Drunken Lullabies -- Flogging Molly

Must it take a life for hateful eyes  To glisten once again
Five hundred years like Gelignite  Have blown us all to hell
What savior rests while on his cross we die  Forgotten freedom burns
Has the Shepard led his lambs astray  to the bigot and the gun
Must it take a life for hateful eyes  To glisten once again
'Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess  Singin' drunken lullabies

I watch and stare as Roisin`s eyes  Turn a darker shade of red
And the bullet with this sniper lie  In their bloody gutless cell
Must we starve on crumbs from long ago  Through bars these men made steel Is it a great or little thing we fought  Knelt the conscience blessed
to kill Must it take a life for hateful eyes  To glisten once again
'Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess  Singin' drunken lullabies

Ah, but maybe it`s the way you were taught  Or maybe it`s the way we fought But a smile never grins without tears to begin  For each kiss is
a cry we all lost  Though nothing is left to gain  But for the banshee that
stole the grave  'Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess  Singin' drunken lullabies

I sit in and dwell on faces past  Like memories seem to fade
No colour left but black and white  And soon will all turn grey
But may these shadows rise to walk again  With lessons truly learnt
When the blossom flowers in each our hearts  Shall beat a new found flame

Must it take a life for hateful eyes  To glisten once again
'Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess  Singin' drunken lullabies
'Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess  Singin' drunken lullabies

This is probably about the terrorism and fighting in Northern Ireland, the home of Flogging Molly's singer and main songwriter Dave King. (songfacts)


     worst  attack  fighting in 
                                                       Northern Ireland.

     

     

  terrorism in Northern Ireland