New York

[Zoots]

Could anyone please explain these lyrics to me?

They got the airport, city hall
Asphalt, asphalt
They even got the police

When I first heard it, I thought it was dance floors or dance hall, not asphalt. Bono could've come up with something better.

 

[hippy]

Hmmm.... I'm not sure there's a whole lot to explain... they have asphalt in New York as well as police and and airport and a city hall... I think Bono was just naming things New York has...

 

[AvsGirl41]

Well, I don't know about the asphalt, but I believe the reference to "airport" "city hall" and "police" is in regards to the huge number of Irish decendents in New York and the jobs they've always held there--police, politicians and the airport that's named after Kennedy?

I could be wrong.


Elisabeth

 

[daisybean]

I thought it was about the high number of Irish immigrants in public office too.

Didn't they also use prison labor to do road work? For a while the British Gov't were exiling people (mostly the Irish) to either America or Austrialia....hence that may be where the asphalt comes in. But I may be wrong too.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Didn't they also use prison labor to do road work? For a while the British Gov't were exiling people (mostly the Irish) to either America or Austrialia....hence that may be where the asphalt comes in.

i was thinking that too.

 

[FallingStar]

Well, I don't know about the asphalt, but I believe the reference to "airport" "city hall" and "police" is in regards to the huge number of Irish decendents in New York and the jobs they've always held there--police, politicians and the airport that's named after Kennedy?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

 

[pinkfloyd]

maybe it's about irish mob