Leaf In A Storm Songtext
von John O'Kane

Brought up in the sixties
Johnny had no choice
It was a factory floor or the army
He had adventure in his sights
Now he′s crouched in a doorway
In a street that's just like home
On every roof there′s a sniper
And every car a bomb

But life goes on
Mothers pray and children run
Churchmen preach, preach and talk of sin
And the years go by
And the words grow thin


An old man in the graveyard
Drinking his way home
He raves at God Almighty
And he curses the gravestones
Outside the city's screaming
The flashing sirens howl
The lonely and forsaken
Lie broken by the wheel

But life goes on
Mothers pray and children run
Churchmen preach, preach and talk of sin
And the years go by
And the words grow thin

I hear voices
Raised down the street outside
A man shouts at a woman
A woman starts to cry
It's four o′clock in the morning
And the rain is coming down
And I feel myself falling
Like a leaf in a storm


Barricades in Belfast
Bombing in Beirut
Soldiers in the garden
Flowers beneath their boots
And somewhere in this madness
A mother′s giving birth
The life she holds so precious
Is the cheapest thing on earth

But life goes on
Mothers pray and little children run
Churchmen preach and talk of sin
Round and around, round and around
But life goes on, on and on and on
But life goes on, on and on and on
Churchmen preach and talk of sin
Years go by and the words grow thin

Still those years go by
And those words grow thin
Life goes on