The Lamb's Book of Life lyrics

Out of Ireland I have come

Great hatred and little room

Maimed us at the start

And now home just breaks my heart

To America I have come

I hope to bring your preachermen

Home to show my people how they can

Get their names back in the book of life of the lamb

I know that I have done many things

To give you reason not to listen to me

Esspecially as I have been so angry

But if you'd knew me maybe you would understand me

Words can't express how sorry I am

If I ever caused pain to anybody

I just hope that you can show compassion

And love me enough to just please listen

Out of Ireland I did run

Great hatred and little room

Aimed to break my heart

Or wreck me up and tear me all apart

To America I have come

I need to find a good preacherman

Who can show me how I can

Get my name back in the book of life of the lamb

I bring these blessings with me

A strong heart full of hope and a feeling

That everything in this world would be okay

If people just believed enough in God to pray

But the world thinks that sounds crazy

And that's the thing that makes me sing so sadly

To think that we would leave God so lonely

To think that we would mess up our own destiny

Out of history we have come

With great hatred and little room

It aimes to break our hearts

Or wrecks us up and tear us all apart

But if we listen to the preacherman

He can show us how it can be done

To live in peace and live as one

Get our names back in the book of life of the lamb

Out of hopelessness we can come

If people just believe it can be done

'cause every prayer ever prayed is heard

take power in the power of the word

Out of history we have come

With great hatred and little room

It aimes to break our hearts

Or wrecks us up and tear us all apart

But if we listen to the Rasta man

He can show us how it can be done

To live in peace and live as one

Get our names back in the book of life of the lamb

Out of history we have come

With great hatred and little room

It aimes to break our hearts

Or smash us up and tear us all apart

But if we listen to the Rasta woman

She can show us how it can be done

To live in peace and live as one

Get our names back in the book of life of the lamb

• Artist:Sinéad O'Connor
• Album:Faith and Courage (2000)