Tekst :

Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown
The passing tales and glories that once was Dublin Town
The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting childrens rhymes
That once was Dublin City in the rare ould times

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

My name it is Sean Dempsey, as Dublin as can be
Born hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to be
By trade I was a cooper, lost out to redundancy
Like my house that fell to progress, my trade s a memory

And I courted Peggy Dignam, as pretty as you please
A rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel Liberties
I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal
When he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

The years have made me bitter, the gargle dims me brain
Cause Dublin keeps on changing, and nothing seems the same
The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down
As the grey unyielding concrete, makes a city of my town

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey, I can no longer stay
And watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the quay
My mind s too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes
I m part of what was Dublin, in the rare ould times

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines
I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times

I could fall in love with you
But it s not my fault
Cause you are the prettiest thing I ve seen
When you re fallen asleep in my arms
Oh my, oh my, oh my

So just stay awake for me
Cause I can t fall asleep
So just stay awake for me
I ll...

Tony s got a botfly in his forehead
Jenny s got a guinea worm in her shoe
Dave s got leeches,
Mike s got flu,
Everybody s got a parasite,
I ve got you.

First date: we thought it was great
We...

Restless from the cradle
I ve been living like a burning flame
Betting with my life
That love will play out like
Any other game

No end in sight
It s just another night

I can take a bullet
I can prove it
Oh
I can take a bullet
Watch me do it
Oh
Just like a work of art
It s coming through...

Welcome to the world of lies
of myths and exaggerations
Where Jon Tesh is cool
and comics suck
where the populations
Zero
Fake World
(fake world?)
Na na na na
Fake World
(fake world?)
Na na na na

Far away boys

Well I worked on the railroad
For t’pence a day
Drank down one penny
The other I’d save
I hammered and I hammered
For God knows how long
Well into madness, with each setting sun
I put my head down and I dreamt you were here
With me by the...