[Verse]
Tried 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 tired of,
Seeing this place run down,
But I say, "Take your blindfold 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.

[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,
None of those bullets missed,
But for every trigger pulled that morning,
A volunteer he will enlist.

Five long hours they left them lying there,
The priest was turned away,
So another step lower for those SAS bastards,
We'll 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.

[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 routes,
Whilst those Borstal Boys hovered helplessly overhead,
The RA came out to salute.

They emptied their magazines over each coffin,
And defiantly the crowd were sent,
So another day dawns and the guns will be 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.