Ode to Liberty - Protest Song

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Phil Lynott

Philip Parris "Phil" Lynott ( /ˈlaɪnət/; 20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish musician who first came to prominence as a founding member, principal songwriter, lead vocalist and bassist of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. more »

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1982

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The dream was not a vision 
Or some preminition like we were told 
It was no figment of the imagination 
To prove that we could be bought or sold 
The doctor of the diamond run 
Could be revealed to the intellegent 
But this is what I resent Who cares for the ignorant, the 
intellegent The 
cynics approach was mean 
Who cares for anything in this whole wide world except me 
And this opinion must not confuse the issue 
My appearence, my condition, Or state of delivery 
I am stating the obvious 
This is a protest 
There must me a collusion 
This is no Shakespearean speach 
This is a statement 
Made by one who can not practice what he preaches 
The statue of liberty 
Has engraved on it's wall 
Give me your poor, give me your needy Give me them all 
We need something like this 
For this world to coexist 
It would be so easy To act so pretensious 
To act as if it was hypocracy 
To act condisending 
When in fact it's the world we're mending 
And that's why I can't relax 
Cause inside my coat it's a pistol that I pack 
We must beware of a suprise nuclear attack 
We must be ready to strike back 
I'm not pretending 
Our defense needs clearly mending 
We must leave those standing 
Forget the third world is ending 
Is starving, 
Is crying 
Is desolate, 
Is oh so late 
I would dearly love to return 
Through a mirror in twenty years 
And learn 
what the future has in store for us 
And if I learned that we lost 
And there was no hope 
For those that fight 
I would turn to drink 
And drink is drugs 
And drugs would help me sink 
And like of boat, I float 
I sail out to the sky 
To the universe and back 
Maybe to give it another try 
I don't know why, why Jack 
Just to confirm our Father 
Just to learn, just to heal us 

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