Belfast Child - Simple Minds

When my love said to me

Meet me down by the gallow tree

For it's sad news I bring

About this old town

And all that it's offering

Some say troubles abound

Some day soon they're gonna

Pull the old town down

One day we'll return here

When the Belfast Child sings again

Brothers sisters where are you now

As I look for you right through the crowd

All my life here I've spent

With my faith in God

The Church and the Government

Some say troubles abound

Some day soon they're gonna

Pull the old town down

One day we'll return here

When the Belfast child sings again

When the Belfast child sings again

So come back Billy

Won't you come on home

Come back Mary

You've been away so long

The streets are empty

And your mother's gone

The girls are crying

It's been oh so long

And your father's calling come on home

Won't you come on home Come on home

Come back people

You've been gone a while

And the war is raging

Through the Emerald Isle

That's flesh and blood man

That's flesh and blood

All the girls are crying

But all's not lost

The streets are empty

The streets are cold

Won't you come on home Come on home

The streets are empty

Life goes on

One day we'll return here

When the Belfast child sings again

When the Belfast child sings again