The Other Side-Christy Moore

[ti:The Other Side] [ar:Christy Moore] [al:The Unfinished Revolution] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Other Side - Christy Moore [00:15.61]Where John paints in Caribbean colours [00:18.76] [00:19.93]And Tyrone boys dream of loving on the strand [00:23.81] [00:25.58]Flowers heaped in gesture on [00:27.87]The courthouse steps in Kerry [00:29.96]And we trampled on the outstretched hand [00:33.67] [00:34.70]Roman posters on the wall outside the graveyard [00:38.73] [00:40.43]“No Divorce” is all they say [00:43.18] [00:44.95]I saw a little sister of Mercy [00:48.31] [00:49.64]Invoke the wrath of God on polling day [00:53.19] [00:55.02]Oh the Island where [00:59.62]Tyrone boys dream of loving on the strand [01:03.08] [01:04.49]Oh the Island [01:08.08] [01:09.57]Where we trampled on the outstretched hand [01:12.62] [01:17.26]The lady sends squaddies on the water [01:20.62] [01:22.11]Geordie don't be afraid to die [01:24.84] [01:26.92]In blackened face he dreams of his [01:28.92]Darling bairns and hinny [01:31.72]On the watchtower overlooking aughnacloy [01:34.96] [01:36.82]In Long Kesh the Tyrone Boys are dreaming [01:40.27] [01:41.76]Of making love upon the strand some day [01:45.18] [01:47.68]On the news came a mid-Atlantic accent [01:51.39]Plastic bullet has taken Julie Livingstone away [01:56.12] [01:56.67]Oh the Island where [02:01.53]Tyrone boys dream of loving on the strand [02:04.63] [02:06.46]Oh the Island [02:10.19] [02:11.26]Where we trampled on the outstretched hand [02:14.51] [02:18.72]The King he came to see his people [02:22.02] [02:23.73]And he took a soldier by the hand [02:27.46] [02:28.47]Eyes averted from the Gloucester Diamond [02:32.52] [02:33.74]To comfort those who occupy the land [02:36.76] [02:38.96]High above the clouds a promised heaven [02:41.98] [02:43.32]On the street a confused and homeless child [02:46.87] [02:48.42]While men in black declare a social order [02:51.78] [02:52.98]Frightened women sail to the other side [02:57.44] [02:58.48]Oh the Island where [03:03.30]Tyrone boys dream of loving on the strand [03:06.57] [03:08.33]Oh the Island [03:11.82] [03:13.12]Where we trampled on the outstretched hand [03:16.36] [03:20.31]All the young ones are leaving the Island [03:24.02] [03:25.27]Out the door down the steps around the side [03:28.90] [03:30.95]Unwanted they file through departure lounges [03:34.18] [03:35.48]Like deportees dispersing far and wide [03:38.68] [03:39.79]In the distance there's cricket in Cloughjordan [03:43.89] [03:45.20]The gentle clack of croquet on the lawn [03:48.58] [03:50.13]As our children shackled by illegal status [03:54.32] [03:54.84]Hold their heads down behind the Brooklyn wall [03:59.22] [04:00.41]Oh the Island where [04:05.10]Tyrone boys dream of loving on the strand [04:08.48] [04:10.24]Oh the Island [04:13.61] [04:14.92]Where we trampled on the outstretched hand