U2 "New Year's Day" (live from Slane)

"When I hear 'New Year's Day' on the radio, I can't help thinking, 'What a great song. What happened to the drum part?' It's so uneventful and straight. With a little more time spent on that song, I might have been able to come up with something more inventive. I remember once sitting somewhere and the song came on and I overheard two guys talking (obviously drummers), saying, 'Those drums are so boring, duh-duh-duh-duh." - Larry, U2 By U2 2006.

Yeah yeah

All is quiet on New Year's Day

A world in white gets underway

I want to be with you

Be with you night and day

Nothing changes on New Year's Day 

On New Year's Day

I will be with you again

I will be with you again 

Under a blood-red sky

A crowd has gathered in black and white

Arms entwined like a chosen few,

The newspapers says it's true

It's true, it's true

And we can break through,

Though torn in two, we can be one 

I will begin again

I, I will begin again

Maybe just once, just once

Close your eyes and imagine it's Jason McActeer

I will be with you again

I will be with you again 

I will be with you again

I will be with you again

Again