The Sailor's Revenge by Bap Kennedy - Lyrics
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- Shimnavale
- Not A Day Goes By
- Jimmy Sanchez
- Lonely No More
- The Right Stuff
- Maybe I Will
- Please Return to Jesus
- The Sailor's Revenge
- Working Man
- The Beauty of You
- Celtic Sea
Shimnavale
Wherever you go, there you are
There is no escape from your own heart
Time is marching on and all my plans are a memory
I am stranded here but in my mind I can see
Chorus
Shimnavale, Shimnavale,
Where my poor shipwrecked heart longs to dwell
I was young and foolish then
How I long to return to Shimnavale
I went looking for a better life,
Make a fortune, find a pretty wife
Some who left before me
Have returned home broken men
But I’ll be rich before I ever set foot there again
Chorus
Well I know you have to start somewhere
Now I’m lonelier than I can bear
I felt sure success was waiting here for me to find,
Now I’m ready to believe that God has changed his mind
Shimnavale, Shimnavale,
I was sure in my heart I would prevail
Now I’m gone beyond the pale
But I’d die a happy man in Shimnavale
Repeat 1st chorus
Oh let’s get on with the game,
There’s no need to wonder why
You don’t mention my name –
Here’s mud in your eye
Did we waste those precious years?
Does it ever cross your mind?
Does it ever cross mine?
Let me say, not a day goes by
Oh you’re not long for this world
You will always find
Battalions of trouble
Marching behind
Still returning like a ghost
To the scene of the crime
If I could go back in time…
Anyway, not a day goes by
Well I had to take that chance
It was now or never
I had to be with her,
She’s the apple of my eye.
Well, regrets I have a few
And they multiply
Like the stars in the sky
Anyway, not a day goes by
So let’s get on with the game
There’s no need to wonder why
Do I think of you and I?
Let me say, not a day goes by
Jimmy Sanchez
Now the moon and stars have gone
I am helpless
But I will try to carry on
I know I must change
And I curse the boss
Who sent you there and made you stay,
And I would gladly give all the gold in San Jose
Just to hear your voice
Chorus
Because the fires of love, the fires of love
They still burn
In their mansions
Safe tonight behind the door
While I suffer,
I don’t want to suffer any more.
I know I must change
Because the fires of love, the fires of love
They must burn
Jimmy Sanchez
The flames of love will guide you home
To your baby
To everything you’ve ever known
Chorus
Repeat 1st verse
I am the captain of my soul
I must leave this place and find my home
When I finally walk out this door
I will be lonely no more
There must be a better life somewhere
Another night alone is hard to bear
But in my dreams I see her on the shore
And I will be lonely no more
I am inclined to believe I have wasted my time
We all make mistakes but I hope yours are better than mine
I want to believe love’s the only thing worth waiting for
And I will be lonely no more
I will be lonely no more
All them cowboys are old men,
Longing for a mission once again
Gambling everything - boys, we were fearless
Well we had the right stuff then
We were brothers bound together
Sharing every victory and pain
Never will there be such good companions
We’ll never see that right stuff again
Chorus
So farewell, my friends
Till we meet again
In some bar where angels fear to tread
Some have already gone
But it won’t be long
Till we’re all together again
Time is such a strange arrangement
You think you have too much and then it’s gone
But I know this world will keep on turning
When you and me have slipped this mortal coil
Chorus x 2
Boys we’ll have that right stuff again
My foolish heart
Is broken today
I wanted you to love me
In my foolish way
Now I can see clearly
From the top of this hill
Maybe you don’t want to go on
But maybe I will
My foolish dreams
Are scattered and gone
I wanted you to see them
But I’ve lost every one
Now I have nothing
Only time to kill
Maybe I won’t make it alone
Or maybe I will
My foolish words
Came out awkwardly
I wanted you to hear them
But you threw them back at me
And all my good reasons
Fell out in a spill
Maybe I’ll never have the courage I need
Or maybe I will
Maybe I’ll never, ever really know
Or maybe I will
I’ve lived many lives
I’ve heard of many Gods
But I just don’t know
If there’s anyone at all
To be on the safe side
When I’ve had my final day
I have left instructions
To help me on my way
Chorus
Just above my heart
There’s a small tattoo
Please return to Jesus
Thank you
I know I’m a sinner
And I’ve been unkind
But if I had the power
I would heal the blind
Chorus
If miracles came easy
Healing’s all I’d do
And if I had to choose a God
I’d probably choose you
Chorus
If I had money
I’d buy me a boat
Filled with provisions
And I’d write you this note
Farewell my sweet love
And darling beware
Watch out for people
Cos they’re everywhere
Adrift to the sunset
Right up to the edge
Up to the top of the world
In The Sailor’s Revenge
My heart is broken
And it’s more than I can stand
To be among people
Back on dry land
One day I’ll come home
At my journey’s end
You’ll see me approaching
In The Sailor’s Revenge
Back to my sweet love
My only true friend
No more to set sail
On The Sailor’s Revenge
On the broadway for the dawn
Waiting for the man to come
And like cattle one by one
He took his pick of the young and strong
Well I had no better plan
When I was a working man
I swung the hammer every day
Choking dust all came my way
And the time crawled by so slow
Till they told me I could go
So tired that I could hardly stand
When I was a working man
Just a part of their machine
Like so many before me
I said farewell and left my home
To try and make it on my own
I was a stranger in that land
When I was a working man
I needed money in my hand
When I was a working man
I just wanted to live a quiet life
Keep my head down
Come home every night
But it’s all gone to Hell
All my good plans fell through
Since I stumbled on the beauty of you
You won’t let this chance slip away
Just to keep those demons at bay
And you’ll gamble on a glimpse
Of a heart that is true
Baby that’s the beauty of you
Looks like our work is cut out
You’re everything that I dreamed about
Oh you just get better like wine
We should make the most of our time
And I know that you want
The same things I do
Baby that’s the beauty of you
We’ll go down together
Time to dream, not to sleep
We’ll go where there’s treasure
Far away across the deep
Chorus
Will you come with me
Will you come with me
Into the wild and cold Celtic Sea
I have stood on this corner
Like a man cast away
I won’t last one more summer
I can’t stand another day
Chorus
La Mer Celtique
Into the wild and cold Celtic Sea
They’ll write songs about us
So with a glass in each hand
We’ll bound for glory
We should go while we still can
Chorus