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This song is a call to stand up for the human rights of ordinary people and to use our
democratic processes to support people who stand for decency and integrity. It also speaks to the futility of
war and rejects the greed and self-interest of governments and large corporations who buy and sell war at the
expense of our younger generations who are sent to their slaughter in the name of “freedom”. Music and lyrics by Mick McAuley ©

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It's Sunrise

Come gather round me people
Whoever you may be
Time’s not on our side here
So listen up to me
While you all were sleeping
They slipped on round the back
They stole your information
And robbed you of the facts
Wake up and open your eyes
Get on your shoes, it’s sunrise

They’re selling you a story
To take you for a ride
They’re buying up the law now
And expect you to abide
They’re getting all the richer
On your blood, sweat and tears
Abolishing your freedoms
And stirring up your fears

They strip you of your feathers
For to line their comfy nest
And leave you digging in the dirt
For worms and all the rest
Sayin’ “time to clip your wings
You won’t need them in the west” And when you
Die from trying to fly they’ll say
You never did your best
Wake up, and open your eyes
Get on your marching shoes, it’s sunrise

They lured you with the promise
You’ll be rich just like they said
But when you start to climb
They stamp their foot down on your head
And it don’t make a difference if its a
Red Tie or a Blue
No damn difference
Cos they got no tie for you

The hopes of all the needy
Are in the hands of a few
The battle-hymn of Greedy
Is to conquer me and you
They’ve siphoned off your money
It's why your pension’s in the red
So forget about retirement
Gonna work you till you’re dead
Wake up, and open your eyes
Get on your protest shoes, it’s sunrise

They’re preaching down their batons
That you’re lucky to be free
That they’re just trying to protect you
From some evil enemy
While they push their propaganda
And censor what you see
Their object’s to divide, so
We must fight for unity

You stuck your head above the parapet
To shout you disagree
You got a barrel in your mouth now
As they push you to your knees
You can’t elect the jailor
And expect your liberty
You helped him build the prison
Now you’re looking for the keys
Wake up, and open your eyes
Get on your marching shoes, it’s sunrise

So wake up your sons and daughters
Splash some water on their face, don’t let them
Believe old hollow words designed
To keep them in their place
Cos they’ve wasted generations trying to
Quench their thirst for war
Sayin thanks for your sacrifice, while
Smoking big cigars
Wake up, and open your eyes
Put on your voting shoes, it’s sunrise
Wake up and open your eyes
Put on your voting shoes, it’s sunrise

C’mon it’s sunrise
It’s time for sunrise
Wake up and open your eyes
Get on your shoes
It's sunrise.

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from John Doyle & Mick McAuley, released January 28, 2023

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John Doyle & Mick McAuley

John Doyle and Mick McAuley are two of the most respected and accomplished musicians in the world of Celtic Music. Former members of the Irish-American supergroup "SOLAS", they have played and toured together for many years. In demand as guests, they have between them played with some of the most respected musicians- Sting, Patti Larkin, Joan Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tim O Brien to name a few. ... more

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