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He fell through the door like a tree scared the shit out of me
six feet five in his stocking soles
A giant of a man and a wee bit mean
I offered him a drink, a rope to a drowning man
He reached out a paw and took a might swig
Collapsed in the chair and the stories began
He said
I sailed a ship across the sea
To a country far away, the land of the free
No tears no chains
30 nights I slept under frozen skies
Ate what I could when the dogs were done
Woke up with needles of ice in my eyes
I stood all day praying for the work to come
Left that hell when I walked away
Walked ‘till my shoes and the roads were one
Back home I married for love and she gave me a son
I was working hard on the sea and the land
Filling the pot with the trap and the gun
She left with a man called Bertie and she stole my life
Deep inside the flame had died
I found the bottle when I lost my wife
I followed them then half drunk, half blind with hate
Tracked them down to the dear green place
A couple of rats in a secret space
I took him one black night down at Betty’s Bar
Dragged him out by the coat lapel
Looked him in the eye and put his face in the tar
I put a gun against his head
Left him lying there for dead
No tears, no chains.
WRITERS
Donald MacNeill, Roberto Diana
PUBLISHERS
Lyrics © SENTRIC MUSIC
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