking up the window
Well I can see her cry
The water glistening in her eye
Trickle down and caught the line
And crash down, quenching-
Yeah you're brilliant and young
But no one said it's any fun
I know you heard somebody say
"Every dog must have it's day," -It's not your day, bark away
Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...
Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...
It's 8'o clock, I'm growing older
She wonders why they stay away
It just don't fit in like it used to
The meter's running out
She gets another shooting-out
She sighs and then she settles down
Another evening...
I know you're brilliant and young
You burst and now your time has come
Where I stand to look, okay
Well I remember you this way, come this way, don't delay
Play the worn out tape, the one that has you smiling
Play the parts with ease, where even they survive
Turn the volume down, and all the old excuses
The ones that said "I Do"
I would if I could, it's true
'Cause when you're old there's nothing new
But just remember
When you're brilliant and young
It's sad to see what you've become
And you just want to shake and shout
Leave somewhere, they're going out
And straighten them among the crowd
The cobbles in the blackest shroud, ooh ooh
When you're brilliant and young
You're like an icicle in the sun, number one, rule of thumb
Do, do do do, do do do do, do do do...
Bob Geldof
℗1984 Phonogram Limited
b/w Up All Night (bonus track on UK 12" release)
Up all night
Ooh za za
Ooh staying up all night
African jungle
Big city street
The only real difference is in
The people you meet
Up all night
Ooh za za
Ooh staying up all night
It's an agreeable town
It's neat and sedate
Why even the muggers are off
The streets by eight
Up all night
Ooh za za
Ooh staying up all night
Say it ain't so Joe, say it ain't so Joe
Polite and well spoken
Well heeded and well sane
They know they're alive
When they start to feel pain
You're staying up all night
Ooh za za
Ooh staying up all night
Up all night
Ooh za za
Ooh staying up all night
Say it ain't so Joe, say it ain't so Joe
Big city jungle
African street
The only real difference is in
The people they meet
Ooh za za
Ooh staying up all night
African jungle
Big city street
The only real difference is in
The people you meet
Up all night
Ooh za za
Ooh staying up all night
It's an agreeable town
It's neat and sedate
Why even the muggers are off
The streets by eight
Up all night
Ooh za za
Ooh staying up all night
Say it ain't so Joe, say it ain't so Joe
Polite and well spoken
Well heeded and well sane
They know they're alive
When they start to feel pain
You're staying up all night
Ooh za za
Ooh staying up all night
Up all night
Ooh za za
Ooh staying up all night
Say it ain't so Joe, say it ain't so Joe
Big city jungle
African street
The only real difference is in
The people they meet
Bob Geldof
© 1981 Phonogram Ltd.