Sunday Bloody Sunday is a song by the Irish rock band U2. It is the opening track from their 1983 album War. The song is among the most explicit of the band’s political commentary, with lyrics that describe the horror felt by an observer of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, particularly Bloody Sunday in 1972. It was written to be a protest song, mourning this tragic event, as opposed to the hopeful, rebellious songs that were common at the time.
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I can't believe the news today
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Oh, I can't close my eyes
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And make it go away
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How long...
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How long must we sing this song?
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How long? How long...
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'cause tonight....we can be as one
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Tonight...
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Broken bottles under children's feet
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Bodies strewn across the dead end street
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But I won't heed the battle call
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It puts my back up
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Puts my back up against the wall
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday
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..uh let's go..
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And the battle's just begun
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There's many lost, but tell me who has won
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The trench is dug within our hearts
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And mothers, children, brothers, sisters Torn apart
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday
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How long...
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How long must we sing this song?
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How long? How long...
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'cause tonight....we can be as one
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Tonight... ....tonight
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday
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(tonight) Sunday, Bloody Sunday ..oh yes oh
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Wipe the tears from your eyes
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Wipe your tears away
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Oh, wipe your tears away
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Oh, wipe your tears away (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
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Oh, wipe your blood shot eyes (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)