Song Lyrics Oconnor Sinead - Famine    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> O>> Oconnor Sinead Singer Lyrics [Oconnor Sinead other resources]>> Famine Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Oconnor Sinead Music Title/Track: Famine Theme ID: 1302 Album: N/A OK, I want to talk about Ireland Specifically I want to talk about the "famine" About the fact that there never really was one There was no "famine" See Irish people were only ALLOWED to eat potatoes All of the other food Meat fish vegetables Were shipped out of the country under armed guard To England while the Irish people starved And then on the middle of all this They gave us money not to teach our children Irish And so we lost our history And this is what I think is still hurting me See we're like a child that's been battered Has to drive itself out of it's head because it's fightened Still feels all the painful feelings But they lose contact with the memory And this leads to massive self-destruction ALCOHOLISM DRUG ADICTION All desperate attempts at running And in it's worst form Becomes actual killing And if there ever is gonna be healing There has to be remembering And then grieving So that there then can be forgiving There has to be knowledge and understanding An American army regulation Says you mustn't kill more than 10% of a nation 'Cos to do so causes permanent "psychological damage" It's not permanent but they didn't know that Anyway during the supposed "famine" We lost a lot more than 10% of a nation Through deaths on land or on ships of emigration But what finally broke us was not starvation BUT IT'S USE IN THE CONTROLLING OF OUR EDUCATION School go on about "Black 47" On and on about "The terrible "famine"" But what they don't say is in truth There really never was one So let's take a look shall we The highest statistics of child abuse in the EEC And we say we're a Christian country But we've lost contact with our history See we used to worship God as a mother We're sufferin from POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER Look at all our old men in the pubs Look at all our young people on drugs We used to worship God as a mother Now look at what we're doing to each other We've even made killers of ourselves The most child-like trusting people in the Universe And this is what's wrong with us Our history books THE PARENT FIGURES lied to us I see the Irish As a race like a child That got itself basned in the face And if there ever is gonna be healing There has to be remembering And then grieving So that there then can be FORGIVING There has to be KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING Related Lyrics Random lyrics: 1977, Blue Flowers Revisited, Ajayu, Amaria Silenciosamente, Anclado, Caminare, Ciclos, Cuecaina, Cuecaina De Regreso, Despiertame, DespueS De Ti, DespuS De Ti, Disco Lipstick, Eclipse, Eternindad, Fe Visual, la noche, Madame Octavia, Mienteme, Nada Se Compara A Ti, No Hay Marcha Atras, No Le Digas-Ya que no estas, Phutu Bass, Redencion, Rh O, Ripiados, Sere Tu Musica, Si Maana, Bridges And Walls, Sintonizate, Tal Como Soy, Tocando Un Pensamiento, Verdades Ineditas, Volcan, Y Al Final, Yaquenoestas, Behind The Castle Walls, Far From Danger Now (Parts 1 2), For There Is War!, Just An Illusion, Meet Thy Maker, Power And The Glory, The Verdict, A Lonely Voice, Adam And Eve, Adam Eve, After The Fall, Always, Ariel, Be My Hero, Other Oconnor Sinead song Lyrics All Apologies Lyrics Black Boys On Mopeds Lyrics Feel So Different Lyrics Fire On Babylon Lyrics Heroine Lyrics I Am Stretched On Your Grave Lyrics Jump In The River Lyrics My Special Child Lyrics Scarlett Ribbons Lyrics Thank You For Hearing Me Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Octagon Dr Lyrics Octavia Lyrics October 31 Lyrics October Project Lyrics Oda Lyrics Odd Man Out Lyrics Odd Nordstoga Lyrics Odd Project Lyrics Odd Squad Lyrics Oddie Bill Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy