Belfast Child Lyrics - Street Fighting Years - 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 

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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 

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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