New Day

Late, sometime before midnight
He comes creeping up
And before you get him sussed
He's gone before dusk

And when you arise
Red ruby rings circle your eyes
If it's later than you realized
Check with the stars and the skies

Old moon madness has struck again

A howl in the dark light
A flash of teeth bright white
A scream and a bite
Old moon madness has struck again tonight

But there's no need to worry
For the crimes that you've done
Worse has been committed
With no moon madness to blame it on

Old moon madness has struck again

In fact you could say you're lucky
You and me
Mother earth has only one moon
And not three

After our affair
I swore that i'd leave dublin
And in that line i'd left behind
The years, the tears, the memories and you

In dublin

At the quays friends come and say farewell
We'd laugh and joke and smoke
And later on the boat
I'd cry over you

In dublin

How can i leave the town that brings me down
That has no jobs
Is blessed by god
And makes me cry

Dublin

And at sea with flowing hair
I'd think of dublin
Of grafton street and derby square
And those for whom i really care and you

In dublin

There goes moses carrying his bible book
Never has a problem, just has a cup
It's good clean alcohol and it fills you up
And here i go laughing like a fool, yeah

Things ain't working out down at the farm
Got no bag or baggage or love to keep me warm
And i ain't been in trouble since the day i was born
Things ain't working out down at the farm

I used to spend my sunny days supping aways
Along came gogarty and he put me away
Down at the station was kept for strays
And i went laughing, geez he like busting me, he liked busting me

He caught me unawares and he made me strip naked
Oh i was scared, oh i was scared, i was shaking
And he said
It's you and me
And me and you
And me and me
And you and you
And me and me
And i just kept laughing like a fool, yeah

Things ain't working out down at the farm