ciaran murphy: when we take control

they’re gonna call in the army when we take control
but the troops’ll be movin with the times
the young men in uniform’ll find their souls
and they’ll turn on their leaders for their crimes

the suits in the stock exchange’ll scratch their heads
the crops’ll be rottin in the fields
the shake at the windows when the workers come
for the fruits of their labour that he steals

in the age of love
we’ll have no boss but god above
take a chance, reclaim your future
raise the starry plough
only fear can stop us now
no steps back—let’s claim our future

we’ll weed out the traitors in the union ranks
who lied and deceived and held us back
we’ll tear down the prisons and we’ll burn the banks
so the world knows we’re never goin back

we’ll close the casinos and the gamblin dens
the worst that the devil ever sent
we'll call in the bailiffs and the money men
and in front of their victims they'll repent

and in the age of love
we’ll have no boss but god above
take a chance, reclaim your future
raise the starry plough
only fear can stop us now
no steps back—let’s claim our future

we'll hunt down the princes and the royal bitch
by now they'll be wearin workers clothes
the flash fancy bankers and the super-rich
oh he'll sell every colleague that he knows

we'll call in the workers and we'll storm the banks
and we share out the money that we earn
we think of the martyrs and we give them thanks
and we write down the lessons that we learn

and in the age of love
we’ll have no boss but god above
take a chance, reclaim your future
raise the starry plough
only fear can stop us now
no steps back—let’s claim our future

they’re gonna call in the army when we take control
but the troops’ll be movin with the times
the young men in uniform’ll find their souls
and they’ll turn on their leaders for their crimes

we hold up our children and we promise them
that they won't be exploited when they grow
from each his ability to each his needs
is the one constitution that they'll know

what did Connolly say—
let Ireland show a better way
let our land become a beacon
all around the world
the workers flags will be unfurled
and it's just the Earth we're seekin

in the age of love
we’ll have no boss but god above
take a chance, reclaim your future
raise the starry plough
only fear can stop us now
no steps back, let’s claim our future

[micko]

Cíaran Murphy. One of the best protest singers in Ireland. Deserves to be as well known as Christy Moore. Too 'hard' for the establishment, of course....