## U2 Discographie

# The Greatest Show On Earth

Songtexte, Album-Auftritte und Live-Statistiken

## Interpret

U2

## Album

-   [Carnaval De Luz](/discographie/album55)   Track 8

## Live

-   » [Der Song wurde bei **2** Shows live gespielt.](/tour/songs/973)
-   » Der Song wurde bei **1** Shows mehrmals gespielt.
-   » Erstmals live gespielt: [06.02.1993 Dublin](/tour/show1254)
-   » Zuletzt live gespielt: [03.11.2026 London](/tour/show2141)

## Song streamen

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## Lyrics

### Lyrics: The Greatest Show On Earth

If I couldn't sing  
How love's the hardest easy thing  
And if I couldn't sing you my life  
Hiding here in the spotlight  
And if you couldn't hear me  
If I couldn't feel  
If I couldn't feel your touch again  
When nerve ends fray  
And there's nothing to say  
Not even a prayer  
It's a beautiful night somewhere  
  
Oh oh  
If I couldn't say it now  
Tell me how  
If this is love and love is all we've got  
You can show me what it is  
I can show you what it's not  
If this is love, don't act surprised when you get hurt  
Even if our dreams lay in the dirt  
We were once the greatest show on earth  
  
Is that a smile or a tear?  
Is it all show business here?  
The cinema that is stained glass  
You're at the altar at our wedding mass  
Is this a church of love or fear?  
Have we made God feel like a stranger here?  
  
Oh oh  
Say it now  
Tell me how  
If this is love and love is all we've got  
You can show me what it is  
I can show you what it's not  
If this is love, we make cathedrals of our hurt  
People digging their dreams out of the dirt  
We were once the greatest show on earth  
  
Love is a business that works at night  
I sold myself for less than was right  
You taught me what I was worth  
In the greatest show on earth  
Made a profession out of breaking your heart  
You call it lies, I call it art  
I was some of your best work  
We were once the greatest show on earth  
Love is a business you shouldn't trust  
Breathe on me and I'm love and I'm lust  
Forever or a flirt?  
The greatest show on earth  
The light scatters, things can get worse  
These dark matters of the universe  
Could not compete with us  
We were once the greatest show on earth  

Lyrics are currently published under a provisional licence granted by Universal Publishing. All lyrics listed on this site are owned by their respected owners. U2 titles published by PolyGram International Music Publishing BV, except: Blue Mountain Music Ltd. (UK), Mother Music (IRL)/Universal Music Publishing Ltd. U2 Recordings owned by Universal International Music B.V. exclusively licensed to: Island Records (Rest Of The World), Interscope Records (USA).