Siren Spring

The future is a carrot that they dangle while they ready the stick A home of your own dining out like all the comfortable pricks And if you work hard and spend your money Someday you might find some meaning Just ignore all the vultures At the carcass of the city that's screaming And it goes a wee-yeah, wee-yeah It was a goodbye letter we got from a dear friend A wee-yeah, wee-yeah We found her in time, but she's not in the clear yet I felt sad a few hours before I left you the other night Before the sun came up and exposed us all in the bright Oh, the light of the fire sure it shone up your face like a beacon And I felt a pang 'cause I knew that soon I would have to be leaving And it goes a wee-aw, wee-aw We've got housing for all, now from Leo and Micheál A wee-aw, wee-aw One person's rent is another one's income Leo, he's at home and he's all getting ready to go A-sprucing up the shamrocks that he's putting in a nice, little bowl He'll fly over the Atlantic to go kissing Genocide Joe's hole Even though we're on the streets, now for weeks and we're telling him no And it goes a wee-ee, wee-ee Rent's coming up and these vultures are greedy A wee-ee, wee-ee From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free There's a powder keg here just a-waiting for a spark to be lit This land is ours, all of ours, not a playground just for the rich It won't be long before we all decide it's GPO time And I'll kiss you at the barricades, and we'll sing all those songs about freedom And it goes a wee-yeah, wee-yeah It was a goodbye letter that we got from a dear friend A wee-yeah, wee-yeah We found her in time but she's not in the clear yet A wee-aw, wee-aw We've got housing for all, now from Leo and Micheál Wee-aw, wee-aw One person's rent is another one's income A wee-ee, wee-ee Rent's coming up and these vultures are greedy A wee-ee, wee-ee But from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free And a siren is screaming and I just want to hold you I just wanna hear you sing