And The Band Played On Lyrics - Good News From The Next World - Simple Minds

Sweetest angel came down 

Took me by the hand 

Said I've got things to offer you 

Help you understand 

If the bombs don't get you 

I'll roll with you tonight 

All these things inside your head 

You've got to get it right 

And the band played on 

Spirits of the city 

Were calling out my name 

When jealous guys break down and cry 

They got themselves to blame 

If the bombs don't get you 

Take courage in the night 

All those dreams inside your head 

You've got to get it right 

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Still the band played on 

And the band played on 

The room was getting hotter 

And someone hit the light 

There was power in the darkness 

There was violence in the night 

And the golden sons and daughters 

They were coming up for air 

You were standing with your back to me 

And a halo round your hair 

And the questions there were many 

Like how can you survive 

When it's the moment 

You've been waiting for 

This is the moment of your life 

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So every dreamer pass me by 

With a fix me Jesus stare in his eyes 

I was born to live 

I was born to die 

With the queen of soul 

And the king of light 

All the power in the land 

Pull me through to the shadowland 

I was driven by some hidden hand 

It's the greatest gift of all 

And the band played on 

Shake the ghost within you 

Get up, meet up, the rising sun 

Cos the old days they're the dying days 

And the new day's just begun 

At the end of every party 

Hear the singer sing his song 

May his heart stay young forever 

And the dream still lingers on 

I want to die 

I want to live again 

I want to keep on keeping on 

They say a coward dies a thousand times 

But the brave they die just once 

So walk to me, talk to me 

Hold me now spectre of love 

There's a coolness under fire 

And a universal love 

And the band played on 

Played on, played on