[Verse]
Call me what you will and tell me what they say,
For tomorrow brings a new wind and the rain has gone away,
For within these walls, I see the sun as it shines o'er the hill,
Down into the valley and amongst the daffodils.

[Chorus]
But when this war is over and I see your face again,
Then I'll tell you of the warriors who put death before revenge.

[Verse]
Now here we starve in prison to support our fellow men,
We've only a woollen blanket and a crucifix in our hands,
Yet the screws harass and give us hell but their spirits they cannot break,
Hold your chins up lads, keep marching on, we don't think she'll leave it too late.

[Chorus]
But when this war is over and I see your face again,
Then I'll tell you of the warriors who put death before revenge.

[Verse]
Bobby was the first to go, with Francis close behind,
People streamed onto the streets, to have faith was not a crime,
And faith is what those men had when they chose to join our fight,
Their actions were political, can't those British see we're right?

[Chorus]
But when this war is over and I see your face again,
Then I'll tell you of the warriors who put death before revenge.

[Verse]
The days rolled by and two more died, O'Hara and McCreesh,
Yet Thatcher chose to bite her lip, the toil was not to cease,
Still the barricades went up by day and the bullets hum by night,
How much longer must they keep this path, there is still no end in sight.

[Chorus]
But when this war is over and I see your face again,
Then I'll tell you of the warriors who put death before revenge.

[Verse]
It's a dreadful thing that those men joined our ranks of martyred braves,
That's ten too many coffin nails picked coldly to their graves,
But if they only realise then Thatcher mark us well,
They are ten more determined reasons for to break out of this hell.

[Chorus]
But when this war is over and I see your face again,
Then I'll will tell you of the warriors who put death before revenge.

[Chorus]
But when this war is over and I see your face again,
Then I'll will tell you of the warriors who put death before revenge.
Sinne Fianna Gael.