The Saints Are Coming
Richard Jobson
The Skids
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
Abbey Road Studios
Rick Rubin
25
2004-07-29
2022-02-12
Staple (80-100%)
Regular (50-79%)
Sporadic (20-49%)
Rare (1-19%)
Inactive (0%)
Performance Probability
0%
Odds of being played at the next showDoubtful
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Song Notes
U2 invited Green Day to perform on 'The Saints Are Coming' as a joint benefit for Music Rising, a charity co-founded by The Edge. Proceeds from the single supported the replacement of instruments lost during Hurricane Katrina. The collaboration was later included on the compilation album, U218 Singles.
Lyrics
[Billie Joe]
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
It's been the ruin of many a poor boy
God, I know I'm one
[Bono]
I cried to my daddy on the telephone: "How long now?"
Until the clouds unroll and you come down, the line went
But the shadows still remain since your descent, your descent
[Billie Joe]
I cried to my daddy on the telephone: "How long now?"
Until the clouds unroll and you come home, the line went
But the shadows still remain since your descent, your descent
Boom, cha, hey!
[Billie Joe & Bono]
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
I say no matter how I try, I realize there's no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
I say no matter how I try, I realize there's no reply
[Bono]
A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief, how long now?
Until a weather change condemns belief, how long now?
When the night watchman lets in the thief, what's wrong now?
Boom, cha, hey!
[Billie Joe & Bono]
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
