Lyrics of
Sunday Bloody Sunday

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
 Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
 How long 
How long must we sing this song?
 How long? How long 
'cause tonight we can be as one
Tonight 
 Broken bottles under children's feet
 Bodies strewn across the dead end street
 But I won't heed the battle call
 It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall

 Sunday, Bloody Sunday
 Sunday, Bloody Sunday
 Sunday, Bloody Sunday
 uh let's go 

 And the battle's just begun
 There's many lost, but tell me who has won
 The trench is dug within our hearts
 And mothers, children, brothers, sisters
Torn apart
 Sunday, Bloody Sunday
 Sunday, Bloody Sunday

 How long 
How long must we sing this song?
 How long? How long 
'cause tonight we can be as one
Tonight tonight
 Sunday, Bloody Sunday
(tonight) Sunday, Bloody Sunday
 oh yes oh
Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Oh, wipe your blood shot eyes
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)

 Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
 Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
 uh let's go 

 And it's true we are immune
 When fact is fiction and TV reality
 And today the millions cry
 We eat and drink while tomorrow they die
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
 The real battle just begun
 To claim the victory Jesus won
On 

 Sunday, Bloody Sunday
 Sunday, Bloody Sunday