Simple Minds - And The Band Played On Lyrics
Sweetest angel came downTook me by the handSaid Ive got things to offer youHelp you understandIf the bombs dont get youIll roll with you tonightAll these things inside your headYouve got to get it rightAnd the band played onSpirits of the cityWere calling out my nameWhen jealous guys break down and cryThey got themselves to blameIf the bombs dont get youTake courage in the nightAll those dreams inside your headYouve got to get it rightStill the band played onAnd the band played onThe room was getting hotterAnd someone hit the lightThere was power in the darknessThere was violence in the nightAnd the golden sons and daughtersThey were coming up for airYou were standing with your back to meAnd a halo round your hairAnd the questions there were manyLike how can you surviveWhen its the momentYouve been waiting forThis is the moment of your lifeSo every dreamer pass me byWith a fix me jesus stare in his eyesI was born to liveI was born to dieWith the queen of soulAnd the king of lightAll the power in the landPull me through to the shadowlandI was driven by some hidden handIts the greatest gift of allAnd the band played onShake the ghost within youGet up, meet up, the rising sunCos the old days theyre the dying daysAnd the new days just begunAt the end of every partyHear the singer sing his songMay his heart stay young foreverAnd the dream still lingers onI want to dieI want to live againI want to keep on keeping onThey say a coward dies a thousand timesBut the brave they die just onceSo walk to me, talk to meHold me now spectre of loveTheres a coolness under fireAnd a universal loveAnd the band played onPlayed on, played onWritten by : kerr/burchill reproduced without permission
