Released: March 11, 1991
Songwriter: The Edge (Guitarist) Adam Clayton Larry Mullen Jr. Bob Crewe Bob Gaudio Bono
Producer: Pet Shop Boys Julian Mendelsohn
[Intro]
Burning down love
[Verse 1]
I want to run, I want to hide
I want to break down the walls that hold me inside
I want to reach out, and touch the flame
Where the streets have no name
[Verse 2]
I want to feel the sun on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear without a trace
I want to take shelter from poison rain
Where the streets have no name
[Chorus]
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building, then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there, I go there with you
Where the streets have no name
Can't take my eyes off of you
[Bridge]
I love you baby, and if it's quite alright
I need you, baby, to warm a lonely night
So let me love you, baby, let me love you
[Verse 3]
The city's a flood, our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind, trampled in dust
I'll show you a place, high on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
[Chorus]
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building, then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there it's all I can do
Where the streets have no name
I can't take my eyes off of you
[Outro]
Love you, baby, let me love you
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Burning down love
[Verse 1]
I want to run, I want to hide
I want to break down the walls that hold me inside
I want to reach out, and touch the flame
Where the streets have no name
[Verse 2]
I want to feel the sun on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear without a trace
I want to take shelter from poison rain
Where the streets have no name
[Chorus]
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building, then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there, I go there with you
Where the streets have no name
Can't take my eyes off of you
[Bridge]
I love you baby, and if it's quite alright
I need you, baby, to warm a lonely night
So let me love you, baby, let me love you
[Verse 3]
The city's a flood, our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind, trampled in dust
I'll show you a place, high on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
[Chorus]
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building, then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there it's all I can do
Where the streets have no name
I can't take my eyes off of you
[Outro]
Love you, baby, let me love you
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
more tracks from the album
Discography
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Suburbia [7"Version]
- Love Comes Quickly [7" Version]
- Heart [7"Version]
- Being Boring [7" Edit]
- Domino Dancing (7" Version)
- It’s Alright [7" Version]
- Left to My Own Devices [7" Version]
- Rent [7" Version]
- Jealousy [7" Version]
- Was It Worth It?
- Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)
- It’s a Sin
- DJ Culture
- So Hard
- Always On My Mind
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- West End Girls [7"Version]
From the albums
- Videography (The Singles Collection on Video) (1991)
- Discography (1991)
- NOW That’s What I Call Music! 20 [UK] (1991)
- PopArt: The Hits (2003)
- PopArt (The Videos) (2003)
- Ultimate (2010)
Pet Shop Boys popular songs
- West End Girls
- It’s a Sin
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Go West
- Always On My Mind
- Being Boring
- Suburbia
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- Domino Dancing
- The Pop Kids
- Left to My Own Devices
- Rent
- New York City Boy
- Love etc.
- Love is a Bourgeois Construct
- Burning the heather
- Dreamland
- Closer to Heaven 3
- Footsteps
- Closer To Heaven / Left To My Own Devices
- Je T’aime Moi Non Plus
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Coconut 1 12" Mix) [Disco 2 Version]
- In His Imagination
- Sail Away