Bullet the Blue Sky by U2
Bullet the Blue Sky by U2

Bullet the Blue Sky

U2 * Track #4 On The Joshua Tree

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Bullet the Blue Sky by U2

Release Date
Mon Mar 09 1987
Performed by
U2
Produced by
Daniel Lanois & Brian Eno
Writed by
Bono & The Edge (Guitarist) & Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.
About

“Bullet the Blue Sky” is one of the band’s most overtly political songs, condemning US foreign policy for causing unrest in Central America in the 1980s. The song includes references to Biblical passages.

Bono traveled to El Salvador and witnessed villages being firebombed, and this experience insp...

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Bullet the Blue Sky Lyrics

[Verse 1]
In the howlin' wind
Comes a stingin' rain
See it drivin' nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain
From the firefly
A red orange glow
See the face of fear
Runnin' scared in the valley below

[Chorus]
Whoo, whooo
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue

[Verse 2]
In the locust wind
Comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome
You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire
We see them burnin' crosses
See the flames, higher and higher

[Chorus]
Whoo, whooo
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue, oh
Bullet the blue, oh

[Verse 3]
So this guy comes up to me
His face red like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colours of a royal flush
And he's peelin' off those dollar bills
Slappin' 'em down
One hundred, two hundred
And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see those fighter planes

[Verse 4]
Across the mud huts as children sleep
Through the alleys of a quiet city street
And take the staircase to the first floor
Turn the key and slowly unlock the door
As a man breathes into his saxophone
And through the walls you can hear the city groan
Outside, it's America
Outside, it's America
America

[Guitar solo]

[Outro]
See across the field
See the sky ripped open
See the rain comin' through the gapin' wound
Howling the women and children
Who run into the arms
Of America

Bullet the Blue Sky Q&A

Who wrote Bullet the Blue Sky's ?

Bullet the Blue Sky was written by Bono & The Edge (Guitarist) & Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr..

Who produced Bullet the Blue Sky's ?

Bullet the Blue Sky was produced by Daniel Lanois & Brian Eno.

When did U2 release Bullet the Blue Sky?

U2 released Bullet the Blue Sky on Mon Mar 09 1987.

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