["'Cos I can see what the devil's trying to take now","Oh, here we come","We've got this leather backed book and a freedom cry","(Here we come)","You know I feel our city's gonna shake now","Oh, yeah, yeah","","You know I feel there's something 'bout to break now","When we trust someone with extraordinary plans","You know I feel there's a city here to take now","","","(Here we come)","Ring the mission bell and storm the gates of hell","","You know I feel this heart's about to break now","Here we come, here we come","","Ring, ring, ring, ring the mission bell","Sing, sing, sing","Ring, ring, ring, ring the mission bell","Miracles run from street to street"," (Oh, here we come)","We’re gonna paint this big old town red","Oh","","And we hear You call every woman, every man","Rise up Church for a holy meet","You fill the streets with a holy song","With the blood of Jesus","","","Here we come, here we come","","Oh, yeah, yeah","You know I feel this sky's about to break now","You give us hope where hope is gone","And we're an army of God who are ready to die","And it's not so tough for these ordinary hands","Oh, here we come","Oh, yeah, yeah","Sing, sing, sing, we got a story to tell","Gonna paint this big old town red","We’re gonna paint this big old town red"]
Performed by: Delirious? Written by: Stuart Garrard; Tim Jupp; Martin Smith; Stewart Smith; Jon Thatcher
Credits: Garrard, Stuart (Songwriter); Jupp, Tim (Songwriter); Smith, Martin (Songwriter); Smith, Stewart (Songwriter); Thatcher, Jon (Songwriter); CURIOUS? MUSIC UK (Publisher)
"Paint The Town Red" is a single from and the tenth track on Delirious?'s album, The Mission Bell. It was released on 10 October 2005 to iTunes UK and the two high street music stores Virgin and HMV. The single reached number fifteen in the iTunes UK chart in the middle of the week; it entered the UK Singles Chart at number fifty-six. This was their lowest hit ever, and the first not to reach the UK Top 40 since "White Ribbon Day". It was also arguably their most overtly Christian single.
