[Verse 1] There's a problem with hypocrisy inside the Irish mind We worship foreign leaders here as if they're oh so kind For arriving uninvited and preaching peace and love When not a million miles away they're bombing foreign cities from above Take the blindfolds from your eyes One look behind the scenes and you will realise The only difference is the size Biggest murderers are decked in suits and ties Oh, first up we got Clinton, he taught us how to live He dazzled us with promises and said we should forgive Then he made our land a golf course, from Cork to Donegal Now when they patronise us, in pathetic Irish fashion we'll crawl Got no dignity at all We're looking forward with our backs against the wall The biggest terrorist of all Turned on the Christmas lights of Belfast City Hall [Chorus] But we're alright — we've got this Celtic Tiger now So we're alright — although it never seems to pay We're alright — this trickle down might take a while But we're alright — and we're getting pennies from the U.S.A [Verse 3] And there's warplanes down in Shannon could kill a million men And bastard Free State leaders will invite them back again And they'd see no contradiction in how these things are used And the bollocks that they're teaching us to Keep the people muddled and confused Sure, they're using violence every day They're killing anyone who might get in their way Look at the damage they can do Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq to name a few [Chorus] But we're alright — we've got this Celtic Tiger now So we're alright — although it never seems to pay We're alright — this trickle down might take a while But we're alright — and we're getting pennies from the U.S.A [Verse 4] And Bertie stands at Bodenstown and preaches to the land That Irish jails are full of mad subversers on remand Our work is nearly over, boys, they're nowhere to be seen And if we keep the good work up we'll even get a visit from the Queen We're back in 1917 Ireland's united but it's anything but green We'll watch the Celtic Tiger grow And fly the stars and stripes above the G.P.O [Chorus] But we're alright — we've got this Celtic tiger now So we're alright — although it never seems to pay We're alright — this trickle down might take a while But we're alright — and we're getting pennies from the U.S.A [Verse 5] So there's a problem with hypocrisy inside the Irish mind We'll jail the men of Rossport so Shell can rob us blind And the men of law and order, they'll do their best to show In defence of wealth and privilege, no act, no law, no measure is too low Look at the lengths that they will go To keep their system and to keep us all in tow Even children aren't immune They're throwing babies out because they're born too soon [Chorus] But we're alright — see we've got this Celtic tiger now So we're alright — although it never seems to pay We're alright — this trickle down might take a while But we're alright — we're getting pennies from the USA [Verse 5] We've got this Celtic Tiger now, so we're alright Although it never seems to pay We're alright — and the Corrs have got their MBEs So we're alright, when we're getting pennies from the U.S.A
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