They always used to say that!

Do you know what else they used to say?


"They". There's the point of the song. There's no such thing as "they", only him/her.
We hear the same about Moslems, Jews, etc."They" makes it possible to hate in the abstract and kill in the reality.
No doubt "they" called the Irish "they" too.
Makes it a whole lot easier to keep the fire burning. Them and Us.
The song is about a man who was not a "they", if only for a moment.