Oh the other day in Chinatown A place you all know well I was taking in the action all around There was people rushing everywhere With things to buy and sell Th...

There's an ancient place, it's a city of grace Where I lived as in a dream Where the elders prayed and the children played By the mountainside and stream As I ...

So another gun goes off - Background noise Two kids in a stolen car - Background noise A young man screams in the dead of the night - Background noise A family ...

If you twist and then turn away again If you tear yourself in two again If I could, you know I would If I could, I would Let it go Surrender Dislocate If I cou...

I walked along the western shore One bright November day I watched the heron watching me And thought I heard him say Just be still now Wait a while And let lif...

Be well my love Be well As you brave The raging storm Be well my love Be well Into a new world We are born Step out on the road Alone for awhile Underneath Du...

There is a moment of surrender Just before sleep comes Just before sleep comes I turn over my life's business To the God of the Setting Sun To the God of the Se...

Black is the colour of my true love's hair Her lips are like some rose so fair She has the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands I love the ground whereon she s...

There's no need to verbalise When two hearts sometimes harmonise Walking along the Salthill promenade Talking about these perfect days we had All our lives in o...

See this life I hate it now Though I don't want to See this life I hate it now Though I didn't used to Once there was a way to dream A warm pool to lie in Some...

Cigarette ends on a nightclub floor All the people you know are going to the door You danced all night tried again and again But you could breathe no life into ...

When the river runs to the mountain And the birds swim in the sea Only then, can you justify Taking a man's liberty When we lived on the prairie Hunting buffal...

Mars sits outside my window Flames dancing in my stove I hold on to the memory of you Camomile The Plough is elegant above me The cup sits upon my stove I drin...

La la la La la la la la La la la La la la la la I just can't get you out of my head Your loving is all I think about I can't get you out of my head It's more t...

Wise men say Only fools rush in But I can't help Falling in love with you Shall I stay Would it be a sin When I can't help Falling in love with you Like a riv...

Thíar i gcathair mhór Chicago Is an oích' ag dul faoi scáth Tá daoine ann ag smaointiú Ar na sléibhte i nDún na nGall An tráth sin, lár na haoise Le linn an Gh...

Every time I fall down It's a new beginning Trying to rise up Has more to love than winning I love it when the moment of change comes I love it when the road is...

In our troubled times We simply hide away And dream of the one We'd love to see At the end of the day Solitary winter chill me no more I dream an angel by the w...

In the City of Chicago As the evening shadows fall There are people dreaming Of the hills of Donegal Eighteen forty-seven Was the year it all began Deadly pain...

In days of grace this journey's a thrill to me The New York City skyline takes me in People at the station look and sometimes say to me, "You never had it so ea...

In America singers singing, our world could be as one In America brothers killing some poor mothers' son But I thank God for New York City A rainbow of faces wa...

I walked through the hailstones and the merciless wind To where the island disappears and the sea begins It was new year's eve at the mountainside On the windin...

You can dance, you can jive Having the time of your life See that girl, watch that scene Digging the Dancing Queen Friday night and the lights are low Looking ...

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying You must go and I ...

I love the dead of night and the nightsky I love the dead of night and the nightsky Greed is sleeping In Dublin's little Shanghai Foxes go hunting In the waste...

There's something funny going on Out there in the ocean, Ships are dumping deadly potions Glass-concrete barrels burning bright red, Over the ships side down to...

I want to roll in the sand And swim in the sea Let the sun come through now And bring it all back to me When I awake with the birds They're singing in the trees...

You play safe You loose the game You keep your secrets I wanna fly on a high trapeze I get dizzy off my knees Hope there is a dove waiting to fly with me Becaus...

Voices cry out, shells of houses White-faced children, hungry eyes The cruel sea calls the unwilling traveller Who would look for the road to survival Hold my ...

The phone rings, somebody sings 'How the hell are you?' 'It's just me and the four walls How the hell do you think I am?' 'Has anybody come to visit?' 'They co...

When I look at you I see your power But when your blues come around You're so hard on yourself Somebody needs you You always come through You let nobody down Bu...

Don't be afraid of the light that shines within you Out of the cold, dark winter space We come together, looking for Brigid's grace We dip our open hands deep ...

Crimson rises over black and grey As the morning comes Silence, but the cricket sings And I can hear you breathing Water, mountains, rise and fall Rise and fall...

I go down into the water And dive as deep as man can go Into those dark places Watch the underwater flow Exploring the blue Exploring the blue Exploring the bl...

Videos and TVs crowding the brain Keeping feeling down Some of these machines can put the mind to sleep Keeping feeling down Watch the birds depart to the winte...

White frosty morning I'm a bird of hunger Orange glow horizon Coming out from under First light of spring my love First light of spring First light of spring m...

Walking, wounded children lined the roads about the town Aging little faces full of need Who never should have suffered from this hunger There's a better world ...

With blisters on her feet, she walked the road each day Montgomery, Alabama '55 Singing, "Justice is going to flow down like a river Our children would no longe...

Gabriel, can't you hear me Hear me call in the night Gabriel, never leave me Just stay here by my side My angel watches over me And keeps me from all harm I cl...

They had long forgotten days Cruel men and cruel ways Madmen screaming super race in Germany They said "Sing!" and "Entertain!" "We like you here to please our ...

If winter's snow should fall And the sky is pale and blue If you're needing holding Let me come to you Girl, let me come to you Girl, let me come to you It's p...

I think I'm going back to Shenandoah She said that she'd meet me by the fork in the road I jump start my old Ford I'm heading for the pow-wow Follow red path th...

The maid came to her room Wednesday morning Found a pistol lying by her side For thirteen years she kept her fires burning Lost in pictures, no place left to hi...

I came into this city on a cold winter's morn Needing human comfort just to move along I sang and played the music as in many towns before Here I sang my heart ...

All the old walls are tumbling down Bringing us freedom for moving around Coming and going, doing no wrong Dancing and singing to the gypsy song I want to sing...

Hands of a farmer And dreams of a child Your melody lingers Through a winter too wild The gulls rise and fly around here And the cliffs look so grey Blackbird ...

When the tide goes out This beach is never the same I don't find the rocky place That was yesterday's revelation So much yellow, silken hair Left behind to bath...

Like an arc, two lovers come From their own place beneath the sun That shines on individual souls Feeds us, keeps each one of us whole Two hearts don't beat as ...

When the songs flow down like a river And the words cut through Dreams fly around me I'm a happy man in the world I love the sound of the bodhran Kicking in beh...

It was a homeless man in Hollywood who got me thinking We'd just flown in from San Francisco; we'd been flying And driving for weeks This day I saw a homeless m...

Though I want you badly I can get on easy Sometimes inside you Gets too much for me The way you look at me The way you talk to me The way you push on me The way...

Underneath the oak tree Underneath the sky I listen to the newborn lambs cry Cry out for nipple Soon be out to grass Everything is changing Too soon, too fast ...

I am not at war with anyone I am not at war with anyone Go away warplanes You bring fear and shame I am not at war with anyone I give my love to Iraq, and to A...

Every string makes it's own tune The oak tree stands in it's own shadow I'm alone now But not without you Every bird flies it's own path The road goes to it's ...

What did you do inside? I did time What did you learn inside? Precious time Every book's a gift of gold, You hang on every word Every moment in the light, You p...

When I'm alone in my room sometimes I stare at the wall In the back of my mind I hear my conscience call Telling me I need a girl who is as sweet as a dove For ...

As the summer sun leads to autumn There comes a time the harvest settles When the winding road finds it's destination I'll need your love, Your love and your af...

I'll walk beside you through the world today While dreams and songs and flowers bless your way I'll look into your eyes and hold your hand I'll walk beside you ...

So many people look at the bog As a place that just lies dead Nothing to do for the body Nothing to do for the head Take me where the heather and the moss grows...

If I were a carpenter and you were a lady Would you marry me anyway Would you have my baby If I were a miller at a mill wheel grinding Would you miss your color...

Yesterday I got so old I felt like I could die Yesterday I got so old It made me want to cry Go on, go on, just walk away Go on, go on, your choice is made Go ...

I still love the smell The sweet smell of incense Since the prayers and the bells Made complete sense Most of all I loved benediction With an innocent child's c...

Afraid to say hello Afraid they might know Afraid to say hello Afraid to face the day Pain won't go Afraid to face the day Oh, so cold, oh, so cold If I had a ...

He is standing by the ocean Happy as can be Aimless in the city Wild and angry Watching every gesture Remembering every move He captures his own pictures To sin...

No, no, no, no No, no, no, no It's not good enough It's not good enough It's not good enough It's not good enough You can keep people hungry Or try to leave th...

Children playing in the rain They're going home from school again They're trapped in a world waging war all around them And we in our blindness for Jenny we cry...

Whitethorn blossom just comes floating down Down on the June breeze Like summer snow on the ground Long grass sways from side to side The creatures are coming i...

I'm the keeper of the flame My torch of love, it lights her name Ask no pity, beg no shame, I'm the keeper of the flame Played with fire, I was burned Gave a h...

Things are looking bad now They never have been worse To the north lie mountains To the south a curse Bloodstained footprints in the shifting sands Among the ol...

I lie under the sky Dive into the sea I live in the forest Under the palm tree I wake up every morning Birds sing to me Somewhere in the distance Is my friend, ...

There's a creature on the mountain Lived in perfect peace Been there in his slumber Through all the centuries Happy in the mountain Peaceful left alone Lately h...

Listen to the hoofbeat Spirit coming alive Listen to the hoofbeat Bringing together tribes Listen to the hoofbeat New blood on the plains Listen to the hoofbeat...

The fisherman used to dive into running water And take a shining sixpence from the floor Now he's waiting for the Salmon of Knowledge To help him wade out from ...

The ice is breaking at last on the water I'm so taken with it all by the lakeside Still that burning's inside Like a little boy Little boy Little boy in my hea...

Rise up from your bed of straw See if you can bend that short bow one last time Speak from your wounds and say you don't care You know it'll prey on your mind W...

Love is a place I dream of A face that never leaves my mind Sorrow is over my shoulder But it's over Someday I will cross the world for you No matter how far J...

When the rain is blowing in your face And the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love When evening shadows and th...

Images of innocence Coming through the prison walls One fine day in England Justice calls Mary watches everything In her living room alone Televisions flickeri...

When all the fighting is done Forgiveness When all the blood has run Forgiveness The opening fist Brings forgiveness A wounded hand to kiss Forgiveness It's th...

Everyday is the rainy season Every night is a full moon Whenever I'm with you darling Love is a monsoon Goosebumps all around my skin Whenever you come into the...

Have you ever been afraid to dive in Sitting at the edge of the pool Imagining breast and backstrokes Ah such a sad little fool Come in love I'm waiting at the ...

They waited on the platform Mother, Father, Son Parents took the young man's arms Three got on Small talk to pass the journey On a Dublin train Going to the Dub...

I have seen the lark soar high at morn To sing up in the blue I have heard the blackbird pipe it's tune The thrush and the linnet too But there's none of them ...

There's a natural mystic blowing through the air And if you listen carefully now you will hear This could be the first trumpet It might as well be the last Many...

Crossing the bridge in the morning light Making our way to school The swans on the river made a pretty sight Making our way to school Later playing in the park ...

I'll sing to you of a carpenter, a Muslim man He was forced to join an army, he chose to leave his land He was born in Northern Africa, with the desert all arou...

A heart that's full up like a landfill A job that slowly kills you Bruises that won't heal You look so tired and unhappy Bring down the government They don't, ...

Baby's eyes light up with every new thing he sees Every new touch he feels crawling on his knees He's learning, learning to live Reading from a book or building...

Two island swans mated for life, And his faithful heart would not consider any other wife For three years peaceful joy midst the rushes of the pond, Proud and g...

Open up your arms Let the healing begin For those of us still standing Let some light shine in Shine on your hopeless days Shine on your raging nights Shine on ...

The love that I'm feeling in my heart Is with me on this journey from the start Deep within me, Ireland You gave the world your wisdom And darkness, dead and g...

Here love Take away my heart forever Never fear love We'll share the load together How was the frost upon the ground And how was the snow And how were the ragi...

Did you know I was out there? I knew you were out there Did you know I was out there? I knew you were out there I saw you in a dream I saw you like a summer's ...

Two of us caught out in a violent storm Suddenly thrown together in the magical sea of love So much danger coming off the island So much danger headed for the m...

Now it all lies in your hands We've said all there is to say The fire is going down And the horse is miles away Parisienne When that thunder rolls It triggers...

Our politicians talking They never let us know They make their decisions They bring us pain and war, Pain and war They tell us, that there is nuclear That give...

I'm looking for the perfect groove I'm getting ready to move So much rhythm to choose I want to sing for you I'm looking for the perfect tune So perfect I could...

You were sent into this world In the darkest winter days How did I have such fortune to know you? Know the sweetness of your kiss Being shaken by your smile Kno...

On Raglan Road of an autumn day I saw her first and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare That I might one day rue I saw the danger and I walked Along the...

I want a simple life Try to be a good man Never want to hurt nobody Tread lightly on the land I forget about the future Squeeze the juice out of the day And whe...