Sunday Bloody Sunday song lyrics by U2

U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" lyrics 

Sunday Bloody Sunday was one of U2's earlier 'big songs' that had some chart success.

Instantly recognizable by its drum beat and brilliantly simple intro D/Gm/G chord intro riff, the song's lyrics refer to the infamous 'Bloody Sunday' violence in Derry, Ireland where British troops shot and killed civil rights marchers.

The song has become one of U2's classic songs where the lyrics focus on warfare and political matters.

Sunday Bloody Sunday Song lyrics from the War album.

I can't believe the news today
I can't close my eyes and make it go away

How long, how long must we sing this song?
How long, how long?
Tonight we can be as one, tonight

Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across a dead end street
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall

Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday

And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won
Trenches dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart

Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday

How long, how long must we sing this song
How long, how long
'Cause tonight we can be as one
Tonight, tonight
Sunday bloody Sunday
Tonight tonight
Sunday bloody Sunday
Tonight tonight

Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
I wipe your tears away
I wipe your tears away
Sunday bloody Sunday
Wipe your blood shot eyes

Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday

And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and T.V. reality
Sunday bloody Sunday
And today the millions cry
Sunday bloody Sunday
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die
Sunday bloody Sunday
The real battle just begun
Sunday bloody Sunday
To claim the victory Jesus won

On a Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday

Check out more lyrics from the album the Sunday Bloody Sunday came from, War which features songs Seconds, New Year's Day and Like A Song.