Great Big Sea - Play (1997) by Great Big Sea (보컬) on maniadb.com

I've got a smile on my face, and I've got four walls around me
I've got the sun in the sky, all the water surround me
Oh you know, yeah I win now and sometimes I lose
I've been battered, but I never bruise
It's not so bad

Chorus
And I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
And it's all your state of mind
At the end of the day
You've just got to say it's all right

Gina sings on the corner, what keeps her from dying
Let them say what they want, but she won't stop trying (Oh, you know)
She might stumble, they push her 'round
She might fall, but she'll never lie down
It's not so bad

And I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
And it's all your state of mind
At the end of the day,
You've just got to say it's all right.

It's all right, it's all right
(It's all right)

'Cause in this beautiful life there's always some sorrow
And It's a double-edged knife, but there's always tomorrow (Oh, you know)
It's up to you now if you sink or swim
Just keep the faith that your ship will come in
It's not so bad

(Chorus)
And I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
And it's all your state of mind
At the end of the day
You've just got to say

I say way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
And it's all your state of mind
At the end of the day
You've just got to say it's all right
It's all right, it's all right

I've got a smile on my face, and I've got four walls around me

I am the fountain of affection
I'm the instrument of joy
And to keep the good times rolling
I'm the boy, I'm the boy,
You know the world could be our oyster,
You just put your trust in me,
Cause we'll keep the good times rolling
Wait and see, wait and see....oh wait and see!

His Exhaltation, a sweet disintegration.
A few discolourations, then it comes along
up is why he chooses, the kisses and the bruises
There ain't nothing he refuses, then it comes along
It comes along, and I am lifted, I am lifted, I am lifted!

Chorus:
When I'm up I can't get down
Can't get down, can't get level
When I'm up I can't get down
Get my feet back on the ground
When I'm up I can't get down
Can't get down, can't get level
When I'm up I can't get down
Get my feet back on the ground

He just needs, something to blind him
Something to wind him up
It won't take long to find him
When it comes on strong.

Wise guys are grinning, street lights are spinning
The night is just beginning, and then it comes on strong
It comes on strong, and I am lifted, I am lifted, I am lifted!

Chorus

Oh it comes on strong, and I am lifted.
It comes on strong, and I am lifted.
I am lifted, I am lifted!

Chorus

Oh, the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night I'll never forget,
Some of the boys got loaded drunk and they ain't got sober yet!
As long as a bottle was passed around every man was feeling gay,
O'Leary came with the bagpipes some music for to play!
That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy,
That's how they showed their honour and their pride,
They said it was, "a sin" and "a shame" they winked at one and another,
And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died!
As Missus Murphy sat in the corner pourin' out her grief,
Kelly and his gang came tearin' down the street,
They went into an empty room and a bottle of whiskey stole,
They put that bottle with the corpse to keep that whiskey cold!
That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy,
That's how they showed their honour and their pride,
They said it was, "a sin" and "a shame" they winked at one and another,
And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died!
Well, two o'clock in the mornin' after emptyin' the jug,
Doyle rose up the icebox lid to see poor Paddy's mug,
They stopped the clock so Missus Murphy couldn't tell the time,
And at a quarter after two we argued it was nine!
That's how they show their respect for Paddy Murphy,
That's how we show our honour and our pride,
They said it was, "a sin" and "a shame" they winked at one and another,
And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died!
Well, they stopped the hearse on George Street outside some damn saloon,
They all went in at half past eight and staggered out at noon,
The went up to the graveyard so holy and sublime,
Found out when they'd got there they'd left the corpse behind!
That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy,
That's how they showed their honour and their pride,
They said it was, "a sin" and "a shame" we winked at one and another,
And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died!
Oh, the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night I'll never forget,
Some of the boys got loaded drunk and they ain't been sober yet!
As long as a bottle was passed around every man was feeling gay,
O'Leary came with bagpipes some music for to play!
That's how they showed their respect for Paddy Murphy,
That's how they showed their honour and their pride,
They said it was, "a sin" and "a shame" we winked at one and another,
And every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died!
Well, every drink in the place was full the night Pat Murphy died!

"It's a cold day for September" was all I thought to say,
When I saw you on the street the other day.
And has something changed between us?
All the talk we made was small.
But what do you say to someone
When they've heard you say it all?

It's an awkward conversation, in a most peculier way.
How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"?

It seemed like only days ago we had so much to say.
Did we take it all for granted? Did it all get thrown away?
"It calls for rain this afternoon", you finally replied.
And there was such a stuttering silence that i felt my mouth go dry.

We'll just talk about the weather, cause there's not much more to say.
How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"?
How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"?

Has all the ice been broken, all our surfaces been scratched?
Have all the words been spoken, have we finally met our match?
Cause it's an awkward conversation, in a most peculier way.
How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"?
How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"?
How did we get from saying "I love you" to "I'll see you 'round someday"?

Way hey and a way we go donkey riding donkey riding,
way hey and away we go riding on a donkey.

Was you ever in Quebec launching timber on the deck ,where ya
break yer bleeding neck riding on a donkey.

Way hey and a way we go donkey riding donkey riding,
way hey and away we go riding on a donkey.

Was you ever round Cape Horn where the weathers never warm,
wish to god you'd never been born riding on a donkey.

Way hey and away we go donkey riding donkey riding,
way hey and away we go riding on a donkey.

Was you ever in Miramichi where they you tie up to a tree, and the girl sit on
your knee riding on a donkey.

Way hey and a way we go donkey riding donkey riding,
way hey and away we go riding on a donkey.

Was you ever in Fortune Bay see the girls all shout hurray,here
comes Dad with ten weeks pay riding on a donkey.

Way hey and a way we go donkey riding donkey riding,
way hey and away we go riding on a donkey.

Was you ever in London town see the king he does come down,
SEE THE KING IN HIS GOLDEN CROWN riding on a donkey.

Way hey and a way we go donkey riding donkey riding,
way hey and away we go riding on a donkey.

Way hey and a way we go donkey riding donkey riding,
way hey and away we go riding on a donkey.

I haven't seen you in a long time, since I've been gone
it always seemed to be the wrong time, it's the same old song
looks like we'll never be together our whole life through
there might be changes in the weather, but not for me and you

can you hear me, when I'm calling out to you
can you see me, sometimes in the night when you put out the light

I haven't seen you in a long time since you put me away
I only see you in my dream time, at the break of day
I know I never ever listen, my whole life through
If I had heard you wasn't with him, I could be with you

can you feel me, when he's making love you you
can you hear me, when your alone, when you hang up the phone
when it's real late at night, and you put out the light

I still see you
and I still feel you
when I'm alone, my mind starts to roam
you come in the night when I turn out the light

I haven't seen you in a long time, since I've been gone
it always seemes to be the wrong time, its the same old song
looks like we'll never be together our whole life thorugh
there might be changes in the weather, but not for me and you

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds,
snakes, an aeroplanes, Lenny Bruce is not afraid.
Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn - world
serves its own needs, dummy serve your own needs. Feed
it off an aux speak, grunt, no, streak, Ladder
start to clatter with fear fight down height. Wire
in a fire, representing seven games, a government
for hire and a combat site. Left of west and coming in
a hurry with the furies breathing down your neck. Team
by team reporters baffled, trumped, tethered cropped.
Look at that low playing! Fine, then. Uh oh,
overflow, population, common food, but it'll do. Save
yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs,
listen to your heart bleed dummy with the rapture and
the revered and the right, right. You vitriolic,
patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty
psyched.
CHORUS:
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.
Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign
towers. Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself
churn. Locking in, uniforming, book burning, blood
letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate.
Light a candle, light a votive. Step down, step down.
Watch your heel crush, crushed, uh-oh, this means no
fear cavalier. Renegade steer clear! A tournament,
tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions,
offer me alternatives and I decline.
CHORUS x 2
The other night I dreamt of knives, continental
drift divide. Mountains sit in a line, Leonard
Bernstein. Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester
Bangs. Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You
symbiotic, patriotic, slam book neck, right? Right.
CHORUS x 2

Well General Taylor gained the day
Walk him along, John, Carry him along
Well General Taylor he gained the day
Carry him to his bury'n ground

Chorus:

Tell me where you're stormy
Walk him along, John, carry him along
Tell me where you're stormy
Carry him to his bury'n ground

We'll dig his grave with a silver spade
Walk him along, John, Carry him along
His shroud of the finest silk will be made
Carry him to his bury'n ground

Chorus

We'll lower him down on a golden chain
Walk him along, John, Carry him along
On every inch we'll carve his name
Carry him to his bury'n ground

Chorus

General Taylor he's all the go
Walk him along, John, Carry him along
He's gone where the stormy winds won't blow
Carry him to his bury'n ground

Chorus

General Taylor he's dead and he's gone
Walk him along, John, Carry him along
Well General Taylor he's long dead and gone
Carry him to his bury'n ground

Chorus x 2

She left St.Johns one day in May
Dressed in her sunday best
A kind man sat beside her
And she cried her way out west
She moved in with her cousin
And found a job down in the mall
Her friends at home were jealous
and said "We'll see you in the fall."

You know that she wants to try
Never you let you see her cry
You know that she wants to try
She's got seagulls in her eyes

The people here seem really nice
But the winter's way too long
Her new friends don't understand
They just tell her to be strong
She made some decent money
Yeah, but nothing comes for free
The busy streets just don't compete
With this guy that rocks her sea

You know that she wants to try
Never let you see her cry
You know that she wants to try
She's got seagulls in her eyes

(She's got seagulls in her eyes)

Her parents came at Easter time
Wanted her to stay
But she went and got a panel-bed
And moved home on her birthday
The girls in town all said
She couldn't make it on her own
Now the skies a little smaller
And it doesn't seem like home

You know that she wants to try
Never let you see her cry
You know that she wants to try
She's got seagulls in her eyes (X2)

(She's got seagulls in her eyes)

Two recruiting sergeants came to the CLB,
for the sons of the merchants, to join the Blue Puttees
So all the hands enlisted, five hundred young men
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
They crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave Florizel,
And on the sands of Suvla, they entered into hell
And on those bloody beaches, the first of them fell
Chorus
So it's over the mountains, and over the sea
Come brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue Puttees
You'll fight the Hun in Flanders, and at Galipoli
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
Then the call came from London, for the last July drive
To the trenches with the regiment, prepare yourselves to die
The roll call next morning, just a handful survived.
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
Chorus
The stone men on Water Street still cry for the day
When the pride of the city went marching away
A thousand men slaughtered, to hear the King say
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
Chorus x3

Greenspond is a pretty place, and so is Pinchard's Island
Mom will buy me a new fur coat when da gets home from swilin'

Here he comes as white as ghosts
Children and their little boats
Women in their petty coats
Down from Petty Harbour

It's not the way that I intended this
I didn't realize how much I would miss
But with every parting of our company
I hate to think what it has done to me

It didn't seem
That I was sorry
This has to be
My Apology

When cruelty comes with blind indifference
My humanity becomes the best defence
But if you consider the alternative
I really didn't have that much to give

It didn't seem
That I was sorry
This has to be
My apology

A tragic victim of my circumstance
Never give the devil a second chance
If you do, you know that you can never win
Probably best to forget and begin again

Can't you see
That I am sorry
This has to be
My Apology
My Apology
My Apology

When I was a young man I was lead astray,
I met with a body down in Logy Bay,
We went out in a weather, we wore out our shoes,
And up Kingsway road for a drink or two.

Drink 'er up boys its well after ten!
Drink 'er up boys its well after ten!

Some people say that the pinky is fine,
Others will swear by a drop of moonshine,
But as for myself I'm a bottle of each,
mixed in with a gallon of dipper or screech.

Drink 'er up boys its well after ten!
Drink 'er up boys its well after ten!

It's the old shavin' lotion thats made me this way,
Sweeter than Pepsi and stronger than tea,
And when in the evening when we're feeling fine,
We'll stop into Jakey's for icon and shine,

Drink 'er up boys its well after ten!
Drink 'er up boys its well after ten!

Its the old shavin' lotion thats made me this way,
Sweeter than Pepsi and stronger than tea,
And when in the morning when I'm feeling rough,
I curse ol' Jakey who sold me this stuff

Drink 'er up boys its well after ten!
Drink 'er up boys its well after ten!
Drink 'er up boys its well after ten!
Drink 'er up boys its well after ten!

Am I leaving you tomorrow,
I can't see
Is this how it's going to be?
In the morning must I go,
So let's take a little time,
see what's on your mind
Is there something I should know?
I thought we went through all this yesterday
You said you were OK,
you just had to take it slow
I'm tired of these little games you play,
are you here to stay
Is there something I should know?
Chorus
Is there something I should know?
I think everything we've seen,
it was just a dream
How did we get so low?
To leave it all behind would be obscene
Where's your self-esteem?
Is there something I should know?
Chorus
We can keep on talking,
you know I've got all night
But don't keep telling me,
that everything's all right...
it's not all right.
I'm leaving you tomorrow,
can't you see
This is how it's got to be,
in the morning I must go...
So let's take a little time,
see what's on your mind
Is there something I should know?
Chorus

Ships may come and ships may go
As long as the sea does roll.
Each sailor lad just like his dad,
He loves the flowing bowl.
A trip on shore he does adore
With a girl who's nice and round.
When the money's gone
It's the same old song,
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
CHORUS:
Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,
There's lots of grog in the jar.
We'll plough the briny ocean
With the jolly roving tar.
When Jack comes in, it's then he'll steer
To some old boarding house.
They'll welcome him with rum and gin,
And feed him on pork scouse.
He'll lend, spend and he'll not offend
Till he's lyin' drunk on the ground
When the money's gone
It's the same old song,
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
CHORUS
Jack, he then, oh then he'll sail
Bound down for Newfoundland
All the ladies fair in Placentia there
They love that sailor man.
He'll go to shore out on a tear
And he'll buy some girl a gown.
When the money's gone
It's the same old song,
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
CHORUS
When Jack gets old and weatherbeat,
Too old to roam about,
They'll let him stop in some rum shop
Till eight bells calls him out.
Then he'll raise his eyes up to the skies,
Sayin' "Boys, we're homeward bound."
When the money's gone
It's the same old song,
"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
CHORUS X2