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| ALL THE WAYS YOU WANDER | PLACEHOLDER | |
| All the ways you wander, all the ways you
roam All across great oceans, all across the foam Through the faraway houses, through the sunsets on fire Searching for the island of your heart's desire Where the sun is always shining and the oranges grow on the trees You only have to wait two seconds there for every thing you please In a garden of daisies, in a circle of light Searching for the island of your heart's delight I'll wait for you, like a true friend I'll wait for you, till the very end And if you take the long way, if you take the long way home Down where the magicians and the dreamers roam Through the mountains of morning, through the valleys of night Searching for the island of your hearts delight I'll wait for you, like a true friend I'll wait for you, till the very end All the ways you wander, all the ways you roam All across great oceans, all across the foam Through the faraway houses, through the sunsets on fire Searching for the island of your heart's desire |
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| BACK TO THE WELL FOR WATER | BEAUTIFUL TEARS | |
| Come all of you who are going again Going again and loving one another Anyone going again Back to the well Back to the well for water Somewhere here among the leaves Among the thorns among the briars Somewhere here among the leaves You'll find the well you're after I met a girl as the evening fell She looked to me heaven's daughter And she turned and she smiled at me Going to the well for water Leave behind your old black cloud Your winter shroud Going to the well for water Leave behind your wounded pride Back to the well Back to the well for water Walking out through the open fields With my friend that I found Walking out over open ground O my love look what I found for you Now me and her we're going again Going again and loving one another Me and her we're going again Back to the well Back to the well for water So anyone going again Going again and loving one another Anyone going again Back to the well Back to the well for water Back to the well Back to the well Back to the well for water |
And the first thing you'll do is to stop
pretending Stop pretending, you're always pretending The first thing you'll do is to stop pretending There's no need to pretend And the next thing you'll do is go down to the water Go down to the water, down to the water The next thing you'll do is to go down to the water And cry down tears Your tears, beautiful tears Let down your tears Beautiful tears Beautiful, beautiful tears You thought, you thought, if you ever started If you ever started, if you ever started You thought, you thought, if you ever started Your tears would never end Your tears, beautiful tears Let down your tears, beautiful tears Beautiful, beautiful tears You can cry for yourself, you can cry for the others You can cry for your country, you can cry for your mother Beautiful, beautiful tears Your tears, beautiful tears Let down your tears, beautiful tears Beautiful, beautiful tears And the first thing you'll do is to stop pretending Stop pretending, you're always pretending The first thing you'll do is to stop pretending There's no need to pretend |
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| Words & Music : Name | Words & Music : John Spillane |
| THE BOOKILL WITH THE BOOGALOO | PLACEHOLDER | |
| I met the bookill with the boogaloo I met the bookill with the boogaloo drum I met the bookill with the boogaloo Battering on the steps of the stadium Éire come on Ireland Ireland come on Éire come on Ireland Ireland come on I met the bookill with the boogaloo Heading for Korea and Japan I met the bookill with the boogaloo Battering and a' bating for the green man Éire come on Ireland Ireland come on Éire come on Ireland Ireland come on Down to the shupa with the Eurobookill Down to the shupa with the pound coin Down to the shupa with the Euro bookill Down in the cheap glooshtawn Into the chipper with the hungry bookill Into the chipper with the bowrawn The goat bating batter burger bookill And the chips in the cheap glooshtawn Supper for the bookill bawn Long legged Italy kicked poor Sicily into the mediteranean sea Along came Hungary, took a bit of Turkey, dipped it in Greece and fried it in Japan Éire come on Ireland Ireland come on Éire come on Ireland Ireland come on Down to the town with the thirsty bookill Down to the town to the big screen Bating back the beer with the thirsty bookill And the eye for the sweet colleen Shouting for the boys in Green Roy Keane Éire come on Ireland Ireland come on Éire come on Ireland Ireland come on Are you from Korea? I am are you Do you eat spuds? I do do you How do you like them? big and small How do you eat them? skins and all Who's she? Sue she. Sooshi who? Kimono'ver to my place baby Kimono'ver to my place I met the bookill with the boogaloo I met the bookill with the boogaloo drum I met the bookill with the boogaloo Battering on the steps of the stadium I met the bookill with the boogaloo Heading for Korea and Japan I met the bookill with the boogaloo Battering and a 'bating for the green man Éire come on Ireland Ireland come on Éire come on Ireland Ireland come on (optional verse) Into the laba with the sleepy bookill Into the laba with the big yawn Into the laba with the sleepy bookill Up with the big boodawn |
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| THE DANCE OF THE CHERRY TREES | THE DUNNES STORES GIRL | |
| Let me tell you 'bout the cherry trees Every April in our town They put on the most outrageous clothes And they sing and they dance around Hardly anybody sings or dances Hardly anybody dances or sings In this town that I call my own You have to hand it to the cherry trees And they seem to be saying, To me anyway ; "You know we've travelled all around the Sun You know it's taken us one whole year Well done everyone, Well Done" Cherry Blossom in the air Cherry Blossom on the street Cherry Blossom in your hair And a Blossom at your feet You know we've travelled all around the Sun You know it's taken us one whole year Well done everyone, Well Done On behalf of me and the Cherry Trees, Well Done! You know me, sometimes I think I'm getting old Not as young as I used to be So it means even more to me To see the Dance of the Cherry Trees And they seem to be saying Is it only to me?; "You know we've travelled all around the Sun You know it's taken us one whole year Well Done Everyone, Well Done! You know we've travelled all around the Sun You know it's taken us one whole year Well Done Everyone, Well Done!" On behalf of me and the Cherry Trees, Well Done Well Done Everyone, Well Done WELL DONE EVERYONE! |
Hey check out the Dunnes Stores Girl She's the one who rules my world I'm gonna walk down the aisle with the Dunnes Stores Girl I'm gonna waltz down the aisle with the Dunnes Stores Girl She rules my world I'm gonna walk down the aisle with the Dunnes Stores Girl In your dreams says her brother, he's a skinhead and he wants me dead In my dreams is right I said I'm gonna run down the aisle with the Dunnes Stores Girl She rules my world Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na The Dunnes Stores Girl She knows we're looking at her and she knows she's looking fine And she doesn't have all day and you have to wait in line I would wait in line till kingdom come For salvation in her smile And I'd love to stop that clock looking down on her all the time Like a jumped up little manager in a suit that doesn't rhyme And you never patronise her only always idolize her The Dunnes Stores Girl Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na The Dunnes Stores Girl On a cold and rainy Friday night Waiting for the world to close When she comes up behind me So brave and so warm I know it'll never rain again I know it'll never ever rain again On the rebel streets of our dreams And she doesn't believe a word that I say She laughs when I tell her she's a Saturday in May And you never underestimate, you never underestimate The Dunnes Stores Girl Hey check out the Dunnes Stores Girl She's the one who rules my world I'm gonna walk down the aisle with the Dunnes Stores Girl I'm gonna waltz down the aisle with the Dunnes Stores Girl SHE RULES MY WORLD! |
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| Words & Music : Name | Words : Louis De Paor Music : John Spillane |
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| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | |
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| FARRANREE | PLACEHOLDER | |
| Someday when I'm free I'm going up to Farranree I'm going up to the King's Country To see what I can see I'm going to look down on this town City of Angels, City of Rivers City of Dreams City of Women, City of Boys City of Sorrows, City of Joys City of Sunsets, in a Valley of Gold City of Secrets, that never will be told That never will be told Running wild and free Through the Valley of the Lee The River sang for me From Guagán Barra to the Sea But still I could not see Blinded by Angels Blinded by Visions Blinded by Love In a City of Sorrows, City of Joys City of Women, City of Boys City of Girls, City of Men City of Heartaches, that will never come again That can never come again Ah Someday whan I'm free I'm going up to Farranree I'm goiing up to the King's Country To see what I can see Someday when I'm free I'm going up to Farranree Someday when I'm free |
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| GHOSTS | PLACEHOLDER | |
| It had to happen, as these things do That the ghost of me would meet the ghost of you In the shadows of this haunted town As the night came floating down You look through me, I look through you What do you see when you see right through? You see nothing Nothing but empty Promises of plenty Promises of you Promises of you It had to happen, as these things do That the ghost of me would meet the ghost of you By some thin thread that did not fall When we thought love had broken all We thought love had broken all And left nothing Nothing but empty Promises of plenty Promises of you Promises of you Nothing Nothing but empty Promises of plenty Promises of you Promises of you It had to happen, as these things do That the ghost of me would meet the ghost of you In the shadows of this haunted town As the night came floating down |
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| HEY DREAMER | PLACEHOLDER | |
| You forgot who you are, you forgot what you
are You forgot what you're for, you've forgotten You forgot where you're from, you forgot where you're goin' You forgot everything, you've forgotten Hey Dreamer, where did you leave your dream? Where did you leave your dream? Hey Dreamer, where do you hide your dream? Where do you hide your dream? You are a star in the night, you are a wave shining bright You are a bird in full flight, you've forgotten You are a child on the run, you are a ray of the sun You are everyone, you've forgotten Hey Dreamer, where did you leave your dream? Where did you leave your dream? Hey Dreamer, where do you hide your dream? Where do you hide your dream? You are a flame in the wind, you are a leaf in the breeze You are a song in the trees, you've forgotten You are a star in the night, you are a wave shining bright You are a bird in full flight, you've forgotten Hey Dreamer, where did you leave your dream? Where did you leave your dream? Hey Dreamer, where do you hide your dream? Where do you hide your dream? |
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| Words & Music : John Spillane | Words & Music : Name |
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| I'M GOING TO SET YOU FREE | I'M MOVING ON | |
| If you did, if you did, even if you did Been where you shouldn't have been Seen what you shouldn't have seen Dreamed what you shouldn't have dreamed That doesn't mean you have to be locked up here forever I'm going to set you free And if you did, if you did, even if you did Done what you shouldn't have done Run when you shouldn't have run Lost when you shouldn't have won That doesn't mean you have to be paying the price forever I'm going to set you free And if you did, if you did, only if you did Strayed from the beaten track Maybe you never got back Went in off the black That doesn't mean you have to be lying around here forever I'm going to set you free Ah if you did, if you did, even if you did Suffered from a broken heart Got off to a poor start Maybe you fell apart That doesn't mean you have to be paying the price forever I'm going to set you free And if you did, if you did, even if you did Known what you shouldn't have known Shown what you shouldn't have shown Thrown what you shouldn't have thrown That doesn't mean you have to be lying around here forever I'm going to set you free Ah if you did, if you did, even if you did Been where you shouldn't have been Seen what you shouldn't have seen Dreamed what you shouldn't have dreamed That doesn't mean you have to be locked up here forever I'm going to set you free |
I'm moving on, time to be gone Good luck and goodbye, I have to fly Make lots of money, keep talking funny Run in the sun, what's done is done This is the end, my fairweather friend Goodbye So long, farewell Be gone I'll see ya when I do, even if I don't I won't think about ya, I wouldn't doubt ya I'll get on without ya, don't think I won't I have to go, you have to know My fine feathered friend, this is the end Goodbye So long, farewell Be gone Keep being you, do what you do Take what you want, want what you take Good luck and farewell, time is gonna tell Hope it all works out, what's it all about Who said to who, I said to you Goodbye So long, farewell Be gone Go and be happy, better make it snappy You have no fear, I won't be here I'm gonna be gone, if you hear a song Laughing in the trees, smiling in the breeze It might be me, I might be free Goodbye So long, farewell Be gone I'm moving on, time to be gone Good luck and goodbye, I have to fly Make lots of money, keep talking funny Run in the sun, what's done is done This is the end, my fairweather friend Goodbye So long, farewell Be gone I'm moving on |
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| Words & Music : Name | Words & Music : John Spillane |
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| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | |
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| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | |
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| LET THE RIVER FLOW | PLACEHOLDER | |
| You lost your key, and you can't go home
Take a walk around town Be on your own And your feet are drawn, down to the river side You sit on the stone And you talk to the tide Let the river go, let the river go, let the river go Where the river must go, let the river flow And you never know, who you might meet When you come to the corner And you cross the street And you walk in the door, of Charlie's bar And you look at the world Through the empty jar Let the river go, the river go, let the river go Where the river must go, let the river flow Ah here comes Seamus, with his boyish grin And his crazy poems You always like to see him But you wish that he didn't, have to feel such pain Such pain that he doesn't Know if he's going or staying Let the river go, the river go, let the river go Where the river must go, let the river flow And here's Fionnbarra, with his coat and his hood Lovely fella Not looking too good And you wish that he didn't, have to feel such pain Such pain that he doesn't Know if he's going or he's staying Let the river go, let the river go, let the river go Where the river must go, let the river flow If the world was an apple, if the world was a pear If the world was a cherry Still it wouldn't be fair Let the river go, the river go, let the river go Where the river must go, let the river flow |
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| THE MADWOMAN OF CORK | MAGIC NIGHTS IN THE LOBBY BAR | |
| To-day Is the feast day of Saint Anne Pray for me I am the madwoman of Cork. Yesterday In Castle Street I saw two goblins at my feet I saw a horse without a head Carrying the dead To the graveyard Near Turner's cross. I am the madwoman of Cork No one talks to me. When I walk in the rain The children throw stones at me Old men persecute me And women close their doors. When I die Believe me They'll set me on fire. I am the madwoman of Cork I have no sense. Sometimes With an eagle in my brain I can see a train Crashing at the station. If I told people that They'd choke me - Then where would I be? I am the madwoman of Cork The people hate me. When Canon Murphy died I wept on his grave That was twenty-five years ago. When I saw him just now In Dunbar Street He had clay in his teeth He blest me. I am the madwoman of Cork The clergy pity me. I see death In the branches of a tree Birth in the feathers of a bird. To see a child with one eye Or a woman buried in ice Is the worst thing And cannot be imagined I am the madwoman of Cork My mind fills me. I should like to be young To dress up in silk And have nine children. I'd like to have red lips But I'm eighty years old I have nothing But a small house with no windows I am the madwoman of Cork Go away from me. And if I die now Don't touch me. I want to sail in a long boat From here to Roches Point And there I will anoint the sea With oil of alabaster. I am the Madwoman of Cork And to-day is the feast day of Saint Anne. Feed me. |
They were magic nights in the Lobby Bar With Brendan Ring playing Madame Bonaparte's Every note that the piper would play Would send me away, send me away Away through the window, away through the rain Away 'cross the city, away in the air To a field by a river where the trees are so green The deepest of green that you've ever seen Where once you have been you can go back again You can go any time, you can go any time 'Cos it's only in your mind They were magic nights in the Lobby Bar With Ricky Lynch and his golden guitar Singing; "Autumn in Mayfield and the barley was ripe And the harvest moon hung low in the sky We were children and our mothers were young And fathers were tall and kind" And every word that Ricky would play Would send me away, send me away Away through the window, away through the rain Away 'cross the city, away in the air To a field by a river where the trees are so green The deepest of green, you've ever seen Where once you have been you can go back again You can go any time, you can go any time 'Cos it's only in your mind They were magic nights in the Lobby Bar When Ger Wolfe would sing like a lark Singing; " I am the blood of Erin, spilt in an empty cave I am the flower of Ireland, out on the drifting wave I am the lark of Mayfield, tumbling down the hill I am the child of summer, I can remember you still" And every word that Ger would say Would send me away, send me away Away through the window, away through the rain On a carriage of music, away in the air To a field by a river where the trees are so green The deepest of green that you've ever seen Where once you have been you can go back again You can go any time, you can go any time 'Cos it's only in your mind "It was autumn in Mayfield and the barley was ripe And the harvest moon hung low in the sky We were children and our mothers were young And fathers were tall and kind." |
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| Words : Patrick Galvin Music : John Spillane |
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| MEET ME ON THE MIDNIGHT SHORE | THE MOON GOING HOME | |
| Meet me on the midnight shore, meet me on
the midnight shore Meet me on the midnight shore, meet me on the midnight shore "How are you going to break a heart That has been broken before?" Meet me on the midnight shore, meet me on the midnight shore "Has been broken before And can be broken some more" Meet me on the midnight shore, meet me on the midnight shore ""Now we know that this world is burning And there's a fire at the heart's core" Meet me on the midnight shore, meet me on the midnight shore "For tonight I'm going to take you sailing To the island of the strong door" Meet me on the midnight shore, meet me on the midnight shore "And there I'll shut your wild, wild eyes With kisses four" Meet me on the midnight shore, meet me on the midnight shore "Moondrum, moondrum Beating on the ocean floor" Meet me on the midnight shore, meet me on the midnight shore "Now we know that this world is burning And there's a fire at the heart's core" Meet me on the midnight shore, meet me on the midnight shore............... |
As we were facing Down to the river of darkness I called on the night to protect us As we were together And as it was us A great white MOON ROSE before us Ah just one kind look From the LADY of the LAMP Lean down from the sky to guide us A faded flower in her lily-white hand On her long slow dance towards her LOVER It's the MOON going HOME Her face in the clouds A great crowd of stars all around her She comes to her window With a CANDLE in her hand On her long slow dance towards her lover It's the MOON going HOME It's the MOON going HOME Ah just one kind look From the Lady of the Lamp Lean down from the sky To guide us A faded flower in her lily-white hand On her long SLOW DANCE towards her lover It's the MOON GOING HOME It's the moon going home It's the moon going home IT'S THE MOON GOING HOME |
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| THE ONLY ONE FOR ME | ORCA ORCA KILLER WHALE | |
| It's been ten long years since the boy went
singing To his true love's door Crying oh my true love let me in Ten long years or more Down she comes with her falling hair Comes to let him in Comes to show him a secret light Burning You're the only one for me You're the only one for me And you'll always be The only one for me Now the boy walks in stony silence His hollow footsteps ring Alog the streets where he once went spinning Loving everything Now the footprints of crows and sparrows Gather round his eyes Now the weight of the world has cut him Down to size You're the only one for me You're the only one for me And you'll always be The only one for me You're the only one for me You're the only one for me And you'll always be The only one for me It's been ten long years since the boy went singing To his true love's door Crying oh my true love let me in Ten long years or more |
Well I woke up this morning And you would not believe what I saw Three whales outside my window Swimming in the river Lee Orca Orca Killer Whale You never saw such excitement People came from far and near to see the whales They lined up on the banks of the river Nobody had ever heard of such a thing before Orca Orca Killer Whale I met an old woman in the super market She said John you have to write a song about the whales Who else is going to do it? I went ORCA ORCA Killer Whale I met a busker on Paul Street He said they've come with a message to the human race We've got to clean up the seas I said I thought they came up after the salmon and the mullet Orca Orca Killer Whale Well they swam up to the city hall They were singing to the city fathers In a language nobody could understand They were singing Orca Orca Killer Whale There was lads coming out of Charlies At one O' clock in the morning They were out of their heads on E's They thought they were after taking one too many When they saw the three whales on Union Quay Orca Orca Killer Whale Well they swam right up the the south channel Where there wasn't that much water People were getting worried They came up as far as the School of Music They came to hear the human children playing the violin Orca Orca Killer Whale The place was full of stories All the talk was of the whales The salmon were jumping into the nets Down by Blackrock Castle To get away from the mammals Orca Orca Killer Whale A fella saw a duck swimming On the pleasant waters of the Lee Next thing a mighty jaw rises from the depths Swallows the duck I didn't believe that one Till I saw on the television What they do with the penguins Down by the south pole Orca Orca Killer Whale Old fellas were saying When I was a young fella You could walk across the river Lee On the backs of the mullet That's how plentiful they were I heard that three or four times Orca Orca Killer Whale The crowd from the university Seemed fairly on the ball They said there was one mother One young son and an older male Maybe an older son They were expert at catching fish Orca Orca Killer Whale Well they hung around for about a week Certainly they got plenty of fish Plenty salmon and mullet The Irish won't eat the mullet We think we're too good They say they eat the shit off the bottom I'd say they're grand The French love them Also the Orca Orca Killer Whale They went back out the harbour Then the word came through Mama Orca had passed away It turns out she was old She came up the River to die With her two sons around her And to have one last lash off the mullet And to hear the children play the violin She had nothing to lose Orca Orca Killer Whale The two lads headed off to the ocean Out past Roche's Point There was a pod outside of thirty whales Waiting for the boys Sorry to hear about your mother Pod that was the word for a load of whales You had to have the word, pod Orca Orca Killer Whale That was the summer of the whales Now they're just a vague memory The strange people of Cork We have the memory of a goldfish I met an old woman in the super market She said John you have to write a song about the whales Only for her there'd be no song I went ORCA ORCA KILLER WHALE ORCA ORCA KILLER WHALE |
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| PRINCE'S STREET | THE PRISON TEACHER | |
| I spent Monday on Strawberry Hill Till I fell and I landed on your window-sill I hung there by a golden fine web I had woven from a hair of your head I spent Tuesday just walking through town Till I saw a gold angel come tumbling down And waltzing with seagulls up in an elm tree Where the wind runs her fingers above the dark Lee And O will you meet me on Saturday night We'll dance in the shadows between the streetlights Between these two rivers I know where we'll meet On Prince's Street I spent Wednesday doing nothing at all Till late in the evening the wind came to call And stood at my window and danced a handstand The sun on her shoulder and birds in her hands The next morning I woke from a dream Of where the fish lie on their beds of deep green I watched Thursday morning put on it's new coat Of cloud at the elbow, blue sky at the throat And O will you meet me on Saturday night We'll dance in the shadows between the streetlights Between these two rivers I know where we'll meet On Prince's Street I spent Friday just counting the time Till up in a tower I heard some bells chime I saw a great goldfish take wing like a swan And told me that Saturday wouldn't be long And O will you meet me on Saturday night We'll dance in the shadows between the streetlights Between these two rivers I know where we'll meet On Prince's Street And O will you meet me on Saturday night We'll dance with your ankles all bathed in moonlight Between these two rivers I know where we'll meet On Prince's Street |
When I was a prison teacher Teaching in a prison school I taught a load of young fellas How to play guitar Music behind bars Well some of them thought they could never Do anything so clever As playing a guitar But I set them all on fire I came around behind them Before they knew what they were doing They were all playing E minor E minor The easiest chord in the book E minor Two fingers Listen to the sound Ah happy days in the prison school Strumming away on the old E minor Happy days in the prison school Strumming away on the old E minor Play it again Bobby Play it again Jimmy Play it again Sam E minor Listen to the sound When I was a prison teacher Teaching in a prison school Way down in Cork Harbour Ninety two to ninety seven Spike Island Listen to the sound Ah happy days in the prison school Strumming away at the old E minor Happy days in the prison school Strumming away on the old E minor Play it again Bobby Play it again Jimmy Play it again Sam E minor Listen to the sound And the strings of my guitar Began to look like prison bars And the music flowed out free Out into the sea Around Spike Island Listen to the sound When I was a prison teacher Teaching in a prison school Well I won't keep you much longer But one thing I noticed alright Teaching in a prison school There was nobody there from Bishopstown There was nobody there from Rochestown There was nobody there from Montenotte There was nobody there from Douglas When I was a prison teacher Ah do the rich get all the breaks? Do the poor get all the heartaches? Well I'll meet you all in the middle And we'll all have a great big party And we'll sit around in a circle And we'll all play E minor The easiest chord in the book E minor Two fingers LISTEN TO THE SOUND. |
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| RINN NA MARA | PLACEHOLDER | |
| Shaothraíos an talamh dorcha sa pharóiste
faoin leaba Gur fhás crann ard castáin go déanach san oíche Fréamha mo chosa, craobhacha mo lámha Fréamha mo chosa, cosa insan láib Duilliúr mo ghruaig, ag séideadh sa ghaoth Aniar aduaidh, cé a dhúiseoidh mé? Téir síos go Rinn na Mara tá aimitis ar an trá Cuir in uisce reatha é go ceann trí lá Ceangail i gceirt is caith ar do chorp Corcra an lia, corcra an chloch Aniar aduaidh an t-éinín is lú Aon fhocal uaidh, sin a dhúiseoidh tú. Translation; I worked the dark land in the parish under the bed Till there grew a tall chesnut tree late in the night My feet are the roots, my arms the branches My feet the roots, roots in the earth My hair the leaves, waving in the wind From the northwest, who will wake me up? Go down to the point of the sea there's amethyst on the strand Place it in running water for three days Wrap it in a cloth and wear it on your body Purple the healer, purple the stone From the northwest the tiniest of birds One word from him, that's what will wake you up. |
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| SEANY BOO AND THE BIG BLUE EMPTY | SOMEONE HAS TO BE A LANGER | |
| Oom dukadikata dadamdadam oom dukadikata
dadamdadam Oom dukadikata dadamdadam oom dukadikata dadamdadam This is the story I have for you It's called Seany Boo and the big blue empty Seany Boo, Seany Boo, and the big blue empty Now Seany Boo was afraid of his shadow He walked the straight he walked the narrow Went to the pool and he swam in the shallow Poor poor Seany Boo, afraid of his shadow Now Seany lived in the land of plenty There wasn't any need to be hungry Find something to keep yourself busy Poor poor Seany Boo, in the land of plenty Seany went to school, that's what you did He got big 'cos that's what you did To get a job, that's what you did Poor poor Seany Boo That's what you did Well he worked in the steel and he worked in the paper He worked over, he worked under He worked for me, he worked for you Poor poor Seany Boo, in steel and in paper He had two chances of making the money Three dreams of winning the lady Four years of holding the baby Poor, poor Seany Boo, he had two chances Seany Boo looked up in the sky Nothing there to catch his eye Nothing there but the big blue empty Poor, poor Seany Boo, meet the Big Blue Empty Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah, Ah Ah Ah, Ah Ah Ah Ah, it's the Big Blue Empty Now Seany Boo, he felt like crying He was trying and trying But not a tear would appear To Seany Boo, from the big blue empty What's outside is in, what's inside is out That's what this is all about What happened to me can happen to you Says Seany Boo to the Big Blue Empty Then the stormclouds gathered round And the rain came pouring down Tears streaming down the cheeks Of Seany Boo, from the Big Blue Empty Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah, Ah Ah Ah, Ah Ah Ah Ah, it's the Big Blue Empty What's outside is in what's inside is out That's what this is all about What happened to me can happen to you Says Seany Boo and the Big Blue Empty Woom tukatukita dadamdadam woom tukatikita dadamdadam Oom tukatikita dadamdadam woom tukatikita dadamdadam That is the story I had for you It was called Seany Boo and the Big Blue Empty Seany Boo, Seany Boo, and the Big Blue Empty Seany Boo, Seany Boo, and the Big Blue Empty |
Someone has to be a langer Someone has to be sound Someone has to have a laugh Someone has to be around Someone has to do the thinking Someone has to do the praying Someone has to do the drinking Someone has to do the playing Someone has to go home Someone has to go to bed Someone has to go to jail SOMEONE HAS TO DO ALL THE WORK AROUND HERE! And if it wasn't you It'd only be somebody else If it wasn't you It'd probably only be somebody else Someone has to be you Someone has to be me Someone has to be her Someone has to be him SOMEONE HAS TO GET UP IN THE MORNING And if it wasn't you It'd only be somebody else If it wasn't you It'd only probably be somebody else SOMEONE HAS TO BE A LANGER SOMEONE HAS TO BE SOUND SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE A LAUGH SOMEONE HAS TO BE AROUND. |
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| A SONG FOR RORY GALLAGHER | THE SONG OF LIES | |
| Corcra an dath atá ar ghruaig mo ghrá Is is duibhe ná dubh iad bratacha a lámh Corcra an dath atá ar ghruaig mo ghrá Ag sileadh anuas ar a guailne If I told you what I thought of you the first time that I saw you With the sun in your hair and the world at your feet And the future far behind you Would you care to remember or dare to remember me? Rory, Rory, Rory? You had eyes for no one anyone could see And the dead ones among us said they'd seen you before Only the air seemed brighter and our hearts felt lighter When you took us out of this world Rory, Rory Can you hear me? Rory? Corcra an dath atá ar ghruaig mo ghrá Is is duibhe ná dubh iad bratacha a lámh Corcra an dath atá ar ghruaig mo ghrá Ar foluain os cionn mo chroí If I told you that I thought of you every now and then And again when the moon disappears Since you walked out the door on the far side of here With our hearts held safe in your hands Would you ever look after forever and ever I know you'll look after me Rory, Rory, Rory, Rory Rory, Rory, Rory Can you hear me? An é nár airís an tuile Ag líonadh ort, rabharta cos is lámh A dhein bord loinge den urlár I Halla na Cathrach Is ná líonfaidh feasta an poll A d'fhágais ar ardán i do dhiaidh? An mbraitheann tú anois é, ár ngile mearluaimneach méar, Agus solas na bhflaitheas Ag sluaistiú ciúnais ar shúile An tslua 'tá buailte le stáitse Ag glaoch ar ais ort ón ndoircheacht Rory Rory Rory An gcloiseann tú anois ár nguí? An gcloiseann tú anois ár nguí? An gcloiseann tú anois ár nguí? An gcloiseann tú anois ár nguí? An gcloiseann tú anois ár nguí? An gcloiseann tú anois ár nguí? An gcloiseann tú anois ár nguí? |
And her mouth was as red As the fresh fallen snow The day she told me again How another man's love Was as white as the raven While mine was blacker than blood How another man's love Was as white as the raven While mine was blacker than blood And I asked if she knew For sure that the rain In her eyes would never run dry Till the flames of the sun Ran like ice in her veins And froze the door to her heart Till the flames of the sun Ran like ice in her veins And froze the door to her heart And she told me the last time As if for the first time If the world turns away from the sun Then nothing and never Would always be true And that she would forever be mine Oh that nothing and never Would always be true And that she would forever be mine And I swear that the sun In her eyes turned to stone And her dress was as white as the moon And the priest told me nothing And no one was true And that she would forever be mine And the priest told me nothing And no one was true And that she would forever be mine Oh the blackened sole Of her small bright shoe Has left its mark In the long white hall of my hearT |
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| Words & Music : John Spillane | Words : Louis De Paor Music : John Spillane |
| SOON CHILD | PLACEHOLDER | |
| When will the day? When will the dawn? When will the blackbird Sing from the thorn? When will all Our troubles be gone? Soon, child, soon Soon, child, soon When will the night? When will the one? When will the songbird Fly to it's young? When will all The damage be done? Soon, child, soon Soon, child, soon Soon Child All of my love will surround you We'll have music sweet and wild Out on the road that I found you When will the love? When will the land? When will the moon Steal through the fields? When will the winter Take what she needs? Soon, child, soon Soon, child, soon Soon Child All of my love will surround you We'll have music sweet and wild And all of the treasures I found you. |
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| UNBELIEVABLE | PLACEHOLDER | |
| Unbelievable Unbelievable The good ones weren't the good ones at all Unbelievable Unbelievaable The good ones weren't the good ones at all You feel what you feel what you feel is what you feel Theres no getting away You feel what you feel what you feel is what you feel You feel betrayed Unbelievable Unbe####inglievable The good ones weren't the good ones at all After you crawled through the mud and the fire and the wire and the blood and the tyres And into the light You thought you were in the clear There were no weapons of any kind anywhere in sight Unbelievable Unbelievable The good ones weren't the good ones at all The bad ones were better you knew what you had They didn't pretend to be your friend Or smile when they lie with their masks and their disguise And you didn't have to carry them around in your head in the end Ah Unbelievable Unbe####inglievable The good ones weren't the good ones at all What was I like when I walked with you that day on the strand my friend Like an old torn lion War weary and wounded and worn and torn This is going to take time Ah Unbelievable Unbelievable The good ones weren't the good ones at all. |
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| WE'RE GOING SAILING | THE WILD FLOWERS | |
| We're going sailing, out on the silver sea
The air is full of treasure, you and me All along the shore you can hear the mermaids singing "No-one will believe us, no-one will believe us" And below on the strand the sea is answering the land "No-one will believe us" We're going sailing, for three nights and three days There are one hundred islands in Roaring Water Bay There on the hill the good people are living still "No-one will believe us, no-one will believe us" And we'll wake in the dawn, in the shadow of the thorn "No-one will believe us" How high is the mountain, how deep is the sea? How wide is the ocean between you and me? Underneath the waves dolphins play the same games "No one will believe us, no-one will believe us" And we'll wake in the dawn, in the shadow of the thorn "No-one will believe us" Where did we get the money, how did we live so long? To be out on the ocean, to be singing this song? All along the shore you can hear the mermaids singing "No-one will believe us, no-one will believe us" And below on the strand the sea is answering the land "No-one will believe us" We're going sailing, out on the silver sea The air is full of treasure, you and me. |
'Twas the wild flowers I preferred Who owed nothing to nobody Who blossomed in the ditches And made their own way in the world 'Twas the wild flowers I admired Who never done nothing to you But driven from the garden They sang their own songs in the spring You can have your lily You can have your rose That were taken and broken And bred by people They were grafted and lamed Twisted and tamed But the wild flowers I enjoyed They had nothing to do with you They flowered by the roadside And they wore their own colours in the sun That were there before you Will be there after you That will out, that will out LIke your own true nature You can try, you can try That you never will defeat The wild flowers I admired They had nothing to do with you But banished from the garden They made their own way in the world They wore their own colours in the sun And they sang their own songs in the spring |
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| WILL WE BE BRILLIANT OR WHAT? | WOMAN MY OWN | |
| What's in this world What have you seen happening, here? Here in this world What have you been doing here? What's on your mind? What's in your heart? What have you got? And will we be brilliant or what? Will we be all dressed in sunlight? Brilliant or what Will we be smiling under starlight? Brilliant or what Will we be graceful and free? Will we be? graceful and free? Radiant and glorious, why not? What have you got? And will we be brilliant, brilliant or what? Born to be bright To be near sunlight Born to be warm To be safe from harm Make up your mind Take up your time Ready or not And will we be brilliant or what? Will we be all dressed in sunlight? Brilliant or what Will we be smiling under starlight? Brilliant or what Will we be graceful and free Will we be? graceful and free? Will we be kind, why not? What have you got? And will we be brilliant, brilliant or what? When living to be living When loving to be loving When learning to be learning When laughing to be laughing When leaving to be leaving When living to be living When loving to be loving When learning to be learning |
Summer in winter, my own, my own Dancer in summer, my own love Flame in the darkness, my own, my own Fountain of gladness, my own love The secret of the sunlight And the secret of the moonlight Are the secrets of the ones who walk this world This shining world Woman, woman, my own, my own Sweet woman, my own love Dreamer in shadows, my own, my own Dancer in rainbows, my own love And I know that the spring's returning Through the shutters of your eyes And seven ships a sailing 'cross the skies, 'cross the skies Don't stay too long love down by the dark valley Don't stay too long love down by the dark shore Don't pay no heed to those agents of worry They only follow wherever we go Woman, woman, my own, my own Dark woman, my own love Mover, like a river, my own, my own Come nearer and nearer, my own love WE'RE WALKING THIS WORLD WE'RE WALKING THIS SHINING WORLD THIS SHINING WORLD WE'RE DREAMING THIS DREAM WE'RE DREAMING THIS SHINING DREAM THIS SHINING DREAM WE'RE WALKING THIS WORLD WE'RE WALKING THIS SHINING WORLD THIS SHINING WORLD |
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