[00:00.00] 作词 : Mick Hanly[00:00.09] 作曲 : Mick Hanly[00:00.18]I was lured by the rocking horse[00:03.84]Sweets and the bualadh bos[00:05.37]Fifty wild boys to a room[00:08.28]Sing lámh, lámh eile, the dish ran away with the spoon[00:14.28]Black shoes and stockings for those who say don't[00:17.37]Blue is the colour outside[00:20.46]God made the world[00:21.81]The snake tempted Eve and she died[00:26.28]Wild Christian brothers sharpening their leathers[00:29.40]Learn it by heart, that's the rule[00:32.43]All I remember is dreading September and school[00:37.77]CHORUS[00:38.07]And they made me for better or worse[00:41.07]The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be[00:43.95]And they gave me their blessings or curse[00:46.95]It wasn't their fault I was me ...[00:49.59]Not the one that you see[00:54.33]The priest in confession condemns my obsession[00:57.39]With thoughts that I do not invite[01:00.51]I mumble and stutter[01:01.65]He slams down the shutter[01:03.09]Goodnight - (Good night to you too, Father)[01:06.21]Stainless as steel[01:07.44]Lord, you know how I feel[01:08.76]Someone shoot me while my soul is clear[01:12.12]I don't think I'll last[01:13.53]But my vow to abstain was sincere[01:17.94]Arch-confraternity men to the fight[01:20.88]Raise up your banners on high[01:23.73]Searching for grace[01:25.17]Securing my place[01:26.58]When I die[01:37.80]CHORUS[01:40.56]Oh God, he kept a very close eye on me[01:48.24]Hung round my bed in the darkness, he spied on me[01:51.51]Caught me in the long grass so often, he died on me....[01:57.33]Ballrooms of romance in Salthill or Mallow[02:00.15]I stood like John Wayne by the wall[02:03.12]Lined up like cattle, we waited to do battle and fall[02:08.82]You can't wine and dine her in an old Morris Minor[02:11.94]So ask her before it's too late[02:14.58]I danced on girls' toes - accepted rejection as my fate[02:20.31]Drink was my saviour, it made me much braver[02:23.16]But I couldn't hold it too well[02:25.74]I slipped on the coach and ruined my approach as I fell