Flogging Molly - Oliver Boy (All Of Our Boys) Lyrics
Oh! Oliver Boy what did you do?But crush the hand you never shookThen rob the rights of people to be freeOh! Oliver Boy it's a terrible stateYou left behind a worse off raceWhere dignity and pride fought for their placeOh! Oliver Boy now you are goneAnd we're still here where we belongForgiveness being our strength you'll never seeNow the sun shines on this page I writeThough it's raining hard in PalestineNo lands are promised landsWhen will we see?So don't tell me that your God's my GodI don't think they even care at allJust a pantomime behind a curtain lies deceitOh listen to me bark out loudWithout a voice and little growlSnapping at the heels I waitFor something more to changeThe more they stay the same[Chorus:]Oliver Boy! It's the same militiaOliver Boy! Just the clothes are differentOliver Boy! It's the same old storyWhere there's blood there's death not gloryLook into these empty eyesFed upon by parasitesAs beauty's ugly head devours its plightWhile the borders of our hate createNothing more than each our fateTrapped between our comfort and our crimeSo stand along the graveyard wallAnd watch the souls perform their songSing to us the dead aboveAs the mourners come to prayThe living stay away[Chorus:]Oliver Boy! It's the same militiaOliver Boy! Just the clothes are differentOliver Boy! It's the same old storyWhere there's blood there's death not gloryOliver Boy! We're all someone's sonsAll of our Boys! Just put down the gunsOliver Boy! You're dead but listenYou were wrong but we're no differentMarching to the left, everyone in stepDon't ask the question, why we're here with no directionMarching to the right, this is not our fightThe curse of friction, born of man and contradiction[Chorus]All of our Boys!Now the sun shines on this page I writeThough it's raining hard in Palestine
