Irish Eyes

For one hundred years my land's been town in two
 Bigoted people think that they are fighting for you
 A coded warning, a distant shooting
 I've never seen an army act quite like this
 A son without a father, another widow made, playing god
 They banded together in 1916
 Defending our island from the British regime
 The people they loved them for fighting their cause
 Where are the heroes now?
 But every day we take one step closer to a time in our lives
 Where we can't remember hate
 Our lives all the time moving where we're not afraid of you.
 Innocent children caught up in a war
 They've lived with bombing and terror since they were born.
 Their cause is replaced by greed
 They keep all their guns to help them fight for their drugs
 Politicials they tug at the threads of our peace
 Till nothing's left but a divided race
 Irish eyes aren't smiling anymore.