oisín mccole - once upon a time in a city not so far away lyrics
a boat draws into a harbour with a cabin full of guns
the balding harbourmaster calls for backup at once
there’s a queue of wheelbarrows for the cargo on land
and several safe houses await the contraband
and all the king’s horses with their bright bayonets
become dull and bloodstained in a moment’s unrest
on edge the tobacconist and his aide sit prepared
one gunman to a room either side of the stairs
expecting armed guards to arrive in the night
but apart from a friend no one comes by
in the morning they leave a widow in her home
the loyal wife to a fate that’s long been postponed
a marxist and a school teacher stand like old columns
the teacher clears his throat but most still ignore him
he calls out for freedom, civil rights, equality
words the gathered few don’t take too seriously
at the back they sn-gger and then just wander off
history’s proclaimed for a shrug and a cough
there’s a gunship on the river
firing sh-lls haphazardly
holy holy is now her moniker
though she’ll drown a hound of the sea
the piper leads the workhouse rank with sights on the c-n-l
he sings with the night duty to hold their good morale
the countess rests warmly in her upholstered machine
while her red cross sisters huddle for heat in the green
in the mill the sleepless spaniard is pacing about
cooking up manoeuvres that are never carried out
there’s a gunship on the river
firing sh-lls haphazardly
holy holy is now her moniker
though she’ll drown a hound of the sea
the major who won the muse but lost her pilgrim soul
lived too long in blinkers to accept a blindfold
the flamboyant green groom leaves his candlelit bride
marched out by prison guards in sharp single file
behind these prison walls a wooden chair awaits
for the man-who-cannot-stand will be shot here today
in the same hospital ward where nurses st-tch up soldiers
a beautiful newborn sleeps in the stained arms that hold her
a young firing squad looks just as the day breaks
under starters orders they ask “how much does she weigh?”
i ask if she has the eyes of beauty or the beast
but even he became a prince so we could rest in peace
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