Drunken Lullabies Lyrics

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 shepherd 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 we're taught Or but 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 there is nothing 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 color left but black and white And soon will all turn gray
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 Singin' drunken lullabies