[Intro]
O'Hara, Hughes, McCreesh and Sands,
Doherty and Lynch,
McDonnell, Hurson, McElwee, Devine.

[Verse]
Call me what you will to tell me what they're saying,
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 valleys and amongst the daffodils.

[Chorus]
And 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]
Well here we starve in prison to support our fellow men,
With only a woollen blanket and a crucifix in their hands,
An in turn screws harass and give them 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]
And 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]
Oh, Bobby was the first to go, with Francis close behind,
Now the people streamed onto the streets, to have faith was not a crime,
Oh, and faith is what those men had when they 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'll tell you of the warriors who put death before revenge.

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

[Chorus]
And 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 pinned coldly to their grave,
Oh, and if they only realise then Thatcher mark us well,
They are more determined reasons just to break out of this hell.

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

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