Last night as I lay dreaming. My way across the sea. James Mangan brought me comfort. With laudnum and poitin. He flew me back to Dublin. In 1819. To a public execution.
Long years ago I fell in love. With a lady proud and fair. So passionate were she and I. We made fire in the air. I loved her more than life itself. She loved me just the same.
My Daddy was a sinner, but my. Mother was a saintly person. But I ruined my life by drinking, bad. Wives, taking pills and cursing. Rock and roll you crucified me,.
Now come tell me Sean O'Farrell. Tell me why you hurry so?. Hush a bhuachaill, hush and listen. And his cheeks were all aglow. . I have orders from the captain.
Looking back it's funny that we never lied. That night we met when were both alone. We knew at once that what we'd want was just that night. Knew it couldn't be forever.
Though up till then I'd thought that what I had was fine. I realised then as the earth moved that first time. That I had had more here inside. Just waiting for the vital spark.
He joined up to get a job and show he wasn't scared. Swapped boy scout hat for army cap. He thought he'd be prepared. At the age of seventeen, he was forced to choose.
Then the rain came down. And washed all hope away. And your life's a train. But it only goes one way. What about the times when you were happy. Balance them against the times you're sad.
Paddy is waiting in Drogheda town. For the train to carry him south. Another drunken night on the town. Messing around. . The Roaring Boys, the roaring boys.
He joined up to get a job and show he wasn't scared. Swapped boy scout hat for army cap. He thought he'd be prepared. At the age of seventeen, he was forced to choose.
So somebody's told you how to be a man. Just fuck 'em and leave 'em. And score as many as you can. But always have someone who's close to your heart. .
Your family can't help you. They're standing in your way. Tight restrictions, contradictions. More rules every day. Hold you down, they hold you down.
Maybe you remember, before the wall came down. How we hated one another from the other side of town. Now I'm an old man. . And an old man can see. All that hate can leave you with.
It makes you so angry. You rage and rage again. But you can't spit it outside. It's bottled in your brain. You feel it in the darkness. The rage inside you grow.
Broken glass everywhere. People pissing on the station. Y'know they just don't care. I can't take the smell. I can't take the noise. I got no money to move out.
Everything is turning upside down in this town. The crime rate's rising up as employment swoops down. Kids can't trust their parents to protect them no more.
From the minute you're born. Til the day you die. Why'know they put you on trial. Yeah, they make you strive, strive, strive. Here's my little warning.
Every time I go to speak my mind you just ignore me. Every time I try to have my say you have it for me. They say there's freedom of speech. But when I try to make free you say.
(Jake Burns). . Well I can't lie and I won't try. I ain't waited this long just to hide. This could be wrong but I don't mind. Can't disguise the way I feel tonight.
I've been up, I've been down. Take my word been around. . I ain't asking for much. I said, "Lord take me downtown. I'm just looking for some tush". . I've been bad, I've been good.