Chorus What will it take to make us angry ? Where is the spark to light our flame ? We've been sold out taken in yet blindly We'll do it all again, we'll fuel that gravy train,
oblivious, it's like were oblivious We stick with the tribe and we stand by our man Whipped into shame by this great master plan Stuck in a spiral still fighting an old civil war
The men and the women of nineteen sixteen Risked their lives for a national dream A hundred years later and what was it all for Hear their voices resounding
Calling to me and to you All that they dreamed for and died for Has been squandered by scoundrels and fools Is this the best we can do.
What will it take to make us angry ? Where is that line that can't be crossed We've been sold out taken in yet blindly We'll do it all again, we'll fuel that grave train, oblivious, it's like were oblivious.
So when they give all that you treasure away for a pittance Or banish your children to toil on a rich foreign shore When they prey on the weakest and bow to the ones that have plenty They know that you'll follow blindly as you did before.
Imagine a nation where people are free not slaves to some gombeenman economy Sold into bondage one ill fated September night, where smooth talking sleeveens don't spin and pretend Their promises not just a means to an end and justice isn't what's legal It's what is right
But the king of Islandeady echoes the cries of the clown Heaps pain on the sick and needy to soften the Ice-maiden's frown And we take it all lying down
Here's the guitar chords for the Mick Blake version
Chorus [C]What will it take [F]to make us [C]angry[F] ? [Am]Where is the [F]spark to light our [C]flame[G] ? We've been [Am]sold out [F]taken in yet [C]blindly[F] We'll do it [G]all a[F]gain, we'll fuel [Em]that grave [F]train,
o[Dm]blivio[F]us, it's like were [Dm]oblivious We [C]stick with the tribe and we [Em]stand by our man [Am]Whipped into shame by this great master [F]plan [C]Stuck in a spiral still [Em]fighting an old ci[F]vil war.