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Sinéad O'Connor

Okay, I want to talk about Ireland<br /> Specifically I want to talk about the "famine"<br /> About the fact that there never really was one<br /> There was no "famine"<br /> See Irish people were only allowed to eat potatoes<br /> All of the other food<br /> Meat fish vegetables<br /> Were stipped out of the country under armed guard<br /> To England while the Irish people starved<br /> And then on the middle of all this<br /> They gave us money not to teach our children Irish<br /> And so we lost our history<br /> And this is what I think is still hurting me<br /> <br /> See we're like a child that's been battered<br /> Has to drive itself out of it's head because it's fightened<br /> Still feels all the painful feelings<br /> But they lose contact with the memory<br /> <br /> And this leads to massive self-destruction<br /> Alcoholism drug addiction<br /> All desperate attempts at running<br /> And in it's worst form<br /> Becomes actual killing<br /> <br /> And if there ever is gonna be healing<br /> There has to be remembering<br /> And then grieving<br /> So that there then can be forgiving<br /> There has to be knowledge and understanding<br /> <br /> An American army regulation<br /> Says you mustn't kill more than 10% of a nation<br /> 'Cause to do so causes permanent "psychological damage"<br /> It's not permanent but they didn't know that<br /> Anyway during the supposed "famine"<br /> We lost a lot more than 10% of a nation<br /> Through deaths on land or on ships of emigration<br /> But what finally broke us was not starvation<br /> But it's use in the controlling of our education<br /> School go on about "Black 47"<br /> On and on about "The terrible "famine""<br /> But what they don't say is in truth<br /> There really never was one<br /> <br /> So let's take a look shall we<br /> The highest statistics of child abuse in the EEC<br /> And we say we're a Christian country<br /> But we've lost contact with our history<br /> See we used to worship God as a mother<br /> We're sufferin from post traumatic stress disorder<br /> Look at all our old men in the pubs<br /> Look at all our young people on drugs<br /> We used to worship God as a mother<br /> Now look at what we're doing to each other<br /> We've even made killers of ourselves<br /> The most child-like trusting people in the Universe<br /> And this is what's wrong with us<br /> Our history books the parent figure lied to us<br /> <br /> I see the Irish<br /> As a race like a child<br /> That got itself basned in the face<br /> <br /> And if there ever is gonna be healing<br /> There has to be remembering<br /> And then grieving<br /> So that there then can be forgiving<br /> There has to be knowledge and understanding<br /> ---<br /> Lyrics powered by lyrics.tancode.com<br /> written by LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL / REYNOLDS, JOHN / O'CONNOR, SINEAD / SIMENON, TIM / CLAYTON, DAVID<br /> Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., EMI Music PublishingLyrics provided by TANCODEhttps://damnlyrics.com/" readonly=""/>