[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 hills,
Down into the valleys and amongst the daffodils.

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

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

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

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

[Chorus]
And when this war is over and I see your face again,
Then I will 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 she chose to bite her lip and the toil was not to cease,
Still the barricades went up by day and the bullets hum by night,
How much longer must we keep this path, there's still no end in sight.

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

[Verse]
It's a dreadful thing that those men joined our ranks of martyrs brave,
It's ten too many coffin lids nailed coldly in their grave,
But if they only realised then Thatcher mark us well,
It's ten more determined reasons just to break out of the hell.

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

[Outro]
O'Hara, Hughes, McCreesh and Sands,
Doherty and Lynch,
McDonnell, Hurson, McElwee, Devine,
Forever in our minds.