paroles de chanson There Were Roses - Lisa McHugh

My song for you this evening
Is not to make you sad
Nor for adding to the sorrows
Of our troubled Northern land
But lately I've been thinking
And it just won't leave my mind
I'll tell you of two friends one time
Who were both good friends of mine
Now Isaac, he was Protestant
And Sean was Catholic born
But it never made a difference
For their friendship, it was strong
And sometimes in the evening
When we heard the sound of drums
We said it won't divide us
We will always be as one
There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of the people ran together
It was on a Sunday morning
When the awful news came around
Another killing had been done
Just outside Newry town
We knew that Isaac danced up there
We knew he liked the band
But when we heard that he was dead
We just could not understand
Now fear filled the countryside
There was fear in every home
When late at night a car came
Prowling 'round the Ryan Row
A Catholic would be killed tonight
To even up the score
Oh Christ, it's young McDonnell
They have taken from the door
There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the tears of the people ran together
Isaac was my friend, he cried
He begged them with his tears
But centuries of hatred
Have ears that do not hear
An eye for an eye
It was all that filled their minds
And another eye for another eye
'Til everyone was blind
Now I don't know where the moral is
Or where this song should end
But I wonder just how many wars
Were fought between good friends
And those who give the orders
Are not the ones to die
It's Scott and young McDonnell
And the likes of you and I
Roses, roses, roses
And the tears of the people ran together
There were roses, there were roses
There were roses
And the tears of the people ran together