U2 Songs - Out Of Control Lyrics

U2 - Out Of Control

U2 - Out Of Control Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Boy
Released: 1980

Out Of Control Lyrics

Monday morning
Eighteen years of dawning
I say how long
You say how long

It was one dull morning
Woke the world with bawling
I was so sad (so sad)
It was so bad

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

Boys and girls
Go to the school and girls
They make children
Not like this one

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

(Out of control)

(Out of control)

I fought fate
There's blood on the garden gate
The man said childhood
It's in his childhood

One day I'll die
The choice will not be mine
Will it be too late
You can't fight it

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, PAUL HEWSON, LARRY MULLEN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Out Of Control Song Chart

Bono (Hot Press, October 1979): "Out Of Control is about waking up on your eighteenth birthday and realizing that you're 18 years old and that the 2 most important decisions in your life have nothing to do with you - being born and dying." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

This was included on U2's first release, U23, a single available only in Ireland in 1979 which also contained "Stories For Boys" and "Boy Girl." Only 1000 copies were pressed, making it a rare collector's item today.

This was chosen as the A-side of the single when an Irish disk-jockey asked listeners to choose among the 3 songs on U23.

Along with "Stories For Boys," this was one of 2 songs to make it on Boy from U23, which was only released in Ireland. The version on Boy was reworked by producer Steve Lillywhite.