EMERALD BLUES

from RED LETTER DAY by BOY ONE

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There's official Ireland and then there's unofficial Ireland. There's the Bord Failte version of Ireland and then there's the reality where Molly Malone is homeless, Danny boy is serving time and it ain't safe in this old town. The chorus name checks six different Irish ballads. Each one a misty eyed vision of an Ireland that probably only ever existed in the fevered imagination of some lovelorn songsmith...

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12. EMERALD BLUES

BIG CITY, LIKE ANY BIG CITY
IT AIN’T SAFE TO BE TOO OLD
IT AIN’T SAFE IN THIS OLD TOWN I CALL MY HOME

MOLLY MALONE, WHERE HAVE YOU GONE?
THERE’S NO NEED TO GET UP AND GO
WALK THE STREETS JUST TO STAY ALIVE ALIVE ALIVE OH

FROM GALWAY BAY TO THE MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE
FROM SLIEVENAMON DOWN TO GARRYOWEN
FROM BANNA STRAND TO BOOLAVOGUE
WE’VE ALL BEEN SOLD….A THOUSAND DREAMS OR MORE

DANNY BOY, WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
SERVING TIME, YOU AIN’T GOING NOWHERE
SEVEN YEARS SINCE YOU GOT THE TASTE OF THAT OLD DERRY AIR

FROM GALWAY BAY TO THE MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE
FROM SLIEVENAMON DOWN TO GARRYOWEN
FROM BANNA STRAND TO BOOLAVOGUE
WE’VE ALL BEEN SOLD….A THOUSAND DREAMS OR MORE

DIRTY OLD TOWN, GOT ME GAGGED AND BOUND
WHY SHOULD I CRY FOR SOMETHING THAT’S GONE
YOU LIVE AND YOU DIE AND THIS WORLD JUST CARRIES ON

FROM GALWAY BAY TO THE MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE
FROM SLIEVENAMON DOWN TO GARRYOWEN
FROM BANNA STRAND TO BOOLAVOGUE
WE’VE ALL BEEN SOLD….A THOUSAND DREAMS OR MORE

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from RED LETTER DAY, released December 15, 2017

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