Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies

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