Siòbhan - Ballylee lyrics

I was a rebel in the fight of 49 I ran on coffin ships so long before your time There's girl who waits across the eastern sea That's how I like it If you could see the light that burns for all you've done The farthest lands would be to close for you to run There's always one more day for the sun That's how I like it Chorus: Back against the wall This day you're gonna fall Until this face is all you can see And my name will rise again On the hills of Ballylee The hills and rivers flowing over Ballylee Stretch as far as the naked eye can see And the shining flower came unto me That's how I liked it She was more beautiful than anyone I'd seen But your thunder came a crashing through our dream And I'm stronger than I seem That's how I like it Chorus: My people died for all this power that you hold How many of them have your leaders bought and sold Just one more fight before I'm old That's how I like it And the day you tore me from the place that I'll remain Was the day you signed your little life straight down the drain And the worms will make a chowder of your brain That's how I like it Chorus: