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Seconds

From War1981

Written by Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr.

Lyrics

Seconds

[Verse 1]

Takes a second to say goodbye

Say goodbye, oh, oh, oh

Takes a second to say goodbye

Say goodbye, oh, oh, oh

Say bye-bye

Where you going to now?

[Verse 2]

Lightning flashes across the sky

East to west, do or die

Like a thief in the night

See the world by candlelight

[Refrain]

Fall, rise and...

Fall, rise and...

[Verse 3]

In an apartment on Times Square

You can assemble them anywhere

Held to ransom, hell to pay

A revolution every day

[Verse 4]

U.S.S.R., G.D.R

London, New York, Peking

It's the puppets

It's the puppets pull the strings, yeah

[Refrain]

Fall

About this track

"Seconds" is a song by U2 from the album War, released in 1981. The song was written by Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge (Guitarist). It was produced by Steve Lillywhite.

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  • Paul Thomas— 18 credits as engineer →
  • Steve Lillywhite— 463 credits as producer →
  • Bono— 721 credits as songwriter & producer →

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, The Edge (Guitarist)

Produced by Steve Lillywhite

Fall

[Chorus]

Say goodbye (Say goodbye)

Say goodbye (Say goodbye)

Say goodbye

[Interlude: Man (Left Channel), Women, Man (Right Channel)]

Hold it (I just can't do it), I wanna be an airborne ranger

I wanna be an airborne ranger (This is all I've got)

I can't give nothing to anybody else anymore (I wanna live a life of danger)

I wanna live a life of danger (It's been stripped, it's been taken)

Gun (Gun!), gun (Gun!)

Gun (Gun!), gun (Gun!)

Kill (Kill!), kill, (Kill!)

[Verse 5]

It takes a second to say goodbye

Say goodbye, oh, oh, oh

Push the button and pull the plug

Say goodbye, oh, oh, oh

[Refrain]

Fall, missing is the rise and fall

Fall, I will rise and fall

[Verse 6]

And they're doing the atomic bomb

Do they know where the dance comes from?

Yes, they're doing the atomic bomb

They want you to sing along

[Chorus]

Say goodbye, say goodbye

Say goodbye, say goodbye

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