This song tells exactly how, when I was, while I was Sitting back on my deep pile reclining chair Thinking about my life and all the good things that happened Well it just came to mind to me that Yeah came to mind to me that I ain't been treatin her too bad...too well too well No I been pushin' her 'round And you know There comes a time in every mans life when he's got to Look over his misdemeanours misgivings misfortunes and miss Whatever her name is ha ha I'm sorry I'm sorry Yeah and say you're sorry, so I say, I'm sorry Cos I been telling you lies, standing on your face I been making you cry all over the place Lord I should have known (known) should've known better Well I could not phone (phone) but I could I'm sorry You know I'm crazy sorry sorry sorry baby I think it's time I realised get down on my knees And apologise Oh Lord I didn't know when I hurt you I didn't know when you cried I didn't know when you screamed Lord I didn't know when you stopped to cry I didn't know when you called I didn't know when you hurt I didn't sweet Mama I didn't know I should I'm sorry
There's a smell of fresh cut grass And it's filling up my senses And the sun is shinin down On the blossoms in the avenue There's a buzzin fly Hangin round the bluebells and the daisies There's a lot more lovin left in this world Don't go Don't leave me now, now, now While the sun smiles Stick around and laugh a while And I'm lying warm on the soft sandy beaches And my toes are submerged in the water and it feels good Children playing building castles on the shoreline Like a painting that we loved Lord it feels so fine Don't go Don't leave me now, now, now While the sun smiles Stick around and laugh a while There's white horses and they're coming at me at a pace now There's a blue sirocco blowin warm wind into my face The sun is shining on the underside of the bridges And there's cars going by with smiles in the windows And there's a black cat lying in the shadow of the gatepost And the black cat tells me that love is on the way There's a black cat lying in the shadow of the gatepost And the black cat tells me that love is on the way Don't go Don't leave me now, now, now While the sun smiles Stick around and laugh a while, stick around and laugh a while
The tide is turning We'll be rolling home The fires are burning We will soon be alone Chorus: To be Forgiven Forgiven Forgiven May the tall trees guide you Let the deep river roll May the moon abide you We will soon be at home Chorus We have been wrong But the light will save us
If the lonely night surrounds you Yeah you're weighed down by gloom No you don't like what it feels in Your dark and dirty room It'll be easier in the morning It'll be easier in the day Sun will shine on though your window We got light to lead the way Looks like the bottle has run empty Yeah your heart is torn and dry Lord you don't like what it feels like Your sad and lonely eyes Looks like the highways never ending Yeah your legs they feel like lead Lord you're twisting yeah and turning In your wide and lonely bed It'll be easier in the morning etc. Looks like you got no one you can talk to No one left to talk to And your heart is torn'n'blue Yeah you look in no direction No direction... I guess these words might pull you through
Hallelujah Jordan he went to the nearest bar he ordered Whiskey and Soda See how far he'd get to forgetting her Yeah He met her at an all night cafe And they sat all night drinking coffee And talking and they found they had a lot in common And later on they went back to his place and they sat 'till dawn Laughing, talking yeah they found they had a lot in common He was young He had a young spirit They could have kissed all night And he knew that he loved her yeah But now you'll find Hallelujah Jordan in some unknown late bar Trying to tell strange folks his secrets and his problems yea Yea you'll find Hallelujah Jordan in a late bar the the ghetto Wine stains on his belly and oh he'll tell ya... How she was flattered by a smart young man He drove a fast car and ooh ooh she want Hallelujah Jordan you can tell me your secrets You can tell me your problems I think I know what you mean... Now Hallelujah loves the bottle more brittle than her body More brittle than the heart she'd broken yeah... Hallelujah left this town The next drink he had he drowned oh Finally drowned his sorrows yeah
If you go I hope you get there If you get there I hope you like it Cos the night might seem like maidens Sweet maidens sent to tempt you And the dark might seem like lovers Sweet lovers sent to kiss you Oh if you go I hope you get there If you get there I hope you like it Yea yea and I I can see your eyes shining but your head won't move Oh yeah I I can see your eyes shining but your head, your head won't move You can't leave now brother Don't leave now brother Cos we love you You can't go no You can't leave now brother Don't leave now brother Cos we love you Oh you can't go You can't leave now brother Don't leave now brother Cos we love you Yes you If you go Can't leave now Don't leave now brother Cos we love you But if you go I hope you get there If you get there I know you'll like it
As a child touching age we think that its so That life love and everything is easy to know The old, they can't reach us, Their ways are not ours Though the furrowed our futures Our freedom they bore The older we get the further we see The more we mean to each other The more you mean to me I believe in these people I believe in this age Though I hear about torment in lifes lonely page Yet still we walk strong Well remember we're free For the truth we are given For what we believe Chorus: The older... I have searched out the answers To the mysteries the laws Though I still find barriers Yet still I would fall But I struggle on The truth that I seek But I must remain strong For the lonely the weak the weak the old The older we get etc.
Was I there when you were lying staring cold against my face Did I run to hear your crying hoping you would come again Was I there when you were lonely Was I there, or did I care? Was I missing when you needed brothers arms Or was I there? Yes I was And if night fall held your head A tangled mess of shocking pain Did I run there to your guidance Hoping you would come again You were thinking I could hear Your heaby breathing had me scared Did I run or did I think or did I know or was I there? Yes I was And if night fall takes your head A tangled mess of shocking pain Did I run or did I think or did I know or was I there? You were thinking I could hear Your heavy breathing had me scared Did I run or did I think or did I know or was I there? Yes I was
O'Maonlai/O'Braonain/Maria Doyle/Leo Barnes/Peter O'Toole/Jeremiah Fehily
When I first met you darling Everything seemed so fine Holdin' hands and roses I really thought you were mine Love don't work this way Love don't work this way Gonna grow my hair Gonna hide my face Gonna call your name All over the place I love you darling You know I do My whole life Revolves 'round you Love don't work this way Love don't work this way Then you started to change honey Stopped looking my way So I thought a lot Dream a lot Dreamt a lot Thought a lot I had to say Love don't work this way Love don't work this way Gonna grow my hair... etc Love don't work this way Love don't work this way
Big man moves into town on a black horse I wonder why He kicks the dust off his black boots He wipes his eyes And all the men in all the town All the people all around stand watching There wondering here wondering now wondering who wondering how wondering why He's a lone traveller he's been travelling 'round He's seen death valleys He's seen young men drown He seeks a young lady take her home lay her down He seeks a young lady take her home lay her down Katie lives in the small town, she lives outside She catches sight of the big man on the black horse She likes his eyes Of all the men in all the world she's ever seen or Ever heard she's seen more like him... She feels his eyes think they hurt Feels the pain thinks its worse she's wondering...why Billy lives in the small town and he loves Katie Oh he loves her life He'd go over and kill the big man Staring at Katie But he don't fight No He says oh hold on brother Fore you go any further Who's eyes do you have on She's mine brother I could be her man Get your black horse brother Get you right out of this town Get your black horse brother Get you right out of this town Big man leaves town on the black horse He says goodbye
This song talking about dealing with times of trouble When your head seems to be starting to explode And the weight on your back seems to be overloading And you're dragging your feet behind you (Feet on the ground) Yeah Are we ready Yeah, yeah I'm talking about people living life each day My kind of people trying to make their own way I'm talking about living (living) Living like you can Like a common people Like a common dance I say, I say I got my feet on the ground Got my feet on the ground (buried in soul) Got my feet on the ground Got my feet on the ground I aint talking about jet fighters Flying low overhead I ain't talking about steel girders silver steel Battle ships filling each others bellies full of lead No I ain't talking about war machines Or games made to destroy No I'm talking about human beings yeah Like girls and boys Like you and me You may not all feel that much clearer but It means love anyway I say, I say, I say I've got my feet on the ground Got my feet on the ground Got my feet on the ground Got my feet on the ground
O'Maonlai/O'Braonain/O'Toole
I stand on the corner of an alley they call Lonely Lane and I'm looking at my reflection on the ground cos it's pouring rain. I'm thinking of my own street thinking how well it was before all the people left me for I was there and they had gone to the blue mountains far from Lonely Lane Seven lonely evenings I have now spend alone in this place and I have shed seven lonely tears every evening and I thought of her face My sweet lady left me left me dry sitting in this lonely attic been heartache and crying she's gone to the blue mountains far from Lonely Lane. There's an all night cafe in the middle of this dusty town and that's where I tell the people the story that I'm telling you now. It's now I first got here how it came to be. People got tired of this city smoke and of me I've been gone I should be at blue mountains far from Lonely Lane I'll be gone to the blue mountains far from Lonely Lane I'm packing my bags I'm gettin up and I'm leaving right now Don't care if I fly or swim don't care if I walk or if I drown But I got to get there get right up to where the air is clean and I don't know smoke - I'm going to be gone to the blue mountains far from Lonely Lane I sould be gone to the blue mountains far from Lonely Lane You'd better believe me now All I want is no more Lonely Lane all right I should be gone to the blue mountains far from Lonely Lane Oh yeah babe oooh aaah oooh aaah
O'Maonlai/O'Braonain/O'Toole
Sleep, love, be merry Soft like a child Your heart is What love is You're saved Star o'er the ocean The light in your eyes Your heart is What love is You're saved The sun in the evening, The red in your hair Your heart is What love is You're saved And time flows through Eden, The sands o'er the lea, Your heart is What love is You're saved Your laughter, it sparkles The diamonds of truth Your heart is What love is You're saved