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Womanfish
Tour During the recording of The Joshua Tree
Date January 30, 1986
Location TV Gaga - Irish television
Streaming 
Real Audio
4 minutes 26 seconds
Download 518 Kb
 
This song was performed during the time that U2 was recording the Joshua Tree album.  This track was being worked on by the band and considered for the album.  It never made it.  According to Bono, the song is about "a mermaid I once met in America."

This is the only time this song has ever been performed in public.

Womanfish

Hangman hang, Hangman hang for me
Hangman hang, Hang from your tree

Hangman, Hangman
Hangman hang, Hangman hang for me

One horse town, one wind coming down
One horse town, the breeze will come and blow us down

One thin man, ??????
One thin man, the breeze will come and blow us down

CHORUS: (?)
Love is all you need is, love is all
Love is all you need is, love is all

(solo, then repeat chorus, then solo)

Hangman hang, Hangman hang for me
Hangman hang, Hang from your tree

One horse town, breeze will blow us down
One horse town, (?? - Bono screams lyrics too far off-mic to hear)