1. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

They came for him one winter's night
Arrested, he was bound
They said there'd been a robbery
His pistol had been found.

They marched him to the station house
He waited till the dawn
And as they led him to the dock
He knew that he'd been wronged
You stand accused of robbery
He heard the bailiff say
He knew without an alibi
Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.

Over the hills and far away
For ten long years he'll count the days
Over the mountains and the seas
A prisoner's life for him there'll be.

He knew that it would cost him deer
But yet he dare not say
Just where he had been that fateful night
A secret it must stay
He had to fight back tears of rage
His heart beat like a drum
For with the wife of his best friend
He'd spent his final night of freedom.

Over the hills and far away
He swears he will return one day
Far from the mountains and the seas
Back in her arms again he'll be
Over the hills and far away.

Each night within his prison cell
He looks out through the bars
He reads the letters that she wrote
One day he'll know the taste of freedom.

Over the hills and far away
She prays he will return one day
As sure as the rivers reach the seas
Back in his arms again she'll be.

Over the hills and far away
He swears he will return one day
As sure as the river reach the sea
Back in his arms is where she'll be.

Over the hills and far away
She prays he will return one day
As sure as the rivers reach the seas
Back in her arms is where he'll be.

Over the hills
Over the hills and far away.

Over the hills
Over the hills and far away.


2. THUNDER RISING

They looked out from the
Fortress on the hill
There came a single warrior
Returning from the kill
The spoils of war hung
From his horses mane
The bloody heads of enemies
That he had freshly slayed.

They saw the face
The eyes so sullen
Could only be the
Young CÇ Chullain.

Thunder rising
Thunder rising
Thunder rising
Early in the morning
Cities burning
The world keeps turning
Thunder rising
Early in the morning.

The son of Lugh MacEithleen knew no fear
For just one blow at any foe
To tell his end was near
So many tried to mock this Celtic son
They taunted and they teased him till
He slayed them one by one.

And so they came
And so they've fallen
at the hands of
Young C Chullain.

Thunder rising
Thunder rising
Thunder rising
Early in the morning
Cities burning
The world keeps turning
Thunder rising
Early in the morning.

Long ago the legend has it
How the mighty Ulster men
Battled with the King Of Connacht
Fighting to the bitter end
No one knew what foolish reason
Caused this skirmish to begin
Was it treachery or treason
Or just the idle threats of drunken men?

Thunder rising
Thunder rising
Thunder rising
Early in the morning
Cities burning
The world keeps turning
Thunder rising
Early in the morning.

Thunder rising
Thunder rising
Thunder rising
Early in the morning
Young men are dying
The widows are crying
Thunder rising
Early in the morning.


3. SHAPES OF THINGS

Shapes of things before my eyes
Just teach me to dispise.
Will time make man more wise?

Here, within my lonely frame.
My eyes just hurt my brain.
But will it seem the same?

Come tomorrow, will I be older?
Come tomorrow, maybe a soldier?
Come tomorrow, will I be bolder than today?

Now, the trees are almost green.
But will they still be seen
When time and tide have been?

Soon, I hope that I will find
Thoughts deep within my mind
That won't disgrace my kind.

Come tomorrow, will I be older?
Come tomorrow, maybe a soldier?
Come tomorrow, will I be bolder than today?

Shapes of things before my eyes
Just teach me to dispise.
Will time make man more wise?


4. WILD FRONTIER

I remember the old country
They call the emerald land.
And I remember my home town
Before the wars began.

Now we're riding on a sea of rage,
The victims you have seen.
You'll never hear them sing again
The Forty Shades Of Green.

We're goin' back to the wild frontier.
Back to the wild frontier, it's calling.
Back to the wild frontier.
We're goin' back,
Back to the wild frontier.

I remember my city streets
Before the soldiers came.
Now armoured cars and barricades
Remind us of our shame.

We are drowning in a sea of blood,
The victims you have seen.
Never more to sing again
The Forty Shades Of Green.

We're goin' back to the wild frontier.
Back to the wild frontier, it's calling.
Back to the wild frontier.
Back to the wild frontier, it's calling.

Those are the days I will remember.
Those are the days I most recall.
We count the cost of those we lost
And pray it's not in vain.
The bitter tears of all those years.
I hope we live to see those days again.

Now we're riding on a sea of rage,
The victims you have seen.
You'll never hear us sing again
The Forty Shades Of Green.

And I remember a friend of mine,
So sad now that he's gone.
They tell me I'll forget
As time goes on.

We're goin' back to the wild frontier.
Back to the wild frontier, it's calling.
Back to the wild frontier.
We're goin' back,
Back to the wild frontier (can you hear it callin'?).
Back to the wild frontier (can you hear it callin', callin?),
Back to the wild frontier.

Back to the wild frontier (can you hear it callin'?).
I'm goin' back,
Back to the wild frontier (can you hear it callin', callin'?).
It's calling me,
I hear it calling (can you hear it callin'?).
Oh, the wild frontier is calling me (can you hear it callin', callin'?).

I hear it calling,
Hear it calling me back home again (can you hear it callin'?).
We're goin' back to the wild frontier (can you hear it callin', callin'?).
We're goin' back, we're goin' back, we're goin' back.


5. MILITARY MAN

Papa take a look at your boy
He's a military man
Papa take a look at your boy
He's crying
Papa take a look at your boy
He's a soldier
Papa take a look in his eyes
They're colder.

Papa take a look at your boy
He's a military man
Mama take a look at your boy
He's dying
Mama take a look at your boy
He's fighting
Mama take a look at your boy
He's frightened.

They have trained your boy to kill
And kill someday he will
They have trained your boy to die
And ask no questions why.

Papa take a look at your boy
Take a look at your boy
Take a look at your boy
He's a killer, yeah.

Mama take a look at your boy
Take a look at him now
Take a look at your boy
He's a soldier, he's colder, he's older, mama.

Mama take a look at your boy
Obey the order
Mama take a look at your boy
Like a lamb to the slaughter.

They have trained your boy to kill
And kill someday he will
They have trained your boy to die
And ask no questions why.

One day, I will write for you a lovesong mother
As the children say, I love you, please hold me
And you and I, we will live our life together
Until that day when we die, I will love you mother
I will always love you.

I'am writing from this war
Oh mama, I don't know what I'm fighting for
And have you seen my children?
God bless them, kiss them
And tell them that I miss them.

See I'm frightened in the dark
Mama, mama
The blood is ankle-deep
They have trained your boy to kill
And kill someday he will
They have trained your boy to die.

Mama take a look at your boy
Take a look at him now
Take a look at your boy
He's marching
He's a soldier.

Oh brother, oh mama
He's on the street
He's marching to the backbeat.


6. EMPTY ROOMS

Loneliness is your only friend.
A broken heart that just won't mend
Is the price you pay.

It's hard to take when love grows old.
The days are long and the nights turn cold
When it fades away.

You hope that she will change her mind
But the days drift on and on.
You'll never know the reason why she's gone.

You see her face in every crowd.
You hear her voice, but you're still proud
So you turn away.

You tell yourself that you'll be strong.
But your heart tells you
This time you're wrong.

You hope that she will change her mind
But the days drift on and on.
You'll never know the reason why she's gone.

Empty rooms
Where we learn to live without love.
Empty rooms
Where we learn to live without love.
Empty rooms
Where we learn to live without love.

Empty rooms
Where we learn to live without love.
Empty rooms
Where we learn.


7. ALL MESSED UP

The party's over
I can't drink no more
My head is hurtin'
I'm looking for the door
But it's so hard to find
So hard to find.

Walk to my car on my hands and my knees
Hand in my pocket
I'm looking for the keys
But they're so hard to find.

Look at my son, he's no friend of mine
Reach for my shades before I go blind
Maybe tomorrow I don't wanna know
All messed up with no place to go.

I'm seeing double
The whisky's to blame
I'm having trouble remembering my name
So hard to tell, it's so hard to tell.

Can't get no sleep
There's a quarrel and fight
I'm not sure if I'm dead or alive
So hard to tell.

Look at my son
He's no friend of mine
Reach for my shades before I go blind
Maybe tomorrow I don't wanna know
All messed up with no place to go.

I can't believe it's really me in the mirror
Feel like I'm falling off the rails
Looks like a hellhouse on my tail.

Look at my son
He's no friend of mine
Reach for my shades before I go blind
Maybe tomorrow I don't wanna know
All messed up with no place to go.

All messed up with no place to go
All messed up with no place to go
All messed up with no place to go.

All messed up
All messed up
All messed up with no place to go
All messed up with no place to go.