lyrics: not against my own – we’ll not lie down

cd: Not Against My Own

track 8: We’ll Not Lie Down

You can’t try to reconcile the treatment o’er the years
Your bloody fist is tarnished with a thousand Irish tears
You see us like the dogs that roam the streets of London town
You create the mongrel – no, no, no we’ll not lie downAnother vote was taken, not a single mind was changed
A clear-eyed recognition of the pain
When the motherland’s forsaken you, no loyalty remains
Beware your foe when desperation reigns

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Another law to strip our pride, another we’ll defy
The truth behind a shallow Saxon lie
You took our crops and ate your fill, then watched our children die
Then told the world we’d lost our will to try

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All hail the absent landlord, his future’s bright and gay
His eyes ignore the misery and dismay
Cast off the peasant tenants for the rent they cannot pay
Good riddance, go and find Amerikay

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A wound that’s always open, it has no chance to heal
It bleeds the pride and dignity they steal
When you feel the shackles tighten and you fear your fate is sealed
The fight to live will surely be revealed

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