Dar Williams - Ireland lyrics

When the morning mist is rising And the Hudson nearly blue With the branches all a' blowing And the sun comes sifting through I stare with homesick wonder For my thoughts all turn to you And my memory fills with deeper greens and blues And Ireland is always in the news I called your struggle useless And my home a battlefield And I cursed the hope of moving I left you all behind me Crying that your fate was sealed But the anger not the love here I did lose And Ireland is always in the news But now I'm having nightmares For the picture will not fade Of one hundred black umbrellas Shining in a great parade I guess I had it coming It's a cold hard price I paid For yes I did choose To find my brother's funeral in the news So don't you get your hopes up But I think I'm coming home For maybe there'll be freedom With one more shoulder to that stone I may end up a martyr But I will not end alone Oh your are a family that I can't refuse Oh Ireland you're dying in the news