When my love said to me,
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Meet me down by the gallow tree.
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For it's sad news I bring,
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About this old town and all that it's offering.
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Some say troubles abound,
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Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down.
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One day we'll return here,
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When the Belfast Child sings again
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Brothers, sisters, where are you now?
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As I look for you right through the crowd.
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All my life here I've spent,
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With my faith in God the Church and the Government.
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But there's sadness abound,
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Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down.
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One day we'll return here,
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When the Belfast Child sings again,
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When the Belfast Child sings again
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So come back Billy, won't you come on home?
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Come back Mary, you've been away so long.
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The streets are empty, and your mother's gone.
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The girls are crying, it's been oh so long.
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And your father's calling, come on home.
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Won't you come on home, won't you come on home?
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Come back people, you've been gone a while,
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And the war is raging, through the Emerald Isle.
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That's flesh and blood man, that's flesh and blood,
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All the girls are crying but all's not lost.
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The streets are empty, the streets are cold.
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Won't you come on home, won't you come on home?
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The streets are empty,
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Life goes on.
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One day we'll return here,
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When the Belfast Child sings again,
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When the Belfast Child sings again.
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Belfast Child
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| Simple Minds |
