I was born in Londonderry   I was born in Derry City too   Oh what a special child   To see such things and still to smile   I knew that there was something wrong   But I kept my head down and carried on      I grew up in Enniskillen   I grew up in Innis Kathleen too   Oh what a clever boy   To watch your hometown be destroyed   I knew that I would not stay long   So I kept my head down and carried on      Who cares where national borders lie?   Who cares whose laws you're governed by?   Who cares what name you call a town?   Who'll care when you're six feet beneath the ground?      From the corner of my eye   A hint of blue in the black sky   A ray of hope, a beam of light   An end to thirty years of night   The church-bells ring, the children sing   "What is this strange and beautiful thing?"   It's the sunrise   Can you see the sunrise?   I can see the sunrise   It's the sunrising