Story Behind The Song
Incensed by the killing in Wichita of Dr Tiller by so called evangelical christians I came up with this
Song Length |
4:11 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Alternative |
Lyrics
Mr O'Reilly
Chorus
Mr O'Reilly how do you sleep?
Do you pray the Lord your soul to keep?
Are you so sure you're right?
Mr O'Reilly how will you sleep tonight?
I heard the news from Wichita
Couldn't believe what I saw
The protests and the blood stained floor
As outside the church they pray
The Army of God and the Lambs of Christ
The talk-show host of the religious right
Celebrate death in the Kansas night
Of Tiller's judgement day
Chorus
I heard her wish for a minute or two
That you could be me and I could be you
And you'd understand what I had to do
Why I cry myself to sleep
I want to be happy and ignorant again
A normal life with no shotgun pain
Of the ragged hole where my son should have been
The boy I'd have died to keep
Chorus
Now I don't know what's right or wrong
And nothing is solved by penning a song
But I hope you'll think as you sing along
Of that Kansas night
And of Briton, Barrett, Tiller and Gunn
And the others who died by bullet and bomb
Killed by those who believe that all they've done
Is defend the right to life
Mr O'Reilly how do you sleep?
Do you beg the Lord your soul to keep?
Are you so fucking sure you're right
Mr O'Reilly how will you sleep tonight?