No color left but black and white
Has the shepherd led his lambs astray
To glisten once again
Singin' drunken lullabies
Must it take a life for hateful eyes
Forgotten freedom burns
Have blown us all to hell
Turn a darker shade of red
With lessons truly learnt
What savior rests while on his cross we die
To glisten once again
And soon will all turn gray
'Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
Shall beat a new found flame
'Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
'Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
Must it take a life for hateful eyes
Singin' drunken lullabies
Though there is nothing left to gain
Singin' drunken lullabies
To the bigot and the gun
And the bullet with this sniper lie
But may these shadows rise to walk again
Or but maybe it's the way we fought
'Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
To glisten once again
Ah, but maybe it's the way we're taught
Five hundred years like gelignite
Like memories seem to fade
But a smile never grins without tears to begin
Must we starve on crumbs from long ago
In their bloody gutless cell
I watch and stare as Roisin's eyes
When the blossom flowers in each our hearts
Must it take a life for hateful eyes
Is it a great or little thing we fought
Singin' drunken lullabies
Singin' drunken lullabies
Knelt the conscience blessed to kill
For each kiss is a cry we all lost
But for the banshee that stole the grave
I sit in and dwell on faces past
Through bars these men made steel
'Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
