Plastic Bullets

So you divided up my land.
Six counties stayed in England's hand.
And so you take my home,
but you cannot take my mind.
Then you tried to keep me down.
With your tanks and guns,
in my streets and towns.
And you shoot your plastic bullets,
to keep your plastic State.
In Ireland's troubled land,
each decade brings it's Rebel band,
and forces of the Crown.
They tried to bring them down.
But the flowers will bloom again.
And the people, they will rise again
And then you shot him down
So all the world could see.
Does it matter how you kill
you make the rules
it is your will.
With lead or plastic bullets
to kill it's all the same.
Oh I could not believe my eyes
you took those young lads by surprise.
The way you shot them down
that day in Derry town.
In Ireland's troubled land,
each decade brings it's Rebel band,
and forces of the Crown.
They tried to bring them down.
But the flowers will bloom again.
And the people, they will rise again
And then you shot him down
So all the world could see.
Oh, some justice we did seek.
a place for all to live in peace.
An island in the sea,
where people could be free.
But you cannot be proud,
the way you shot into that crowd.
A Nightmare! You shot them down!
That night in Belfast town.
In Ireland's troubled land,
each decade brings it's Rebel band,
and forces of the Crown.
They tried to bring them down.
But the flowers will bloom again.
And the people, they will rise again
And then you shot him down
So all the world could see.
Then shoot me, shoot me down.
Because I make my coulours known.
And I heard their mercy cry,
where people in fear do lie.
In anger then he ran,
with the bat or stick oh in his hand.
And then you shot him down!
And all the world could see.
In Ireland's troubled land,
each decade brings it's Rebel band,
and forces of the Crown.
They tried to bring them down.
But the flowers will bloom again.
And the people, they will rise again
And then you shot him down
So all the world could see.
The day you shot Sean Downs
that day in Belfast town.