Tuesday 26 May 2009

no end


i remember democratic unionist leader Ian Paisley walked out of a meeting with Sinn Fein in 1997 and i decided to write a song that there is "no end" to the ongoing trouble in northern ireland. this encapsulates the anger of 1997, drumcree and life in northern ireland at the time. I wrote it with michael mcclelland one night, it came very easily and was probably the first song i ever penned about northern ireland. at the time it seemed like there was "no end", but there was...

written - bangor, october 1997

subject matter - ongoing troubles in northern ireland

written by - jonny scott blair and michael mcclelland

lyrics -

its hard to tell if its day or night
because everyone is kept in the dark
all around us the people are sleeping
despite what they think they know

papers only tell the truth
tv too, so what's the use?

i've looked everywhere and there is no end
the godfathers have control
i've looked all around and there is no answer
talking's no good without action
talking's no good without action

i've looked everywhere and there is no end
the godfathers have control
i've looked all around and there is no answer
talking's no good without action
talking's no good without action
smoking's no good without cancer

in this world with no heaven i'm writing the book with no end

(lyrics incomplete at present, some verses are lost)

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