lirik lagu ciaran murphy - and you dare to call me a dissident
[verse 1]
oh, me name is joe o’connor
from belfast town i came
the city i will never see again
just a lad from ballymurphy
with no graces and no wealth
and anything i had i got myself
for it’s there i watched my parents
lower both their fathers down
murdered by the death squads of the crown
and it’s there i watched our leaders
climb the dizzy heights of fame
and decided i would never be the same
[chorus]
and you dared call me a dissident
while you dined with the queen
and forgot about the nightmares that i’d seen
how they slaughtered my own neighbours
they divided all our clans
internment and collusion, there was blood on windsor’s hands
but you branded free men traitors
to their land
[verse 2]
ah, your ’98 agreement
with it i did not agree
there was nothing in there for the likes of me
or for anyone around me
who would see no dividend
no check, red, white or blue we’d get to spend
so in a barn along the border
there i walked right through the door
with veteran men who’d seen it all before
men who knew where it would take us
men who knew who they would blame
where right or wrong, we’d try and keep the flame
[chorus]
and you dared call me a dissident
while you dined with the queen
and forgot about the nightmares that i’d seen
how they slaughtered my own neighbours
they divided all our clans
internment and collusion, there was blood on windsor’s hands
but you branded free men traitors
to their land
[verse 3]
from the roads round ballyseedy
to the jail cells of dundalk
what our martyred dead would say if they could talk
our dreams of revolution
they were trampled in the mud
each gombeen treaty signed in irish blood
on a cold october morning
right outside my mother’s door
they lashed out like mulcahy did before
another free state execution
with the blessing of the crown
their ministers approved as i went down
[chorus]
and you dared call me a dissident
while you dined with the queen
and forgot about the nightmares that i’d seen
how they slaughtered my own neighbours
they divided all our clans
internment and collusion, there was blood on windsor’s hands
but you branded free men traitors
to their land
ah, you branded free men traitors
to their land
[verse 4]
god curse the politician
who grew rich off ireland’s cause
who bargained our birthright for english laws
who would spit on brave james connolly
if he dared turn up today
who’d call the cops to take young pe~rs~ away
and those that come behind me
may you watch your leaders too
one deal away from doing it to you
lest the stripes on one man’s shoulders
leave the stripe marks on your back
when history repeats, the clocks go back
[chorus]
and you dared call me a dissident
while you dined with the queen
and forgot about the nightmares that i’d seen
how they slaughtered my own neighbours
they divided all our clans
internment and collusion, there was blood on windsor’s hands
but you branded free men traitors
to their land
[chorus]
ah, you dared call me a dissident
while you dined with the queen
put up the union jack and paint it green
[verse 5]
with washington and london both invested in his death
he saw his k!llers coming
and he said with his last breath
“well, if i’m the price of peace you’ll never rest
ah, if i’m the price of peace you’ll never rest”
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