[Chorus]
Armoured cars and tanks and guns,
Came to take away our sons,
But every man will stand behind,
The men behind the wire.

Armoured cars and tanks and guns,
Came to take away our sons,
But every man will stand behind,
The men behind the wire.

[Verse]
Through the little streets of Belfast,
In the dark of early morn,
British soldiers marauding,
Wrecking little homes with scorn.

Hear the sobs of crying children,
Dragging fathers from their beds,
Bleeding sons while helpless mothers,
Watch the blood pour from their heads.

[Chorus]
Armoured cars and tanks and guns,
Came to take away our sons,
But every man will stand behind,
The men behind the wire.

[Verse]
Not for them a judge or jury,
Nor indeed a crime at all,
Being Irish means they're guilty,
So we're guilty one and all.

Round the world the truth will echo,
Cromwell's men are here again,
England's name again is sullied,
In the eyes of honest men.

[Chorus]
Armoured cars and tanks and guns,
Came to take away our sons,
But every man will stand behind,
The men behind the wire.

[Verse]
Proudly march behind our banner,
Firmly stand behind our men,
We will have them free to help us,
Build a nation once again.

On the people, march together,
Proudly firmly on your way,
Never fear or falter,
Till the boys are home to stay.

[Chorus]
Armoured cars and tanks and guns,
Came to take away our sons,
But every man will stand behind,
The men behind the wire.

Armoured cars and tanks and guns,
Came to take away our sons,
But every man will stand behind,
The men behind the wire.

[Outro]
But every man will stand behind,
The men behind the wire.