[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,
And I say, "Take your blindfolds off, you hypocrites,
And help get us off the ground."

[Chorus]
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 that you pulled that morning,
A volunteer will enlist.

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

[Chorus]
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]
The funerals were to prove their worthiness,
Thousands thronged the streets,
While the Borstal Boys hover helplessly overhead,
The RA came out to salute.

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

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