The Luck Of The Irish Lyrics - John Lennon

If you had the luck of the irish 

you'd be sorry and wish you were dead 

you should have the luck of the irish 

and you'd wish you was english instead! 

A thousand years of torture and hunger 

drove the people away from their land 

a land full of beauty and wonder 

was raped by the british brigands! goddamn! goddamn! 

if you could keep voices like flowers 

there'd be shamrock all over the world 

if you could drink dreams like irish streams 

then the world would be high as the mountain of morn 

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in the 'pool they told us the story 

how the english divided the land 

of the pain, the death and the glory 

and the poets of auld eireland 

if we could make chains with the morning dew 

the world would be like galway bay 

let's walk over rainbows like leprechauns 

the world would be one big blarney stone 

why the hell are the english there anyway? 

as they kill with god on their side 

blame it all on the kids the ira 

as the bastards commit genocide! aye! aye! genocide! 

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if you had the luck of the irish 

you'd be sorry and wish you was dead 

you should have the luck of the irish 

and you'd wish you was english instead! 

yes you'd wish you was english instead!