The Baby

Tell me why must our peace be this puzzle That fractures the land splinters war The last nail sank the shame on our coffin But in the end we must all die alone So it's to youth I sing you this story And it's of youth I sing it now Like the train that derailed without warning Some must leave what they left far behind So goodbye sweet Roisin Dubh I say goodbye And the bark fell from tree To the ground that now bleeds On the anguish that never learnt to shout When the clash of the drum will surrender the gun And of this sadness we shall no longer speak Until tank and the bomb are but all forgotten songs That's when I and we will sing again So goodbye to my love My sweet Roisin Dubh Goodbye now until we meet again Tell me why must our grief still be grieving For a language that never spoke it's loss But this tongue spit with fire will tear down the barbwire And rip the belly from the waxy ghost So it's to youth I sing you this story And it's of youth I sing it now Like the train that derailed without warning We must leave what we left far behind So goodbye sweet Roisin Dubh I say goodbye Until we meet again