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| BELFAST BOY |
| NOTHINGS EVER EASY Nothings ever easy nothings ever sure Nothings ever simple and nothings ever clear You look into a mirror tell me what you see Is it your own reflection looking back at you Drop a stone in water see the ripples flow They start from the centre and then they'll go There's heat in a desert think you see a tree But it's just an illusion making a fool of me And when you're dreaming it all seems so real Then you are awoken to face you're own fear And then there's children playing a silly game Seems like only yesterday that they were calling your name |
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RIDE ON |
| BELFAST BOY There's a voice in my memory I used to recall When I was not a tall man I was very very small When ma was mum and da was dad and I was just a kid They always did their best for me but I never did as bid But I still remember as a Belfast boy How I used to run around thro every part of town I still remember as a Belfast boy I still remember Well I am I am I am a Belfast boy I'd wear those short trousers to the school just down the street And in behind the bike shed my friends and I would meet We'd check the size of willies and swap our homework round I took me a fancy for a girl from the other side of town Up to the grammar school at the top of the hill All the boys were protestant mostly called Bill And the boys from the other school were Paddy, Mick and Joe They all looked the same to me but who am I to know And when I was married to a Dublin girl I know Me a prod and her a mick our love was all on show And the children of that marriage neither orange or green They're just our lovely children hope you know just what I mean |
| ROADSIDE FLOWERS They died in a tunnel in Paris the paparazzi chasing on The princess of England and her lover France brought roadside flowers But sure they're only roadside flowers left with a feeling that you could touch But to her and him they meant everything beautiful roadside flowers On one evening in December in Scotland a Panam exploded in the sky Two hundred and fifty nine and eleven on the ground Lockerbie brought roadside flowers In Estonia it was raining very heavy but he could ride anything that had wheels The king of the roads had one race to far Ballymoney brought roadside flowers Well the USA won't ever be the same hijackers waiting on some planes They took their own lives and many more besides America brought roadside flowers Beautiful flowers, beautiful flowers Withering roadside flowers |
| SECRET TO YOUR HEART Someday you're gonna be mine babe And someday soon I'm gonna take up all your time Until that time comes around I'll be patient until I can find That secret to your heart that secret to your heart I see you every day walking up and down my street But I never had the courage for us to meet Sitting with my friends in a local café Well you just walked right in and asked is it ok if I just stay Now my time has arrived I'm so lucky just to be alive With that secret to your heart with that secret to your heart I walked you home later that same night you kissed me full on the lips and it just felt so right Now our hearts are one my searching's it's over and done Got that secret to your heart I got that secret to your heart So all you people out there looking for a love match Cast your net so wide you never know what you might just catch Then you can be free to explore all and you'll see You've got that secret to her heart etc |
| SUPERMARKET WINE (I've always wanted to cover this great song by Mickey McConnell. I suppose memories of wine, cheese and things Irish with lost love covers it) |
| ELEVATOR LADY I see you every morning you're always going up You smile at all the customers but I'm always out of luck To see my elevator lady to see my elevator lady I love my elevator lady she sure do brighten up my day I like your lovely uniform it really suits your style Why don't you bring them both to my part of town When tea break comes around I'm always right on time I get me a coke and a sandwich around about half past nine You're pushing all those buttons standing on that spot When lunchtime comes around my curries always hot I'm a man of modest principles and I like to work up schemes I'll have to wake up soon cause she's messing with all my dreams I talked to the maintenance man made him fix it right He fixed it so dam well that I had to spend the night |
| HUNGRY KISSES Hungry kisses hungry kisses I ain't got nothing for you but hungry kisses You bring out a passion I thought had gone You show me a longing in a feeling so strong And when you leave me your kiss remains Until you return again it wards of the pain After a while I thought they would go But they are still with me as our love grows Why am I so lucky what did I do right You lie here beside me every single night You gave me a daughter you gave me a son There light is still a shining for everyone Give us hungry kisses hungry kisses They ain't got nothing for us but hungry kisses I love hungry kisses hungry kisses I've got everything and hungry kisses |
| DEAD EYED JIM He rode into town with a mission on his mind To blow away the man who'd been messing him around He got of his horse and he was all dressed in black And everyone that seen him sure they never turned their backs He's just a gunfighter back in town again The people who knew him well were all down a'praying Someone's gonna die tonight and it ain't gonna be him Because he had a reputation dead eyed Jim The saloon doors swung open and he walked straight inside The man that he was looking for had a woman by his side The music stopped when the people seen there was a deadly hush They all hid behind the bar in the panic and the rush Jim called him out and said put your aces down Have yourself one last drink your time has come around Before I leave this bar tonight its gonna be you or me And I don't care what the people say it is our destiny The gambler he stood up with the lady at his arm He had no aces in his hand no tricks nor manly charms Smoke filled the air because the gambler he had pride And dead eyed Jim blew him away it was the night the gambler died The undertaker was the only one around Pleased to see dead eyed Jim when he'd come into town When Jim came you know the bullets they would fly And he would get to make a box because some poor cowboy died |
| MISS YOU WHILE YOU SLEEP I'd walk you home from school we'd broken all those rules You were very good in class and always did my maths I'd carry your books they gave us strange looks We were too much together to realise But I'll miss you while you sleep I know our love will keep Until the morning sun brings up a brand new dawn Another journey another road to take I knew the road to travel and investigate Wedding bells will chime now I know that you are mine With children of our own we'd build a happy home I never had another love I wanted only you True hearts and lovers it was our destiny Now we're old and grey more grandchildren on the way We're slowing down at last remembering all our past The circles come around another life we've found Our beacon is still strong and it's lasting oh so long Now that I'm alone and I'm thinking of you now I never will regret the first time that we met Ponytails and schoolyards a family and a home You're on that last journey now our time has flown |
| OLD FLAMES Linda threw stones at my windowpane she wanted me to play her mating game But I was far too busy with my exams I took her to the bushes in the park and I gave her kisses in the dark And I escaped home in one piece. Linda went do dah do Nancy followed me home from school used to steal her apples as a golden rule And I always well I carried her books I met her on a bus on the Ravenhill road for a wee small lad I was awful bold She said I'll pay you're fare. Nancy went do dah do I took Helen riding on my bike never got her home before midnight Her father always chased me up the road We sat in front of a sunhouse fire kissing and a cuddling till the wee small hours I was always tired next day. Helen went do dah do Maggy was a teacher in Newcastle town always laughing and a running me down Always saying she fancied someone else She tried to get me of with her friend the two of them put me round the bend I said I'm better of all alone. Maggy went do dah do Elaine was a Dublin lass hit me like some lightning flash Ended up the only ex I ever had But I loved her in those Wicklow days though we went our separate ways I wish her nothing but the best. Elaine went do dah do Some of them I loved so well some of them told me to go to hell But I remember each and every one They're all in my memory like some lasting liturgy They're all old flames of mine. Old flames do dah do etc |
| JUST ANOTHER LOVE SONG I can write you a love song it's just for you And I can write you a love song to break you in two I can write you a love song with all different ends But maybe a love song can sometimes come true It won't be the first one and it won't be the last Many poets have written them down in the past So why should I worry and why should I fear What can I hope for you'll remember me here Where do they come from I suppose from the heart It's really so silly they're usually falling apart So why do we do this and write with the pen They tug at our heartstrings again and again So it's just another love song with my name at the top Just another love song I hope you like it a lot It's just another love song to add to the list But if you've never loved you'll never know what you missed I can sing you my love song and it's just for you And I can sing you my love song to break you in two I can sing you my love song with all different ends But maybe a love song can sometimes come true |
| WEEKEND IN PARIS Booked it for a surprise to see that starlight in your eyes To enlighten those loving flames and play those loving games Left on a Friday I had a table reserved Some champagne and roses everything was so right For a weekend in Paris just you and me Two Irish lovers walked the Champs Elysées Into a hotel down by the Seine Made love on a four poster and you called my name A time for just us before that break of day No one can find us we're hidden away Weekend in Paris sure it's over now we're flying oe'r the Eiffel Still flying so high Weekend in Paris will always remain inside our memories Awakened old flames |