Jim Page 2003
Christy Moore changed a lot of the lyrics with Page's blessing for his 2024 recording; this is Moore's version with a chorus Page recorded in 2024 that differs from his original 2003 chorus.
Let me tell you a story, I’ll be quick as I can
Terrible news from the Holy Land
Pictures of Children etched in my mind
Buried in the rubble on the firing line
The Jews and The Arabs lived one and the same
A thousand years then the Zionists came
Came like a river, came like a flood
Al Nakba was written on the wall in blood
Chorus:
O Palestine, going home sometime
Talk about settlers from far away
Talk about dollars from the USA
Talk about blast bombs, the bullets and the lead
The shadow of the Jackboot hanging over your head
What can you do when they demolish your home
Olive Trees buried and gone
Do you dare to resist?
Stand on the road with a rock in your fist
They talk about peace like it’s a moral obligation
There’ll never be peace under occupation
Talk about Talks, to the beat of the drum
70 years Nakba rolls on
We need to talk about the friends that we endorse
The rockets and the tanks and the warships they disperse
No wonder it seems to be
An undemocratic version of Democracy