NOT MY FIGHT (in solidarity with the Fenian martyrs)

It was years ago in my father's mother country
A people speaking the language I speak now
Stole the land and proceeded to starve the people
For the love of money from the Crown

Though it's not my fight that don't mean I don't have an opinion
Though it's not my fight that don't mean I don't know what's right
'Cause when I've done wrong I had to set about making amends
Just 'cause a people do wrong together 
Don't make 'em no different don't make 'em no better

It was terror and murder and rape that built the empire
All lawful under statutes of the state
Defining lies and theft with words like truth and justice
Starving millions 'cause the taxes could not wait

Though it's not my fight that don't mean I don't have an opinion
Though it's not my fight that don't mean I don't know what's right
'Cause when I've done wrong I had to set about making amends
Just 'cause a people do wrong together 
Don't make 'em no different don't make 'em no better

The time has long since come for the Saxon to leave Ulster
A united kingdom was never a right
Someday the people will forgive though they will never forget
How long they had to fight

You say your guns are there to ensure that every one has freedom
Get real; you just want a place to strut around
Living the memory of a terrorist empire
The sun has set on you; go on back to London town

Though it's not my fight that don't mean I don't have an opinion
Though it's not my fight that don't mean I don't know what's right
'Cause when I've done wrong I had to set about making amends
Just 'cause a people do wrong together 
Don't make 'em no different don't make 'em no better