I Hope They’re Together Tonight
Words & Music by Mick Brady
He was taken away and wrapped in a shawl
They rushed him down to the church
To claim him for God to claim him for us
They were thinking of first things first
His mother was weak, she’d been through so much pain
They didn’t want to hurt her no more
So they kept her in bed, away from her child
His father outside the door
I’ve got no doubts their intentions were good
And they thought it was all for the best
But she always wished that she could have seen him
And held him close to her breast
They sent her back home with nothing to show
For all that she had been through
She put away the clothes she’d made for her child
She packed up the baby toys too
Everyone said it was best to forget
Get on with life like before
There was no more to do, no more to say
That’s just the way that it goes
I’ve got no doubts their intentions were good
And they thought it was all for the best
But she always wished that she could have seen him
And held him close to her breast
Fifty years on she always cried
When she spoke ‘bout her little boy
She remembered so clear, going back all those years
He was always there on her mind
She’d no grave to visit, no photo to touch
Just a pain she felt all her life
Now I miss my brother and I miss my mother
And I hope they’re together tonight