Drunken Lullabies

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