BAP KENNEDY

DOMESTIC BLUES BY BAP KENNEDY - FOR SONG LYRICS CLICK ON TRACK LIST BELOW

Domestic Blues (MP3 Album)

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All songs written by Bap Kennedy, except No. 7 (Steve Earle).
  1. Long Time a Comin'
  2. The Way I Love Her
  3. Unforgiven
  4. Domestic Blues 
  5. I've Fallen in Love
  6. Vampire
  7. Angel Is the Devil (Copyright restriction)
  8. The Backroom
  9. Mostly Water
  10. The Ghosts of Belfast 
  11. My Money
  12. The Shankill and the Falls
  13. Lowlife
  14. Dream Of You

All lyrics reproduced  with the kind permission of Lonely Street Discs

TRACK 1 - LONG TIME A-COMIN'

When I first met you I was ready to
Give up this life of drinking and a-bummin'
But all my promises
Are a long time a-comin'

Well look at us, sitting on this bus
We're still poor, we're still struggling
Waiting for that lucky break
But it's a long time a-comin'

Up in the blue beyond, 
Above the great divide
Everything can't be wrong

Somebody must be getting it right

Well I'm still me, and I'll never be
A slave to any man or woman
Someday you'll be proud of me
But it’s a long time a-comin' 
Long time a-comin'
A long time a-comin'

TRACK 2 - THE WAY I LOVE HER

What can I tell you, 
I was a just a kid
I've no idea, 
why I did the things I did
If I have one regret it's her
Though I pretend that I don't care

You don't love her
The way I love her
You don't love her the way I do

When I saw her, 
I forgot the years
All those pointless, 
arguments and tears
And as far as I can see
You've been worse for her than me

You don't love her

The way I love you
You don't love her the way I do
You don't love her
The way I love her
You don't love her, she loves you

I did the things I chose to do
My plans did not include her too
I'm back in town, I just got free
And you're standing there instead of me

You don't love her
The way I love her
You don't love her the way I do
You don't love her
The way I love you
You don't love her, she loves you
You don't love her
The way I love her
You don't love her the way I do
You don't love her
The way I love her
You don't love her, she loves you

TRACK 3 - UNFORGIVEN

A train pulls in above the street 
Soft and low like a mother's heartbeat
I've been trying to get my mind off me
But I'm more self conscious than I've ever been

By the time
You get this
I'll be long gone
God's my witness

It's all there in black and white
It's just the story of my life
Well, you either get it or you don't
You're the only one I've ever told

By the time
You get this
I'll be long gone
God's my witness
And it's hard
To keep living
When I know I'm
Unforgiven
 
Still it comes, still it comes
There was nothing else I could've done
Not with the cards they gave me
Do you think you'll ever forgive me?

By the time
You get this
I'll be long gone
God's my witness
It's so hard 
To keep living
when I know I'm
Unforgiven
Hey
Unforgiven
Unforgiven
Unforgiven
Unforgiven

TRACK 4 - DOMESTIC BLUES

You know how to hurt me baby
Oh yes you do
You know how to hurt baby
Oh yes you do
I've got to get out of this house
Before I hurt you

I got my guitar in my hand
And I'm walking out that door
I got my guitar in my hand
And I'm walking out that door
Well I don't know where I'm going
I just know I have to go

I don't need no company
I want to be alone
I don't need no company
I want to be on my own
You know I feel just like a child
Who doesn't have a home
(chorus)

You know how to hurt me baby
Oh yes you do
You know how to hurt me baby
Oh yes you do

TRACK 5 - I'VE FALLEN IN LOVE

I sang "Danny Boy"
Out of the window
I don't know the words
I was making them up
And stepping outside
To feel the sun shining
I can't deny
I've fallen in love

I told them your name
I said where you come from
I’ll see you again
That kind of stuff
I told them your name
But I never told them
I never said
I've fallen in love

(Chorus)
Falling in love
Falling in love

Feels like my heart
Has been struck by lightning
You're in my head
It's you I'm dreaming of
I better come clean
Have to tell someone
I have to tell someone
I've fallen in love

TRACK 6 - VAMPIRE

You only come around at night
Well I really should have known
Serves me right
Never invite a vampire into your home
I’m not the worst, I’m not the best
I’m in between like all the rest
But you’ve got to go
Never invite a vampire into your home

If you don’t have peace of mind, you don’t have anything
I listened and I listened
It’s time you flapped your wings
My energy is gone
I’m sick in my soul
Never invite a vampire into your home

Now I can see that I was wrong
You were a vampire all along
And now I know
Never invite a vampire into your home

TRACK 8 - THE BACKROOM

Stay here with me
Let me buy you a drink
You're so beautiful
And I'm right on the brink

Well I can't love you
The way you want me to
Just another fool
Who's taking you to
The back room
If I had any sense
I'd be on my way
You're so beautiful
I just have to stay
But I can't love you
The way you want me to
Just another fool
Who's taking you to
The back room

So tell me your tale
How things came to be
And I'll tell you mine
What happened to me
But I can't love you
The way you want me to
Just another fool
Who's taking you to
The back room
Just another fool
Falling for you in the backroom

TRACK 9 - MOSTLY WATER

Shout all you want
It doesn't matter
Don't you know that
I am mostly water
Seventy percent
Don't worry about the rent
The rest of me is finding it harder

Why are you always realistic?
Why do you always go ballistic?
Little things go wrong
We're here and then we're gone
but you go on and on
Come on, come on, come one, now
Shout all you want
It doesn't matter
Don't you know that
I am mostly water
Seventy per cent
Don't worry about the rent
The rest of me is finding it harder

This could be my last day I'm too young
There'll be thousands more just like this one
When little things go wrong
You just go on and on
We're here and then we're gone.

TRACK 10 - THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST

Jimmy I've got it now
I'd rather be dead
Than take what I'm given
Or eat what I'm fed
Well I can't help myself
Sometimes it's true
But nothing came easy
for me or for you

[Chorus]
You'll be a long time in the grave
And you can't live in the past
Let's lay down to rest
All the ghosts of Belfast

I've got my reasons
I've got my pride
My glass is half full
But it's cracked on the side
I wish I could take back
The things that I said
Never mind there's better times
Just up ahead

TRACK 11 - MY MONEY

This situation
Just goes round and round
You wind me up
And you run me down
You're in my face
Every time I turn around
You're on my case
With that same old sound

I want my money and I want my money now
I want my money and I want my money now

You'll get it in the morning
There's things I gotta do
You're not the only
One I'm owing to
There’s people at my door
Every night and every day
You know what they're here for
You know what they say

I want my money and I want my money now
I want my money and I want my money now
I want my money and I want my money now
I want my money and I want my money now

I want my money and I want my money now
I want my money and I want my money now
I want my money and I want my money now
I want my money and I want my money now


TRACK 12 - THE SHANKILL & THE FALLS

I took a walk with my guardian angel
Through the streets where I was born
The painted walls rose up around me
From the Shankill to the Falls

And all the times you entertained me
Or broke my heart I can recall
Till I threw the dice and kept my distance
From the Shankill and the Falls

I know your aching to trust somebody
A spark of love in everyone
From Tiger’s bay to the Silent Valley
From the Shankill to the Falls

TRACK 13 - LOWLIFE (Special Edition Bonus Track)

I'm not afraid of the future
I'm not afraid to fall
Last night, she whispered to me
This lowlife is no life at all

I took my money off the table
I kissed her and finished my glass
I said you can keep everything that you see
And take it and stick it up your ass

I'm not afraid of the future
I'm not afraid to fall
Last night, she whispered to me
This lowlife is no life at all

Now that I am sober
And have nowhere to stay
I only come back to meet her
And I'll meet you halfway

I'm not afraid of the future
I'm not ashamed of the past
But it's all or nothing, till they put me in a coffin
I'd rather be first than be last.

TRACK 14 - DREAM OF YOU (Special Edition Bonus Track)

Saturday
Came with the sun
You were crossing the street
With your blue dress on
I was just getting up
And out of that room
Down to the street
Lookin for you

Do you dream of me?
Do you dream of me?
Do you dream of me?
Do you dream of me
The way I dream of you

Every night
I lie on this bed
Thinking of things
I should have said
Its too complicated
It always is
Turn off the light turn on yourself

It’s too hot in here
Too hot to sleep
And I’ve got too many
Secrets to keep
It’s all in my head
I don’t know what to do
But I’ve got to know
Is it in your head too?

Do you dream of me?
Do you dream of me?
Do you dream of me?
Do you dream of me
The way I dream of you
The way I dream of you

​​"All I ever wanted was for people to feel what I feel - the magic of music" - Bap Kennedy, 2016

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