Siobhán O’Brien Live at Limerick Rally for Freedom - Saturday, 31 July 2021

Saturday, 31 July 2021: It was an absolute delight to see Siobhán O'Brien preform live at the Limerick Rally for Freedom; I hadn't seen her perform live since the late 90's when my wife and I were regulars at her gigs in Limerick. I was formerly introduced to her at the Rally for Freedom by her mother, who I know for years, but had never made the connection that Siobhán was the singer/songwriter daughter that she often spoke about. I's a small town all the same.

Siobhán O'Brien website: https://www.siobhanobrien.com/
Siobhán O'Brien YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0lNMFtSNbxQUjMvf9acB4A

Siobhán preformed two songs on the day, her own "Mumbo Jumbo Blah Blah Blah" (1994) and a cover of Patti Smiths "People Have The Power"

LYRICS:
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MUMBO JUMBO BLAH BLAH BLAH

They’re killing our future and it isn’t even here
Create me I said don’t break me
Teach me don’t corupt me just teach me

Infiltrate their minds catch ‘em when they’re young
Control them you’ve taken us off the land
But it’s alright cause we’ll get jobs in packaging

CHORUS:
Mumbo Jumbo and bla bla bla
You think that we think that that means something
You’re all the same to us bla bla bla

You’ve tried to take our pride
You’ve tried to take our souls
Don’t kid yourself that you have won
We have our weapons and we won’t use it for fun

Leaders use your power you’re tangled in a web
Of hypocrisy, bribery, deception and deceit
Far from honestly are you

CHORUS:

Where ‘re the great people who didn’t put their names to anything?
All the Anons,
You stole my tune but the thoughts are still in my head.

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PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER
by Patti Smith

I was dreaming in my dreaming
Of an aspect bright and fair
And my sleeping it was broken
But my dream it lingered near
In the form of shining valleys
Where the pure air recognized
And my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
That the people have the power
To redeem the work of fools
Upon the meek the graces shower
It's decreed the people rule
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
Vengeful aspects became suspect
And bending low as if to hear
And the armies ceased advancing
Because the people had their ear
And the shepherds and the soldiers
Lay beneath the stars
Exchanging visions
And laying arms
To waste in the dust
In the form of shining valleys
Where the pure air recognized
And my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
Where there were deserts
I saw fountains
Like cream the waters rise
And we strolled there together
With none to laugh or criticize
And the leopard
And the lamb
Lay together truly bound
I was hoping in my hoping
To recall what I had found
I was dreaming in my dreaming
God knows a purer view
As I surrender to my sleeping
I commit my dream to you
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The power to dream, to rule
To wrestle the world from fools
It's decreed the people rule
It's decreed the people rule
Listen
I believe everything we dream
Can come to pass through our union
We can turn the world around
We can turn the earth's revolution
We have the power
People have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The power to dream, to rule
To wrestle the world from fools
It's decreed the people rule
It's decreed the people rule
We have the power
People have the power
We have the power...