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PAUL J BOLGER
SWIM
Well I know you you know me
I know the road you walk
And I don’t like to see you shaken
I won’t hear that talk
The song and dance we memorise
Strike a pose and it burns their eyes
Come on now baby tantalise me
Drown me in your endless sea
It’s all out and so good babe
Why do you swim inside my head
It’s all out and so sweet babe
Why do you swim inside my head
Looking great you’re thinking late
Wearing your passion dress
I just want to see you smiling
I won’t fake the kiss
A song and dance we memorise
Strike a light and it burns their eyes
Come on baby tantalise me
Drown me in your endless sea
It’s all out and so good babe
Why do you swim inside my head
It’s all out and so sweet babe
Why do you swim inside my head
People always looking for something
They just cannot find
I know now they’re searching out answers
That come from inside
People always been looking for something
They just cannot find
I know now if we let this love die
We’re gonna someday cry
Cos it’s all right and so good babe
Why do you swim inside my head
It’s all right and so sweet babe
Why do you swim inside my head
It’s all right and so sweet babe
Why do you swim inside my head
It’s all right and so good babe
It’s all right and so good babe
It’s all right
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HOW MANY MORE TEARS
How many more ways can we try
How many more ways can we try
How many more tears can we cry
If we get lucky in life we find a taste of love that’s real
Hope it’s gonna last forever show us how to feel
‘Til it’s gone like a silent sigh or high on the wind
Give it time let it breathe it’ll find it’s own way in
How many more ways can we try
How many more ways can we try
How many more ways
How many more ways
How many more ways can we try
How many more tears can we cry
Tried to sing Ich liebe dich in the key of D
But it always sounded weird to you and me
So I tried my people’s words that mean a lot to me
Is grá liom tú a chuisle mo chroi
How many more ways can we try
How many more ways can we try
How many more ways
How many more ways
How many more ways can we try
How many more tears can we cry
Famed three words will testify
Do their best to satisfy
The yearning the burning
We can’t deny
In this world of fear and faith
Some holy men try to spread blind hate
All we can do is free our minds
And not take the bait
History won’t repeat
But it sure likes to rhyme
The best I can do is hold your hand
And hope that you hold mine
How many more ways can we try
How many more ways can we try
How many more ways
How many more ways
How many more ways can we try
How many more tears can we cry
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WEDDING GOWN
In the light of rising Spring
I watched her sway on the garden swing
Recalled how her coming took my wife
Out of darkness she brought the light
And like a blind man given sight
I could finally see the meaning of life
She used to play in a wedding gown
Cast mother’sshadowontheground
My little princess for her I'd die
Bloomed into a beautiful rose
In the summer sun she glowed
Then darkness returned with a boy who called me sir
He walked in first left her standing there
Asked for her hand and I gasped for air
But he called me sir liked to call me sir
She always dreamt of a wedding gown
A handsome prince and a sparkling crown
But the Devil often hides in the light
How do we protect who we love most
From those who choose to walk like ghosts
Moving through this world testing fathers’ fears
And we know if we say no
Our kids will laugh before they go
Leaving us to question how we live with ourselves
She always wanted a wedding gown
It became her funeral shroud
Nothing I said could have turned it around
She’d given all for no return
Been his fool with her back turned
He was running circles round their town
Now he could run no more
Men like that run out of floor
When their castles of sand fall to the ground
She used to play in a wedding gown
Cast angel shadows across the ground
She lost her life to a hand me down
She always dreamt of that wedding gown
A handsome prince and a sparkling crown
Followed mother’s footsteps in her wedding gown
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PILLARSTONE
Don’t know much about the Bayou
Never made the move to LA
Fell in love in London town
Couldn’t wait to get away
Now I’m back on my home ground
They all think my numbers came in
Or that I live outside the law
They see feast not the famine
Hard to make a living
Selling stories and songs
Always worked my fingers to the bone
And I can weather any storm
Like a pillar stone
The day that I came home
You know the sun started to shine
I dreamt I could walk on water
And turn it to wine
Some said I’m too big for my boots
But envy’s a well run dry
If you don’t like what I got going on
Lift your heels and walk on by
Hard to make a living
Selling stories and songs
Still workin’ these fingers to the bone
And I can weather any storm
I’m the Pillarstone
You could say I’m lucky
You could say I’m rich
Got two times all I need
But it’s nothing you can count
Hard to make a living
Selling stories and songs
Still working my fingers to the bone
I can weather any storm
Cos I’m the Pillarstone
You won’t hear me moan
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TWO WRONGS
Two wrongs don’t make a right
I apologised for the other night
Say what you want there’s no need to fight
Two wrongs don’t make a right
I didn’t mean to hurt you so
She just smiled it was all for show
She grabbed my hand asked me to dance
What you saw was a confused man
Two wrongs don’t make a right
I apologised for the other night
Say what you want there’s no need to fight
Two wrongs don’t make a right
Aw now honey you don’t have to go
Stop running round just come back home
I was wrong but it’s not right
Since you been gone I can’t sleep at night
I see the writing on the wall
I know we’re heading for a fall
I’m on the other side of a ten cent call
And that’s not all well that’s not all
Like a dog I always ran to you
A blind fool right on cue
Made one mistake now you say we’re through
What can I do to prove my love to you?
Two wrongs don’t make a right
I apologised for the other night
Say what you want there’s no need to fight
Two wrongs don’t make a right
I’m on the other side of a ten cent call
And that’s not all no that’s not all
Two wrongs don’t make a right
I apologised for the other night
Say what you want there’s no need to fight
Two wrongs don’t make a right
Two wrongs don’t make a right
I apologised for the other night
Say what you want there’s no need to fight
Two wrongs don’t make a right
Two wrongs don’t make a right (x 6)
Say what you want there’s no need to fight
Two wrongs don’t make a right
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ALL THOSE THINGS
Been a traveller all my life dear
And I will tell you what I have seen
They built us up to fall in dirt dear
And twist good words to something obscene
There wasn't too much light around here
But I have soaked enough for me
So when you see me smile at you dear
Know it’s love and not pity
Do not forget to forgive me
For all those things
Things that I said
Do not forget to forgive me
All those things
All those things
All those things that I did
You know the children have no voice dear
A soldier less chance to see
The hand that leads him to Hell's door dear
Is the hand that sets him up to be
A nowhere pawn in a game of chess dear
A chequered board he'll never leave
As I float towards my dreams now
I beg of you for me don’t grieve
Do not forget to forgive me
For all those things
Things that I said
Do not forget to forgive me
All those things
All those things
All those things that I did
There are many here among us now
Whose sorry tales wash over me
But I have had my share and more dear
Please don’t waste your grief on me
Do not forget to forgive me
For all those things
Things that I said
Do not forget to forgive me
All those things
All those things
All those things that I did
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UNKIND
Some are cold some are sly
Some will bring a tear to your eye
Some are born to be wild
Some will treat you like a child
Some will treat you unkind
Mother said I want to tell you son
I want to let you know right now
How some pretty girls minds work
Might save your soul somehow
Some are cold some are sly
Some will bring a tear to your eye
Some are born to be wild
Some will treat you like a child
Some will treat you unkind
Well if I’d gone just one more round
I would not be so down
If I’d known then what I know now
She might still be around
Some are cold, some are sly
Some will bring a tear to your eye
Some are born to be wild
Some will treat you like a child
Some will treat you unkind
Prison bars as unforgiving
As the knife in my hand
The night she laughed and told me
About her new tall dark-haired handsome man
Well I was cold I was sly
I brought a tear to her eye
She was born to be wild
She never treated me like a child
I always thought it was unkind
Wish I was home and still a child
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I BELIEVE
Three small words, a telephone
A thousand miles from your sigh
I knew right then I spoke too soon
I almost cried
Half my life I’ve been waiting
For angel eyes
Now I found them they see through me
This love I can’t hide
I believe in how I feel about you
Take your time it’s all right
We got the rest of our lives
We saved our love for someone special
It’s only right
‘Cause I believe in how I feel about you
I understand your anxieties
I got some of my own
No need to doubt or hesitate
Heart to heart we’re home
The past is gone tomorrow’s calling me
Back to your side
We found love from heaven falling
Feelings can’t be denied
I believe in how I feel about you
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