G
Must it take a life for hatful eyes
E
To glisten once again
C
Five hundred years like Gelignite
E D
Have blown us all to hell
G
What savior rests while on his cross we die
E
Forgotten freedom burns
C
Has the Shepard led his lambs astray
E D
to the bigot and the gun
C G
Must it take a life for hateful eyes
C D
To glisten once again
G C E
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
G D G
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
C D G
Ah, but maybe it`s the way you were taught
C D G
Or maybe it`s the way we fought
C D G C
But a smile never grins without tears to begin
D G
For each kiss is a cry we all lost
C G
Though nothing left to gain
C D
But for the banshee that stole the grave
G C E
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess
G D G
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
