[Intro]
Maggie, hey Maggie, (Hey!)
Hey Maggie Thatcher, bring your soldiers home.
[Verse]
I was seventeen singing on the brew,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here,
So I joined the army, nothing else to do,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here.
They said I'd learn a trade and get good pay,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here
Now I'm dodging the bullets of the IRA,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here.
On patrol in Coalisland or west Belfast
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here,
Every step you take could be your last,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here,
[Chorus]
Woah, Maggie, hey Maggie, (Hey!)
Hey Maggie Thatcher, bring your soldiers home,
Woah, Maggie, hey Maggie, (Hey!)
Hey Maggie Thatcher, bring your soldiers home.
It's five, ten, fifteen, twenty years,
Blow up the bloody border, get us out of here,
It's five, ten, fifteen, twenty years,
Blow up the bloody border, get us out of here.
[Verse]
Down in Fermanagh we can't show our face,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here,
They just drive up in a lorry and blow up our base
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here.
If your shot up in Cappagh, it puzzles me,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here,
How you end up in a car crash in Germany,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here.
Round by Clogher and by Omagh I don't mean to fuss,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here,
It's no safer in a chopper than a bloody bus,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here.
[Chorus]
Woah, Maggie, hey Maggie, (Hey!)
Hey Maggie Thatcher, bring your soldiers home,
Woah, Maggie, hey Maggie, (Hey!)
Hey Maggie Thatcher, bring your soldiers home.
It's five, ten, fifteen, twenty years,
Blow up the bloody border, get us out of here,
It's five, ten, fifteen, twenty years,
Blow up the bloody border, get us out of here.
[Verse]
East and West Germany will soon be one,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here,
Won't you listen to the people, their day has come
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here.
And Nelson Mandela has his liberty,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here,
Soon we'll be talking to the Provos like the ANC,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here.
Oh, we have no reason left to stay,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here,
For we're never gonna beat the IRA,
Hey Maggie, Maggie, get us out of here.
[Chorus]
Woah, Maggie, hey Maggie, (Hey!)
Hey Maggie Thatcher, bring your soldiers home,
Woah, Maggie, hey Maggie, (Hey!)
Hey Maggie Thatcher, bring your soldiers home.
It's five, ten, fifteen, twenty years,
Blow up the bloody border, get us out of here,
It's five, ten, fifteen, twenty years,
Blow up the bloody border, get us out of here.
[Chorus]
Woah, Maggie, hey Maggie, (Hey!)
Hey Maggie Thatcher, bring your soldiers home,
Hey Maggie Thatcher, bring your soldiers home,
Hey Maggie Thatcher, bring your soldiers home,
Hey Maggie Thatcher, bring your soldiers home.