Belfast Child

Simple Minds

When my love said to me 
Meet me down by the gallow tree 
For it's sad news I bring 
About this old town and all that it's offering 
Some say troubles abound 
Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down 

One day we'll return here, 
When the Belfast Child sings again 

Brothers sisters where are you now 
As I look for you right through the crowd 
All my life here I've spent 
With my faith in God the Church and the Government 
But there's sadness abound 
Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down 

One day we'll return here, 
When the Belfast Child sings again 
When the Belfast Child sings again 

Some come back Billy, won't you come on home 
Come back Mary, you've been away so long 
The streets are empty, and your mother's gone 
The girls are crying, it's been oh so long 
And your father's calling, come on home 
Won't you come on home, won't you come on home 

Come back people, you've been gone a while 
And the war is raging, in the Emerald Isle 
That's flesh and blood man, that's flesh and blood 
All the girls are crying but all's not lost 

The streets are empty, the streets are cold 
Won't you come on home, won't you come on home 

The streets are empty 
Life goes on 

One day we'll return here 
When the Belfast Child sings again 
When the Belfast Child sings again 
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