Sad Affair-Marxman

[ti:Sad Affair] [ar:Marxman] [al:33 Revolutions Per Minute] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.41]Sad Affair - Marxman [00:01.17]Written by：Hollis Byrne/Stephen Daley/Oisin Lunny [00:02.42] [00:20.98]Once upon a time there was [00:23.46]Irish ways and Irish laws [00:26.03]Villages of Irish blood [00:28.58]Waking to the morning good [00:31.09]But England and her soldiers came [00:33.67]Started centuries of shame [00:36.23]Raped our women stole our grain [00:38.80]Called this land a different name [00:41.50]Killed their leaders killed their young [00:43.92]Put to the sword the gun or hung [00:46.45]History taught this to me [00:49.02]But what ya learn is a travesty [00:51.66]I'm saying no slaying is playing it right [00:54.19]And death is the legacy of the fight [00:56.45]But I fight for peace against injustice [00:59.43]The time has come to discuss [01:01.06]This sad affair [01:02.82]How long will it be [01:04.68] [01:07.83]How long will it be [01:09.99] [01:12.98]How long will it be [01:14.86] [01:18.18]Such a sad affair [01:21.52] [01:22.12]I had a dream of days to come [01:24.94]When orange only meant the summer sun [01:27.48]And not this knife that cuts apart [01:29.51] [01:30.04]A nation's soul a nation's heart [01:32.58]A thousand tears my mother shed [01:35.24]Sons and daughters have died and bled [01:37.80]I cannot forget their brave example [01:40.43]Thank you all for whom I trample [01:43.05]People have been mistreat for too long [01:45.36] [01:46.04]How long to sing this sad song [01:48.27]Connolly said that we shall rise again [01:50.58]And surely one day the pain must end [01:53.19]Some say that's a bridge too far [01:55.80]Some they say tiocfaidh ár lá [01:58.42]Some pretend the problems don't exist [02:00.88]Some attack and some resist [02:03.18]It's a sad affair [02:04.34]How long will it be [02:06.30] [02:09.36]How long will it be [02:11.30] [02:14.51]How long will it be [02:16.45] [02:19.63]Such a sad affair [02:22.58] [02:34.07]Some say one day our day will come [02:36.79]The race is run we know the outcome [02:39.39]The tide is on the side of the green [02:41.95]The butchers apron no longer seen [02:44.55]But all I know is that peace must win [02:46.94]And I thought this was Ireland not Britain [02:48.87] [02:49.64]A six country state is a bastard state [02:52.36]So why oh why can't we all integrate [02:54.72]Cause my people suffer great injustice daily [02:57.44]Condemned by racism in the Bailey [02:59.80]The Guildford Four Maguires and the Six [03:02.00] [03:02.65]Innocent but guilty of being Micks [03:05.03]And my culture is as strong as a pyramid [03:07.63]And you will pay for these things you did [03:10.15]Not just to we but to the African [03:12.65]The Asian and the true American [03:15.45]And tomorrow the sorrow will continue [03:17.80]And the hatred will fester in the sinews [03:19.87] [03:20.45]I feel like a stranger in the land where I was born [03:23.00]I just have to wait for a new dawn [03:25.23]It's a sad affair [03:26.44]How long will it be [03:28.28] [03:31.50]How long will it be [03:33.51] [03:36.74]How long will it be [03:38.68] [03:41.83]Such a sad affair