Stay (Faraway, So Close!) by U2. It was released as the album's third single on 22 November
1993. It was written for and inspired by Frank Sinatra and bore his surname as the original
working title. An alternate recording was used in the Wim Wenders film Faraway, So Close!
Was well received by critics and nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song. The
song made its live debut on the Zoo TV Tour but has only been performed intermittently
in an acoustic version over subsequent tours. Members of U2 consider it to be one of their
favorite songs; guitarist The Edge named it the best track on the album, while lead singer
Bono stated that it was one of their best creations.
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Green light
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Seven Eleven
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You stop in for a pack of cigarettes
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You don't smoke
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Don’t even want to
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Hey now, check your change
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Dressed up like a car crash
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The wheels are turning
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But you're upside down
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You say when he hits you
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You don't mind
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Because when he hurts you
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You feel alive
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Is that what it is?
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Red lights
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Grey morning
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You stumble
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Out of a hole in the ground
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A vampire or a victim
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It depends on
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Who’s around?
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You used to stay in
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To watch the adverts
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You could lip synch
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To the talk shows
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And if you look
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You look through me
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And when you talk
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It’s not to me
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And when I touch you
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You don't feel a thing
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If I could stay
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Then the night would give you up
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Stay and the day would keep its trust
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Stay and the night would be enough
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Faraway
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So close
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Up with the static
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And the radio waves
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With satellite television
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You can go anywhere
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Miami, New Orleans, London
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Belfast and Berlin
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And if you listen, I can't call
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And if you jump, you just might fall
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And if you shout, I'll only hear you
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If I could stay
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Then the night would give you up
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Stay and the day would keep its trust
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Stay with the demons you drowned
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Stay with the spirit I found
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Stay and the night would be enough
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Oh oh oh oh ……
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Three o'clock in the morning
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It's quiet and there's no one around
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Just the bang and the clatter
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As an angel runs to ground
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Just the bang and the clatter
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As an angel hits the ground
