Daphne Caruana Galizia / "Easy To Lose Hope" Eleanor McEvoy. (682)

Sisters. Brothers. Brothers. Sisters.

Shortly before she was callously murdered on 16th October, Daphne Carauna Galizia had written,

"There are crooks everywhere you look now, the situation is desperate."

It seems that the crooks who are responsible for the golden era of wilful ignorance and shameful complicity have every intention of prolonging it well into the distant future, whilst brazenly silencing those who dare to speak out against them and who are not afraid to stand in their way.

The free market in corruption is ever more lucrative - why work for a living when it has become so easy to be corrupt for a living?

On the 26th June 1996 Veronica Guerin was murdered by drugs barons in Dublin. Responding to that outrage, Eleanor McEvoy wrote - "Easy To Lose Hope."

Here are the song's lyrics;

""My home town is dear to me, it's always in my sight

(but) My city's shadows walk around in broad daylight

They'll even shoot a woman down for what she writes

So now you pay for civil liberty with life.

Chorus:

So hard its easy to lose hope for everyone

So bad it's easier never to take it on.

But we can't give up

And we can't lose hope

And we cannot hide away

We can overcome

But we must be strong

And we must not be afraid

ii)

You must never stop the search for peace within

Cause if you find it, there's no better prize to win

In losing peace of mind you're losing everything

Don't draw away from it whatever shape you're in

Chorus:

So it's easy to lose hope for everyone

So bad it's easier never to take it on

But we can't give up

And we can't lose hope

And we cannot hide away

We can overcome

But we must be strong

And we must not be afraid.

iii)

With all our songs and stories we have brushed aside

The very nature of the beast we tried to hide

With all ugliness this city has to fight

How could you leave it to a mother and a wife?

Veronica Guerin 1958 - 1996. Daphne Carauna Galizia 1964 - 2017.

Rayhana Sultan has said, "Honest journalism takes a lot of courage." The situation is desperate. Press Barons and politicians, once again - how can you leave it to a mother and a wife?

Never stop the search,

Steve Gilbert - Workstock Number - 510458

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