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lirik lagu ciaran murphy - free staters

[verse 1]
oh, i dreamt i was in dublin back in 1922
sat among the leaders of a filthy foreign coup
the pompadours of ireland, dressed up in english silk
aftershave of cordite from the prisoner’s they’d k!lled
and i asked them what the plan was, the where, the when, the hows
one of the republic and the proclamation’s vows
when slamming down his brandy, one said he’d sold his soul
‘we’re putting up the tricolour, but england’s in control’

[chorus]
and he said, “i’m taking ireland for meself, nevermind n0body else
take it up with winston churchill and the king
the high dreams of easter put to bed with our patriotic dead
you went to sleep and woke up in a free state nightmare”

[verse 2]
the gombeen men of ireland who accepted english guns
carving up their country for their daughters and their sons
who rounded up the faithful who would never bend a knee
murdered eighty prisoners by 1923
and their daughters and their sons went on to bleed the country dry
they’d buy and sell their children, ah they’d liquidate the sky
the gas and oil and blood and soil, it all went to the till
and when the banks came knocking, the poor would pay the bill
[chorus]
for they said, “i’m taking ireland for meself, nevermind n0body else
take it up with de valera and the king
the high dreams of easter put to bed with our patriotic dead
you went to sleep and woke up in a free state nightmare

[verse 3]
well, decades passed and no~one asked a thing about the north
the three green fields of ireland soon forgot about the fourth
the faithful few who tried to shine a torch on england’s crimes
were frozen out and censored by the fashions of the times

[verse 4]
the media celebrities and ministers of state
said, ‘forget about the black north, leave them to their fate’
ah, but younger generations would make up for what they lack
and rise up in their droves and say, ‘we’re taking ulster back’

[chorus]
free staters, i’m taking ireland for meself, nevermind n0body else
take it up with charlie haughey and the queen
the high dreams of easter put to bed with our patriotic dead
you went to sleep and woke up in a free state nightmare

[verse 5]
the media celebrities and ministers of state
said, ‘forget about the black north, leave them to their fate’
ah, but younger generations would make up for what they lack
and rise up in their droves and say, ‘we’re taking ulster back’
[chorus]
free staters, i’m taking ireland for meself, nevermind n0body else
take it up with charlie haughey and the queen
the high dreams of easter put to bed with our patriotic dead
you went to sleep and woke up in a free state nightmare

[verse 6]
the irish free state army, the biggest joke of all
a hundred years you watched us with our backs against the wall
but you rounded up the prisoners at gunpoint in portlaoise
and extradited patriots to h~ll on thatcher’s leash
your orders straight from london via proxies in the dáil
plastic paddy ran both fine gael and fianna fáil
but you’re not óglaigh na héireann and you’ll never be the ‘ra
spent it guarding brits along the border like your da

[chorus]
and you said, “i’m taking ireland for meself, nevermind n0body else
take it up with micheál martin and the queen
the high dreams of easter put to bed with our patriotic dead
you went to sleep and woke up in a free state nightmare”

[chorus]
i’m taking ireland for meself, nevermind n0body else
take it up with simon harris and the king
the high dreams of easter put to bed with our patriotic dead
we went to sleep and woke up in a free state nightmare

- lirik lagu ciaran murphy

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