The Bridge (UK / Nortern Ireland) chords by Jun Tzu
Verse 1
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The bridge was the dividing line
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between us and them.
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The Protestant and the Catholic.
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I'd been told a million times
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not to cross it.
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The other side was like the
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other side of the world.
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I crossed the lines,
who would dare to go up
over the bridge
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and then down below would you go,
would you walk down the other side
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most people say no,
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who could say you've lost your mind
are you mental son, are you friggin mad
don't be crossing them lines now
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thinking that you're big and bad
you'll get your legs scalped off you
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Cause I'll ring your dial,
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crossing them lines
would be very costly
You need to wake yourself
up corn quick
and smell the coffee
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I don't want to see you shot
deadly across me
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You've got a warm wee heart so you do
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but these days are frosty
Listen son, I'm not trying to be bossy,
I'm just trying to say stay away
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Cause the kids that live across
the bridge are ungodly
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Why do you think the walls across
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are spread so high and broad?
The bridge, the bridge, the bridge
It was the dividing line
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between us and them,
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the Protestant and the Catholic.
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But I didn't care,
I wanted to see for myself,
why should I be scared
to cross the bridge?
I'm not like everyone else,
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I got the fear inside my belly,
cos it helps.
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I'm gonna cross that bridge
between the Brits and the Celts.
Let's see what happens,
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I make a beat up,
left there bleeding and battered.
Rapid waking up,
shouting what happened.
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Accurate, I jumped over the wall,
it's when the sky blackened.
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My feet hit the ground, I ran, I looked up
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and couldn't believe what
I'd seen for a second.
It was weird and it was strange
all at the same time
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Cause these streets looked
the same as mine
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But had the same kinds of houses
with the same designs
The only difference
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was the message in the murals
And the names of the gangs
The colours on the pavements
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and the names of the signs
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And it was then I realised
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Maybe all the things that I'd been told
about crossing this bridge was just lies
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The bridge, the bridge, the bridge
Was the dividing line
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between us and them
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The Protestant and the Catholic
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And I'd been told over a million times
never to cross over,
but all the stories it was told
were getting older
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Had a hunger for knowledge,
more than an average soldier
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Seeking for balance,
supporting neither supporter
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It's seeming like the governments
of the planet
they want to war ya,
they'll brand you terrorist
if you speak the truth
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But yet, if you're perverted
they'll adore ya,
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it's topsy turvy in this
new world order
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Feeling like a reporter
with one foot
in either side of the border
The bridge and all the walls supporting
were not built with only
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bricks and mortar
Cause they were built with evil eyes
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for the people to believe in
Left third to the storcher
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But now the kids are older,
the kids are colder
They witness soldiers on the streets
upon addicted cultures
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Tell the kids they'll bring
a whole new meaning to
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The bridge is over, the bridge is over,
the bridge is over
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The bridge, the bridge, the bridge is over
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The bridge was the dividing line,
it was
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Between us and them
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I'm not gonna justify anything else
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I love my country, I love my culture
I want it to stay where it is.
Amen.
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It's not the first time
that walls have been built
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in Ireland, you know.
They've been there for 400 years.
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And walls aren't just built
of bricks and mortar.
They can be built with legis
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lation and laws
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and, you know, prejudice.
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The Bridge (UK / Nortern Ireland)
Jun Tzu
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