Simple Minds

Belfast child

When my love said to me
meet me down by the gallowtree
for it's sad news I bring about this old town
and all that it's suffering.
Some say troubles are 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.
For all my life here I have spent
with my faith in god and church
and the government.
Some say troubles are abound.
Some day soon they're gonna pull
the old town down.
One day we'll return here
when the Belfast child sings again.


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
and it's been o 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 emarald isle.
But that's flesh and blood, man,
that's flesh and blood.
The girls are crying but all's not lost.
The streets are empty
'cause the streets are cold.
Won't you come on home,
won't you come on home ?
The streets are empty.
Life goes on.
One day we'll return here
when the Belfast child sings again.