[Verse]
Try to sing some songs of glory,
Sing some songs of peace,
In the end it's the same old story,
They're both to hard to reach.

People tell me that they're sick and tired of,
Seeing this place run down,
But I say, "Take your blindfold off, you hypocrite,
And help get 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 each bodies,
None of those bullets missed,
But for every trigger that was pulled that morning,
A volunteer will enlist.

For five long hours they left them lying there,
Priest was turned away,
Oh, it's another step lower for those SAS bastards,
We will never forget the 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 they thronged the routes,
Those Borstal Boys hovered helplessly overhead,
The RA came out to salute.

Well they emptied their magazines over each coffin,
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.
Please say it isn't so.