Marxman - Sad Affair lyrics

Artist: Marxman Album: unknown Song: Sad Affair Once upon a time there was Irish ways and Irish laws Villages of Irish blood Waking to the morning good But England and her soldiers came Started centuries of shame Raped our women stole our grain Called this land a different name k**ed their leaders k**ed their young Put to the sword, the gun, or hung History taught this to me But what ya learn is a travesty I'm saying no slaying is playing it right And d**h is the legacy of the fight But I fight for peace against injustice The time has come to discuss This SAD AFFAIR [Chorus] How long will it be... Such a sad affair? I had a dream of days to come When orange only meant the summer sun And not this knife that cuts apart A nation's soul a nation's heart A thousand tears my mother shed Sons and daughters have died and bled I cannot forget their brave example Thank you all for whom I trample People have been mistreat for too long How long to sing this sad song Connolly said that we shall rise again And surely one day the pain must end Some say "that's a bridge too far" Some they say "tiocfaidh ár lá!" Some pretend the problems don't exist Some attack and some resist It's a SAD AFFAIR [Chorus] Some say "One day our day will come The race is run we know the outcome The tide is on the side of the green The butchers apron no longer seen" But all I know is that peace must win And I thought this was Ireland not Britain A six-country state is a ba*tard state Why oh why can't we all integrate? Cuz my people suffer great injustice daily Condemned by racism in the Bailey The Guildford Four, Maguires, and the Six Innocent! but guilty of being Micks And my culture is as strong as a pyramid And you will pay for these things you did Not just to we but to the African The Asian, and the true American And tomorrow the sorrow will continue And the hatred will fester in the sinews I feel like a stranger in the land where I was born I just have to wait for a new dawn It's a SAD AFFAIR [Chorus]