{"id":1454,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/echos-of-my-past"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"echos-of-my-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/echos-of-my-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Echo’s Of My Past"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

The checkpoints and the baracades, have all been taken down
\nAs again I walk the streets of my native Derry Town
\nAlong its lonely allyways , and bustling new highways
\nMy thoughts of my troubled youth, in oh so many ways<\/p>\n

The echos of explosions, from the violence of my past
\nAnnouncments of the deaths, on the six o’clock Newscast<\/p>\n

The rise of civil rights, I had followed from the start
\nWith hopes of new beginings, in a young mans foolish heart
\nMarches and demonstrations, they were our way to go
\nWith banners and speaches, we thought that we could show<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

The answer to our peaceful ways, was to put us all down
\nWith the R.U.C. and Specials, and the forces of the Crown
\nMy options were few, and the choice I made was clear
\nTo the ranks of Derry’s provo’s, I became a volunteer<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Explosives and the Armalite, were now my tools of trade
\nIn a Hellish confrontation, that the British forces made
\nSafe houses, on the run, became my way of life
\nNo time for youthful pastimes, or to find myself a wife<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Forced to flee the confines, of the Cragin and Bogside
\nTo be be there any longer, would be my suicide
\nI was captured on the border, revolver in my hand
\nThen taken by the Army, a token trial to stand<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Twenty years confinement, for my fight against the Crown
\nThe sentence I most dreaded, not to see my Derry Town
\nA man who lost his youth, spent in a prison cell
\nWho can return once more, to his home in Brandy Well
\nChorus X 2
\nOutro<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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