Northern IrelandnSituationnWar, within a single nationnNo one thinks of it as warnThat's what television's fornnEmbroidering reality, with clichés and ???nWe'll call this war the 'troubles'nConfuse the masses with initialsn(IRA, UVA, UVA, IRA, ILA, IUC)nThere's so many sides involvednAnd no one thinks it can be solvednAvoidance of the history of suppression, death and miserynWill leave the people, ignorant of everything that's relevantnnSo who is who defending, and who's protecting who?nUntil you know the answers, don't pretend you do do do do don't pretend you do!nnSo we see the brave young soldiersnAnd we read about the murdersnThen we place our weak opinionsnOn what the papers tell usnBut telling half the truth is as bad as telling liesnnFor a war to keep continuingnThere has to be two sides!nnBut who is who defending, who's protecting who?nUntil you know the answers, don't pretend you do do do do don't pretend you do!nnSupporting one side or the othernIs really nothing morenThan saying there is no solutionnBut to carry on the warnnAnd both the IRA and the armynAre equally to blamenIn general terms of violencenYou know they're doing just, they're doing just, they're doing just the samenDoing just the samennSo who is who defending, and who's protecting who?nUntil you know the answers, don't pretend you do do do do don't pretend you do!nDon't pretend you do, don't pretend you do, don't pretend you do do do do do