Where The Streets Have No Name – English Lyrics

• By: U2
• Album: The Joshua Tree

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Always First was Southern California's best rock and roll.

U2 bullet the blue sky from the latest release

the Joshua Tree.

The band's gonna be doing a video shoot

in downtown Los Angeles. - Oh, in Downtown Los Angeles?

- Yes. There is a, In case you're just joining us

I'm not making this up.

3:30 today, at seventh and Maine,

- We announced first here in Southern California

that they were being going to be

shooting their video here in LA

at seventh and Main Street.

- Seventh and Main Street's not one

of your more fun neighborhoods.

And they'll be shooting on top of a

one story building there.

- All right. So maybe you want to check it out

but, use caution if you do go

down there because it is like not what it is.

Delightful neighborhoods.

- I'm gonna be there.

3:30

I'm gonna go over, I, I don't care.

I can be sucked into this.

I'll be in the video.

- Come on.

- You're talking about a major thoroughfare

at 3:30 in the afternoon.

Okay.

What I was explaining

to Ben there is we would have to go

on what's called attack alert to

get this problem solved.

But, we're not going to do that.

- And U2 today, it's seventh and Maine.

If you haven't heard about it

you know how hard it is to get you U2 tickets.

- They are sold out.

- Everywhere. Sold out.

- They went fast - Are you listening to me or

am I listen talking to the wind here?

- Totally understand.

- Officer, can I just, you cannot you,

you cannot promise me

that you're not gonna have a crowd that reaches

limits that we cannot control.

You can't promise me that.

- Absolutely.

- I You're drawing them in by the dozens now.

- What we're gonna do is go, we're gonna show up with about

30,000 people and we're gonna give you the

the biggest security problem.

We're gonna have like four

We may have 400,000 people there.

We may have to bring in the

Ahhh.

- National Guard

- The police department has the authority to

shut these locations down.

- I understand that.

- And that is exactly what we're doing.

And I apologize to you for having to have all

your equipment moved out of here.

But, its over as of now. - And there is no compromise?

- There is no compromise.

- Roll set!

- Calling all cameras

- Word that we got was another rodeo station

Went on the air with paranoid warnings and uh

said things about they were expecting

crowds of 35 row- 35,000 rowdy people.

And they were expecting the national

guard to be called out and so forth.

- They blew it for us.

- Which kind of freaked out the city fathers.

Across the street looking down on top

of the liquor store where U2 was uh, was was

doing the taping and there was a,

a fashion factory there.

Little ladies in there sewing and this

I mean, it seamstresses just going and I mean

seamstresses going 'what is going on here?'

- (U2) I want to run

I want to hide

I want to tear down the walls

that hold me inside

I want to reach out

and touch the flame

Where the streets have no name

ha, ha, ha

I wanna feel

sunlight on my face

I see that dust cloud disappear

without a trace

I wanna take shelter

from the poison rain

Where the streets have no name,

oh, oh

Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name

We're still building then burning down love

Burning down love

And when I go there, I go there with you

It's all I can do

The city's a flood

And our love turns to rust

We're beaten and blown by the wind

Trampled in dust

I'll show you a place

High on the desert plain

yeah

Where the streets have no name

oh, oh

Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name

We're still building then burning down love

Burning down love

And when I go there

I go there with you

It's all I can do

Our love turns to rust

We're beaten and blown by the wind

Blown by the wind

Oh

and I see love

See our love turn to rust

Oh, we're beaten and blown

by the wind

Blown by the wind

Oh, when I go there

I go there with you

It's all I can do

- Let's keep going cause I'm gonna stop

We have to keep going.

Stop running the cameras.

- OK.

- You've got a responsibility

to the citizens of this city.

You're drawing people in here

from Orange County

and all over the goddamn place.

We're shutting the location down.

There is no vote.

It happens now.

- Okay, standby

Okay. Right now.

Okay. We're not missing the vocal.

Okay, we're go.

I think we're being shutdown.

Okay folks, everybody back from the edge.

All these people break up.

All we're looking for is one more.

- And I just want you to know that the video shoot is over

so there's no need to go down there.

Oh, and don't even bother yourself doing that.

We'll give you more information in just a moment.

So hang with us.

- there was no way they could get a show

on down there that felt

like Raymond Brewer watching Godzilla come

into town for the third story window.

We're over.

We're watching the scene of Louis Thick!

- You do what you gotta do for rock and roll.

You know

- It was fun.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
hide /haɪd/ A1	verb - to put something out of sight
tear /teər/ A2	verb - to pull something apart by force
reach /riːtʃ/ A1	verb - to stretch out an arm or hand to touch or grab something
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to feel or handle with the hand
flame /fleɪm/ A2	noun - the visible, streaming part of a fire
sunlight /ˈsʌnlaɪt/ A1	noun - light from the sun
shelter /ˈʃeltər/ A2	noun - a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger verb - to protect someone or something from harm
poison /ˈpɔɪzən/ A2	noun - a substance that is capable of causing harm or death
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water that falls from the clouds in drops
build /bɪld/ A2	verb - to construct or create something
burn /bɜːrn/ A2	verb - to be damaged or destroyed by fire
flood /flʌd/ A2	noun - a large amount of water covering land that is usually dry
rust /rʌst/ B1	noun - a reddish-brown oxide formed on iron or other metals by corrosion
beaten /ˈbiːtən/ B1	adjective - exhausted or defeated
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - the movement of air outside
dust /dʌst/ A1	noun - fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth or waste matter
plain /pleɪn/ A2	adjective - simple and clear noun - a large area of flat land with few trees
desert /ˈdɛzɜːrt/ A2	noun - a dry, barren area of land, especially one covered with sand