(The Boxer) If I'd been born a street away, another star ascending I'd have been a fighter, a boxer in the ring And I salute the boxer if he lose or if he win ...

Me and my brother returned to the water I saw a pike that was two feet long Two small magicians, each with a jam jar Cast spells on the water with hazel twig wa...

You say, too much water Has gone under the bridge by now I say that bridges Are all that's left for us now Each side of the river, the city is burning There is ...

I woke up this morning, I got booze on my breath And around my brain from the night before There's a cigarette burned out upon the table And a glass smashed out...

Dear River Thames, You keep moving along, Not knowing where you're going, Or where you've come from Your head's in the valley, Your feet in the sea, Dear River ...

There's four who share this room as we work hard for the crack And sleeping late on Sundays I never get to Mass It's a long way from Clare to here It's a long ...

Hey little girl on the bicycle, wheels spin like they're riding on air. Hey little girl on the bicycle, wheels flash like the sun in her hair. And the wheels go...

Take a bus, who needs a car We'll eat here, take this seat near the door Well I'm not hungry much now, are you? Is it ok if I share yours with you? I've got no ...

When they looked at Joseph's hands They said, They're the hands of a carpenter They're big and they're powerful and they're strong They're the hands that should...

And once I walked a million miles All the way to Yugoslavia And I carried you all of the way For where I was then there you are As the sun rose o'er the curb s...

Now it's come to talking I don't have much to say, It wouldn't come out right, and so I'll leave it out, oh it's best that way And I want to get out now cos I n...

My Jenny Taylor, my Jenny Taylor Jenny oh oh la la Jenny Jenny Taylor My Jenny Taylor, my Jenny Taylor Jenny oh oh la la Jenny Jenny Taylor Ne le fait pas le f...

Thousands of miles without moving In the silence and stillness we're turning Who scattered the stars in the field of night? Say it's all right, say it's all rig...

Out in the garden, amongst the bushes, Michael is crying Caught in a spider's web, its broken wings beating, a butterfly dying Oh la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la...

Mr Connaughton my memory's long, though the years have flown Though the years have gone Was your wife's name Marjorie or Mary? Were you from Cork or Tipperary? ...

Pity the boy who marries for money Or wealth and position Thinking his troubles will fade out of mind Pity the boy who marries for beauty Only to find like a fl...

Give me sweet forgiveness And I think that it might If not relieve all the pain that I feel At least help me to sleep tonight Come down like an angel Come on d...

Don't leave Martin alone tonight Just because he looks all right I've seen him look like this before And if he says he wants to be alone At least try to walk wi...

A man without a job is a stranger to the seasons The April rain will soak you like the worst November brings And we're tired of the excuses and the carefully wo...

Have you seen the old man In the closed-down market Kicking up the paper, with his worn out shoes? In his eyes you see no pride And held loosely at his side Yes...

This summer will be different I will move across the town Promenade above the beach until my face turns brown With my hands in my pockets and a casual stroll fr...

Takes a glass of Tequila to raise up my spirits When I get down I'm drinking them two at a time 'Til I swear that I feel like a poor drowning sailor Salt on my ...

Oh, the traveller moving on the land, behold I give you, I give you the travelling man And he's very heavy laden with the questions in his burden Lo, and I give...

I went down to the hiring fair for to sell my labour, And I noticed a maid in the very next row and I hoped she'd be my neighbour Imagine then my delight when t...

I will never forget the walk to the station, Me with your suitcase being brotherly strong And trying to make light of the whole situation, In mild conversation ...

I said look at the river You said it's only a stream But I said I've seen people with nets out there You said they just throw out a line and dream I see a rive...

I said look at the river You said it's only a stream But I said I've seen people with nets out there You said they just throw out a line and dream I see a rive...

So you're finally over it now You thought you wouldn't make it, But I knew you would somehow I guess I knew you could make it in the end And it's good to have y...

Don't care for gardenias Rather have a dandelion Don't like weddings much either now And things that you can't rely on But you make me feel good You with your ...

How do you expect me to feel now you tell me I've arrived And here I am but I tremble when I stand For I feel I'm on the outside Where did it go wrong Won't you...