Thank You for Hearing Me: The Definitive Sinéad O'Connor Discography

“Some Folks Are Hollow”

by Ian Brown

Composed by Ian Brown/Tim Wills/Rob Maxfield

1 version

3:49

The World Is Yours album

Lyrics

(Source: The World Is Yours)

What a beautiful feelin' is is to be real.
How do you feel?
How the guilty will fall,
'Cause they're guilty as sin.
Let it begin.
I heard it from on high,
Heard it was a lie,
Jesus die at crucifixion.
Lies from Emperor Constantine
To control your mind.
Lord, there'll be some resurrection.
The church had to apologise
For crimes in time,
For all the profits,
Overseeing slave plantations.
So it comes as no surprise,
The church has brutalised.
After all, the first slave ship, they name
It Jesus.
Some folks are hollow,
Got no tomorrow.
Happiness can neither
Beg, steal, or borrow.
Some folks are hollow,
Got no tomorrow.
Happiness can neither
Beg, steal, or borrow.
Where's all the art and gold
That the Nazis stole?
In the Vatican with his holiness the
Pope of Rome.
How the guilty will fall,
'Cause they're guilty as sin.
All this talk
Of who is and who isn't getting in!
Some folks are hollow,
Got no tomorrow.
Can't smile faces,
And the flock won't follow.
Some folks are hollow,
Got no tomorrow.
Happiness can neither
Beg, steal, or borrow.

Produced by Black Ops

(Source: The World Is Yours)

Musicians

(Source: The World Is Yours)

Sinéad O'Connor backing vocals
Ian Brown vocals
Tim Wills guitar , keys , programming
Matt Pegg bass guitar
Maxi drums , percussion
Inder 'Goldfinger' Matharu percussion
Jackie Shave principal violin
Perry Montague-Mason second violin
Patrick Kiernan violin
Boguslav Kostecki violin
Chris Tombling violin
Warren Zielinski violin
Mark Berrow violin
Liz Edwards violin
Emlyn Singleton violin
Dave Woodcock violin
Pete Lale principal viola
Bruce White viola
Rachel Bolt viola
Julian Leaper violin
Jonathan Rees violin
Cathy Thompson violin
Tom Piggott-Smith violin
Chris Lawrence principal double bass
Mary Scully double bass
Martin Loveday principal cello
Dave Daniels cello
Caroline Dale cello
Ben Chapell cello
Skaila Kanga harp
Garfield Jackson viola
Richard Watkins french horn
Mike Thompson french horn

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