Mr Connaughton
(专辑: Bridge Of Sighs - 1987)
Mr Connaughton my memory's long, though the
years have flown Though the
years have gone Was your wife's name Marjorie or Mary? Were you from Cork or Tipperary? Mr Connaughton when we lived underneath Oh you said it was a
lucky man had a
gap between his teeth And for a
while I
had a
gap too But it closed when my big teeth came through Oh, it closed when my big teeth came through Mr Connaughton you seemed to laugh such a
lot And that would make us smile too, as often as not Did you have a
friend who was a
soldier? Well, I'm gonna join the
army when I'm older Well, I
know you paid a
fiver for that old motorbike And they said it wouldn't run, but I
thought that it might I
was nearly asleep when it spluttered into life And I
clenched my fist and smiled a
secret smile of delight Was your first name Kevin or Mike? I
remember when you built us a
soap-box cart With the
wheels off a
pram, and a
plank out in the
yard And you gave us a
bit of string but we steered it with our feet Oh boy, it was the
best one on the
street And you said "Jesus, that's the
best one on the
street" I
remember when your little girl was born You brought her downstairs to show us all And we were allowed to kiss her And I
wished she was my sister Mr Connaughton, you moved away With your wife and your baby, but we stayed Till finally we got re-housed too And I
never will forget you Mr Connaughton my memory's long though the
years have flown Though the
years have gone Was your wife's name Marjorie or Mary? Were you from Cork or Tipperary?