Need A Lot Of Love

Words and Music by Tony Clarkin

Soldier cut loose in Saigon
Used to be a farmer just like anyone
Soldier cut loose in Saigon
Even to his father he's a violent son

Someone built a wall in Berlin
Not to keep them out but to keep them in
Someone built a wall in Berlin
A permanant reminder of what's happening

Oh we need a lot of love
Gotta take a lot of pain
You can watch the river flood
But get washed away the same
Oh we know that things don't last
So we use the guiding tracks
Through the deadly ring of flame

Smoking in a room in Lebanon
The hotel's serving but the hospital's gone
Joking in a room in Lebanon
Many people hurt but still the telephone's off

Standing on a street in Belfast
City in division, widow in black
Standing on a street in Belfast
Crunching up my feet on the broken glass

We need a lot of love
Gotta take a lot of pain
You can watch the river flood
But get washed away the same
Oh we know that things don't last
So we use the guiding tracks
Through the deadly ring of flame

Oh we need a lot of love (can feel the love)
Gotta take a lot of pain (oh, a lot of pain)
You can watch the river flood (sitting by the river)
But get washed away the same (washed it over me)
Oh we know that things don't last
So we use the guiding tracks
Through the deadly ring of flame