Belfast Child — текст песни (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

So 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