August Was A Heavy Month Lyrics - Singles - Bob Geldof

I'll take another photograph 

Before the old one fades 

It reminds me of those things that past 

And quickly passed away 

But it comes on in the early night 

Creeping up on you 

Those scenes of devastation 

Crushing down on cue 

These days are growing colder now 

The light is growing dim 

August was a heavy month 

And now the nights are drawing in 

Poor Baby Blue's wrapped up again 

Inside her final pain 

I'd help her if I could I say 

She puts us all to shame 

Alright, alright I know I've got a lot 

Left to answer for 

But am I the only one to blame 

And anyway who's keeping score 

But the grass seems so much brighter now 

She's spilled her blood again 

August was a heavy month 

Wash it down September rain 

Baby Blue picks up her life tonight 

And rushes for the Chelsea train 

All the stars shine down on her tonight 

And August was a heavy month 

The photograph is cracked and torn 

From being picked up, put down 

Like some holy relic 

Whose worshippers are found 

Searching through their sacred books 

For the holy grail of "why" 

But the total sum of knowledge 

Knows no more than you or I 

Alright, alright says Baby Blue 

Who doesn't really understand 

August was a heavy month 

But winter came at last. 

*written by Bob Geldof 

*taken from the album "Deep In the Heart of Knowhere"