Each Dollar A Bullet-Stiff Little Fingers

[ti:Each Dollar A Bullet] [ar:Stiff Little Fingers] [al:Fly The Flags] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.56]Each Dollar A Bullet - Stiff Little Fingers (僵硬小指) [00:02.92]Written by：Jake Burns [00:04.32] [00:19.53]Oh it must be so romantic [00:22.07]When the fighting's over there [00:24.44]And they're passing round the shamrock [00:26.19]And you're all filled up with tears [00:28.92]For the love of dear old Ireland [00:31.52]That you've never even seen [00:32.84] [00:33.76]You throw in twenty dollars [00:35.80]And sing wearing of the green [00:37.77] [00:38.55]Each dollar a bullet [00:40.90]Each victim someone's son [00:42.77] [00:43.34]And Americans kill irishmen [00:45.62]As surely [00:47.50]As if they fired the gun [00:48.90] [00:52.64]Now you've never stood on belfast's streets [00:55.07]And heard the bombs explode [00:56.65] [00:57.18]Or hid beneath the blankets [00:59.04]When there's riots down the road [01:01.10] [01:01.68]No you've never had your best friend die [01:04.06]Or lost a favorite son [01:05.54] [01:06.09]But you'll stand there and tell us [01:08.38]Just what we're doing wrong [01:10.09] [01:10.72]Each false word a bullet [01:13.15]Each victim someone's son [01:15.23]And englishmen kill irishmen [01:17.58]As surely [01:19.12]As if they fired the gun [01:20.54] [01:24.19]From the minute that you're born you're told [01:26.49]To hate the other side [01:28.14] [01:28.71]They're not like us they're not the same [01:31.18]We know because we're right [01:32.79] [01:33.34]But can't you see we're all the same [01:35.74]There is no right and wrong [01:37.74]Why can't we stop and realize [01:40.08]We've hated too much too long [01:41.70] [01:42.22]Each old lie a bullet [01:44.83]Each victim someone's son [01:46.75]And irishmen kill irishmen [01:49.49]As surely [01:50.14] [01:50.95]As if they fired the gun [01:51.99] [01:56.22]How can you convince yourself [01:58.18]That what you do is right [01:59.89] [02:00.58]When people are dying there [02:03.29]Night after night [02:04.45] [02:05.28]Don't you ever wonder [02:07.31]Why it still goes on [02:09.45]The hopes and fears and all the tears [02:12.38]Are buried in your ground [02:13.50]Buried in your ground [02:14.88] [02:36.31]Each rumour a bullet [02:38.60]Each victim someone's son [02:40.53]And careless talk kills irishmen [02:43.04]As surely [02:44.71]As if words fired the gun [02:46.58] [02:52.31]Well it's lasted for so long now [02:54.87]And so many have died [02:57.32]It's such a part of my own life [02:59.75]Yet it leaves me mystified [03:01.93]How a people so intelligent [03:04.72]Friendly kind and brave [03:07.01]Can throw themselves so willingly [03:09.43]Into an open grave [03:11.38] [03:11.91]Each new day a bullet [03:14.65]Each victim someone's son [03:16.77]And ignorance kills irishmen [03:19.47]As surely [03:21.25]As if we fired the gun