U2 "Desire" (live from Slane)

"'Desire' is a little classic, a little 45. Edge took the beat from The Stooges' '69, which was their take on the Bo Diddley beat. The rhythm is the sex of the music. I wanted to own up to the religiosity of rock'n'roll and the fact that you get paid for them. On one level, I'm criticizing the lunatic fringe preachers 'stealing hearts at a travelling show' but I'm also starting to realize there's a real parallel between what I am doing and what they do." - Bono, U2 By U2 2006.

On the drums, Larry Mullen Jnr.

Bass guitar, born to have it and have it he shall. 

Lover, I'm off the street

Gonna go where the bright lights

Big city meet

With a red guitar on fire

Desire

She's a candle burning in my room

I'm like a needle, needle and a spoon

Over the counter with a shotgun

Pretty soon now, everybody got one

And the fever when I'm inside her

Desire

Desire

Burning

I'm burning

Dollars, she's my protection

She's a promise in a year of election

Oh sister, I can't let you go

Like a preacher stealing hearts at a travelling show

For love or money, money

For love or money, money

For love or money, money

For love or money, money

And the fever when I'm inside her

Desire

Desire

Desire

Desire

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