[Verse]
Try to sing some songs of glory,
Sing some songs of peace,
But in the end it's the same old story,
They're both to hard to reach.

People tell me they're sick and they're tired of,
Seeing this place run down,
For then I say, "Take off those blindfolds, you hypocrites,
And help get us off the ground."

[Chorus]
And please say it isn't so,
Why Willie and Danny had to go,
The reason's very clear,
They're laying down their lives for us year after year.

[Verse]
Seventy shots between their bodies,
Not one of those bullets missed,
But for every trigger pulled that morning,
A volunteer he will enlist.

For five long hours you left them lying there,
The priest was turned away,
So another step lower for those SAS bastards,
We'll never forget that day.

[Chorus]
And please say it isn't so,
Why Willie and Danny had to go,
The reason's very clear,
They're laying down their lives for us year after year.

[Verse]
Oh, the funerals were to prove their worthiness,
Thousands they thronged the routes,
Just to watch the Borstal Boys as hovered helplessly overhead,
As the RA came out to salute.

Well they emptied their magazines over each coffin,
As defiantly the crowds were sent,
So another day dawns but the guns will be out again,
Cause Willie and Danny had friends.

[Chorus]
And please say it isn't so,
Why Willie and Danny had to go,
The reason's very clear,
They're laying down their lives for us year after year.

[Chorus]
Please say it isn't so,
Oh, why Willie and Danny they had to go,
Yes the reason's very clear,
They're laying down their lives for us year after year,
Please say it isn't so.