darlin, darlin' you've put up with so much   betrayed by your leaders, abandoned by your church   i've watched you suffer, now you're older than your years   but you still look beautiful, though you're fightin' back the tears      you can break down my door, you can even strip search me   never gonna take away my human dignity   beat me, shoot me, flame keep on burnin'   never gonna put out the fire of freedom      when we were children, we thought we would be   god's anointed but the joke was on you and me   10 years later, we're still searchin' for the sun   but i want you to know that our day will come      so many hopes and dreams lying in pieces   all of us betrayed by politicians' speeches   i want you to know, i'll love you forever   our dreams will continue in the eyes of our children      out in the streets all i hear is violence   but the authorities react with silence   one law for you, for me it's another   things gotta change, oh my sisters and brothers      óró 'se do bheatha 'bhaile   anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh      don't use the colour of my skin as an issue   hey politician, your lies are gonna get you   chickens comin' home to roost in the white house   blood on the streets if you don't shut your big mouth      óró 'se do bheatha 'bhaile   anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh      power to the people sang johnny lennon   20 years later we're back at the beginnin'   sick of waitin' round for divine intervention   take to the streets if you're lookin' for redemption      óró 'se do bheatha 'bhaile   anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh