I was scufflin' hard and drinkin' down around Lough Ree
Diggin' graves or buskin' made no difference to me
From month to month, to week to week, from hand to mouth I ran A million miles a minute a stubborn foolish man
I took a walk round Green Street, to kill the morning chill
She was selling scones and brandy with a finger in the till
A double shot to hold me, a straightener in the wind
If I ever thought I knew for sure I'll never know again
She was cool, she was kind, 'til she made me lose my mind
We've got better days ahead
Many more where they came from
Don't chase 'em all away my friend
'Til your heart goes numb
It's a long hard road they say
With a fiddler on the way I will swear by better days
Well the world is flat where I come from
We got no place to hide
No bridge across the ocean to reach the sons that died
Now they say she's living on the coast, a baby on the way
The winter wolf outside the door just south of Galway Bay
I never bought that fishin' boat, my second best laid plan
She must have known my penance was a scam
She was cool, she was kind, 'til she made me lose my mind
© 2009 The Elders
Diggin' graves or buskin' made no difference to me
From month to month, to week to week, from hand to mouth I ran A million miles a minute a stubborn foolish man
I took a walk round Green Street, to kill the morning chill
She was selling scones and brandy with a finger in the till
A double shot to hold me, a straightener in the wind
If I ever thought I knew for sure I'll never know again
She was cool, she was kind, 'til she made me lose my mind
We've got better days ahead
Many more where they came from
Don't chase 'em all away my friend
'Til your heart goes numb
It's a long hard road they say
With a fiddler on the way I will swear by better days
Well the world is flat where I come from
We got no place to hide
No bridge across the ocean to reach the sons that died
Now they say she's living on the coast, a baby on the way
The winter wolf outside the door just south of Galway Bay
I never bought that fishin' boat, my second best laid plan
She must have known my penance was a scam
She was cool, she was kind, 'til she made me lose my mind
© 2009 The Elders