All I remember (video)

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1. I was lured by the rocking horse, sweets and the bualadh bos,

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fifty wild boys to a room,

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sing lámh, lámh eile, the dish ran away with the spoon.

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Black shoes and stockings for those who say don't,

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blue is the colour outside,

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God made the world, and the snake tempted Eve and she died.

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Wild Christian brothers sharpening their leathers,

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learn it by heart, that's the rule.

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All I remember is dreading September and school.

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And they made me for better or worse,

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the fool that I am or the wise man I'll be.

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And they gave me their blessings and curse,

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it wasn't their fault I was me, the one that you see.

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2. The priest in confession condemns my obsession

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with thoughts that I didn’t invite.

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He mumble and stutter, he slams down the shutter. Goodnight.

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Stainless as steel, you know how I feel,

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someone shoot me while my soul is clean,

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I don't think I'll last, my vow to abstain is obscene.

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Arch-confraternity men to the fight, raise up your banners on high !

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Searching for grace, securing my place when I die.

+ CHORUS

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+ God, he kept a very close eye on me,

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hung round my bed in the darkness, he spied on me,

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caught me in the long grass so often, he died on me....

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3. Ballrooms of romance in Salthill or Mallow,

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I stood like John Wayne by the wall,

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lined up like cattle, we waited to do battle and fall.

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Oh, you can't wine and dine her in an old Morris Minor,

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so ask her before it's too late.

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I danced on girls' toes, accepted rejection as my fate.

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Drink was my saviour, it made me much braver,

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but I couldn't hold it too well,

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drew up on the coach and ruined my approach as I fell.

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+ CHORUS + God kept a very close eye on me (3x) ….

(Christy Moore)