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Get in, get out of the rain
I'm goin' to move on up to the Waterfront
Step in, step out of the rain
I'm goin' to walk on up to the Waterfront
Said, one million years from today
I'm goin' to step on up to the Waterfront
Get in, get out of the rain
Come in, come out of the rain
So far, so good, so close, yet still so far
So far, so good, so close, yet still so
So far, so far, so far
The rain, I'm going to move on up to the Waterfront
Step in, step out of the rain
I'm going to walk on up to the Waterfront
Said, one million years from today
Step on up to the Waterfront
Said, come in, come out of the rain
Said, come in, come out of the rain
Said, come in, come out of the rain
I'm goin' to move on up to the front
I'm goin' to walk on up to the front
I'm goin' to live on up by the front
I'm goin' to walk on up to the front
Come in, come out of the rain
Come in, come out of the rain
Said, come in, come out of the rain
Come in, come out of the rain
Move on up, to step on up
Walk on up, live on up
Far away, far away, far away
So, walk away, so far, I walk away
So, so, walk away, up to the Waterfront
Up to the Waterfront
So far, so far
I'm goin' to move on up to the Waterfront
Step in, step out of the rain
I'm goin' to walk on up to the Waterfront
Said, one million years from today
I'm goin' to step on up to the Waterfront
Get in, get out of the rain
Come in, come out of the rain
So far, so good, so close, yet still so far
So far, so good, so close, yet still so
So far, so far, so far
The rain, I'm going to move on up to the Waterfront
Step in, step out of the rain
I'm going to walk on up to the Waterfront
Said, one million years from today
Step on up to the Waterfront
Said, come in, come out of the rain
Said, come in, come out of the rain
Said, come in, come out of the rain
I'm goin' to move on up to the front
I'm goin' to walk on up to the front
I'm goin' to live on up by the front
I'm goin' to walk on up to the front
Come in, come out of the rain
Come in, come out of the rain
Said, come in, come out of the rain
Come in, come out of the rain
Move on up, to step on up
Walk on up, live on up
Far away, far away, far away
So, walk away, so far, I walk away
So, so, walk away, up to the Waterfront
Up to the Waterfront
So far, so far
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Another great example for this kind of "effect" is "Steeltown" by Big Country.
To the point - this was at the time when U2 was at their most proclamatory and hard-lined. Five or six years later it wouldn't have been true, but there's always been a tension between the soft and vulnerable and the forceful in the Minds' music.
The lyrics could have a Christian reference. Simple Minds have always been careful not to be stamped as a "believers' band", but their Roman catholic background crops up now and then. "Alive and Kicking" and "Sanctify Yourself" seem to grow from a Christian imagery, and so do a number of songs on "the "Good News" album - the title practically gives it away, as gospel (gr, evangelion)means "good news" and "Criminal World" does seem to be a prayer directed at Jesus. The cross on the sleeve of "New Gold Dream" seems telling too.
"Waterfront" could carry an allusion to baptism - going up to the "front" of the water, and it seems to be about entering a new stage of your life, meeting new challenges. I'm not making this point trying to evangelize anybody, but 'cause it's a layer about their lyrics which is rather unknown.