Sinéad O'Connor : Chiquitita (ABBA) 1998

Touching version here by Sinéad from the 1998 album 'Across The Bridge Of Hope'
(Video clip taken http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjNxR_... on my shaymcn5 channel)

This song is from benefit album for the 28 people who died in the terrorist bombing in the town of Omagh in 1998. Features 14 fitting tracks from top Irish artists,
The album is further augmented by two poems read by actor Liam Neeson. Seamus Heaney, Ireland's Nobel Laureate in Poetry, handpicked the first,"The Cure at Troy." The second poem, from which the album borrows its name, was penned by twelve-year-old Sean McLaughlin shortly before he was killed by in the bombing. It reads: "Orange and green it does not matter/United now, don't shatter our dream/Scatter the seeds of peace over our land/So we can travel, hand in hand/Across the bridge of hope."

All proceeds from the album will benefit the Omagh Memorial Trust, which was created to assist the families of the bomb's victims as well as any future memorials and related charities.
Sinead covers 'sacrifice' here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dH9dm...

1. Cure at Troy - Liam Neeson
2. Chiquitita - Sinéad O'Connor
3. Sunrise - The Divine Comedy
4. Words - Boyzone
5. What Can I Do? - The Corrs
6. Beyond the Great Divide - Daniel O'Donnell
7. Healing Game [Alternative Acoustic Version] - Van Morrison
8. I'm Gonna Fall - Ash
9. Please - U2,
10. Broken Things - Juliet Turner
11. The Island - Paul Brady
12. Bridge
13. Across the Bridge of Hope
14. Silent Night - Enya

Lyrics
Chiquitita, tell me whats wrong
Youre enchained by your own sorrow
In your eyes there is no hope for tomorrow
How I hate to see you like this
There is no way you can deny it
I can see that youre oh so sad, so quiet

Chiquitita, tell me the truth
Im a shoulder you can cry on
Your best friend, Im the one you must rely on
You were always sure of yourself
Now I see youve broken a feather
I hope we can patch it up together

Chiquitita, you and I know
How the heartaches come and they go and the scars theyre leaving
Youll be dancing once again and the pain will end
You will have no time for grieving
Chiquitita, you and I cry
But the sun is still in the sky and shining above you
Let me hear you sing once more like you did before
Sing a new song, chiquitita
Try once more like you did before
Sing a new song, chiquitita

So the walls came tumbling down
And your loves a blown out candle
All is gone and it seems too hard to handle
Chiquitita, tell me the truth
There is no way you can deny it
I see that youre oh so sad, so quiet

Chiquitita, you and I know
How the heartaches come and they go and the scars theyre leaving
Youll be dancing once again and the pain will end
You will have no time for grieving
Chiquitita, you and I cry
But the sun is still in the sky and shining above you
Let me hear you sing once more like you did before
Sing a new song, chiquitita
Try once more like you did before
Sing a new song, chiquitita
Try once more like you did before
Sing a new song, chiquitita

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[TheShifani]

They should make a movie on Sinnead and get Winona Ryder to play her.

[baldystewart]

it just goes to show, every one has a different opinion, to me this is brill, to others its rubbish,she cant do anything wrong in my mind

[Gerry Graham]

would love to have seen the special one sing it.....sinead is mourinhio with tits and attitude

[Ketan Shah]

Her body of work over the years has been very impressive.You need to listen to her songs over and over again to understand her unparalleled artistic ability.Also you never ever get tired of any of her songs.

[MWorsa]

She looks hot without hair for crying out loud.

[MWorsa]

ABBA unconsciously wrote this song for her...

[ADZ01982]

She looks hot with hair.

[Thiago D Almeia D Azevedo]

ABBA eternal, back arrival...

[bsvenss2]

Your a genius!

[pellenyberg]

How can you do a tumbs down? And i'm sorry to do that but she is not Agneta and she newer be.

[eaglerock999]

Vast improvement on an already good Abba song.....

[gg010170]

Wonderful inspiration. I could listen to her all day