Ode To Liberty Lyrics - Singles - Philip Lynott

The dream was not a vision 

Or some premonition like we were told 

It was no figment of the imagination 

To prove that we could be bought or sold 

The doctor of the diamond run 

Could be revealed to the intelligent 

But this is what I resent 

Who cares for the ignorant, the intelligent 

The cynics approach was mean 

Who cares for anything 

In this whole wide world 

Except me 

And this opinion must not confuse the issue 

My appearance, my condition or state of delivery 

I am stating the obvious 

This is a protest 

There must me a collusion 

This is no Shakespearean speech 

This is a statement 

Made by one who can not practice what he preaches 

The Statue of Liberty 

Has engraved on its wall 

'Give me your poor, give me your needy 

Give me them all' 

We need something like this 

For this world to coexist 

It would be so easy 

To act so pretentious 

To act as if it was hypocrisy 

To act condescending 

When in fact 

It's the world we're mending 

And that's why I can't relax 

'Cause inside my coat it's a pistol that I pack 

We must beware of a surprise nuclear attack 

We must be ready to strike back 

I'm not pretending 

Our defenses need clearly mending 

We must leave on standing 

Forget the third world is ending 

Is starving, is crying 

Is desolate, is oh, so late 

I would dearly love to return 

Through a mirror in twenty years 

And learn what the future 

Has in store for us 

And if I learned that we lost 

And there was no hope 

For those that fight 

I would turn to drink 

And drink is drugs 

And drugs would help me sink 

And like of boat, I float 

Sail out to the sky 

To the universe and back 

Maybe to give it another try 

I don't know why, why Jack 

Just to confirm our Father 

Just to learn, just to heal us