No cannonballs did fly

No rifles cut us down

No bombs fell from the sky

No blood soaked the ground

No powder flash blinded in the eye

No deafening thunder sounded

But just as sure as the hand of god

They brought death to my hometown

They brought death to my hometown

No shells ripped the evening sky

No cities burning down

No armies stormed the shores for which wed die

No dictators were crowned

High off on a quiet night

I never heard a sound

The marauders raided in the dark and brought death to my hometown, boys

Death to my hometown

They destroyed our families factories and they took our homes

They left our bodies on the plains

The vultures picked our bones

So listen up, my Sonny boy

Be ready for when they come

For theyll be returning sure as the rising sun

Now get yourself a song to sing and sing it til youre done

Yeah, sing it hard and sing it well

Send the robber barons straight to hell

The greedy thieves that came around

And ate the flesh of everything theyve found

Whose crimes have gone unpunished now

Walk the streets as free men now

And they brought death to our hometown, boys

Death to our hometown, boys

Death to our hometown, boys

Death to our hometown