Lyrics to the live version of U2's Pride

"Pride (In The Name Of Love)" lyrics U2 - live version from Denver, USA. 

Pride was originally on The Unforgettable Fire Album.

Chrissie Hyde of The Pretenders sang backing vocals on Pride. As she was married to Jim Kerr of Simple Minds at the time, she is credited as "Christine Kerr".

Pride's lyrical theme was originally intended to be about US President Ronald Reagan's pride in America's military power but Bono was ultimately influenced by Stephen B. Oates' book Let The Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a biography of Malcolm X.

 

These readings caused Bono to ponder the different sides of the civil rights campaigns, the violent and the non-violent and so several of the songs on The Unforgettable Fire reflected these lyrical themes - E.g. MLK.

Pride (in the name of Love) Lyrics:

One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come he to justify
One man to overthrow

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed up on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

Early morning, April four
A shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
The could not take your pride

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

For the Rev. Martin Luther King, sing

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love

Check out the lyrics to the recently 'rediscovered' Disappearing Act.

Bono would amend the 'early morning' line of the song for it's revamp as part of the Songs of Surrender album.