No Frontiers: The Parting Glass

No Frontiers
If life is a river and your heart is a boat

And just like a water baby, baby born to float
And if life is a wild wind that blows way on high
And your heart is Amelia dying to fly
Heaven knows no frontiers
And I've seen heaven in your eyes
And if life is a bar room in which we must wait
'Round the man with his fingers on the ivory gates
Where we sing until dawn of our fears and our fates
And we stack all the dead men in self addressed crates
In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark
That somehow this black night
Feels warmer for the spark
Warmer for the spark
To hold us 'til the day
When fear will lose its grip
And heaven has its way
If your life is a rough bed of brambles and nails
And your spirit's a slave to man's whips and man's jails
Where you thirst and you hunger for justice and right
Then your heart is a pure flame of man's constant night
In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark
That somehow this black night
Feels warmer for the spark
Warmer for the spark
To hold us 'til the day when fear will lose its grip
When all will harmonies
And know it's in our hearts
The dream will realize
Jimmy McCarthy
The Parting Glass

Of all the money that e'er I had
I spent it in good company
And all the harm I've ever done
Alas it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit

To mem'ry now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be to you all
[Chorus]
So fill to me the parting glass
And drink a health whateer befalls
And gently rise and softly call
Of all the comrades that e'er I had
They're sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They'd wish me one more day to stay
But since it fell unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I gently rise and softly call
Fill to me the parting glass
And drink a health whateer befalls
And gently rise and softly call
La La
But since it fell unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I gently rise and softly call
[Chorus]
Good night and joy be to you all.
Fields of gold
You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold
So she took her love
For to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold
Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold
Oh, we lie in fields of gold
I never made promises lightly

And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We will walk in fields of gold
We'll walk in fields of gold
(Walk in fields of gold 4x)
Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
Oh, we walked in fields of gold...
Sailing by
two by two and it's me and you
falling from a yellow sky
it doesn't really matter if the coast is clear
just as long as you're not telling me lies
dreams are a kite on a windy day
free as a boat by the pier
and i can see it's always me
holding her here
holding her here
by the law of the ground my feet were bound
made to levitate towards the core
and try as you might you just can't fly
but the secret is to separate your mind
holding her here
holding her here
sitting in my chair i could be anywhere
when you turn for my reply
did you know i could go as you watch out
from your window i'll be sailing by

holding her here
holding her here
The Island
They say the skies of Lebanon are burning
Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat
They show the pictures on the television
Women and children dying in the street
Now we're still at it in our own place
Still trying to reach the future thru' the past
Still trying to carve tomorrow from a tombstone.
But hey! Don't listen to me!
This wasn't meant to be no sad song
We've heard too much of that before
Right now I only want to be here with you
Till the morning dew comes falling
I want to take you to the island
And trace your footprints in the sand
And in the evening when there's no one around
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean.
They're raising banners over by the markets
Whitewashing slogans on the shipyard walls
Witch doctors praying for a mighty showdown
No way our holy flag is gonna fall
Up here we sacrifice our children
To feed the worn out dreams of yesterday
And teach them dying will lead us into glory
But hey! Don't listen to me
This wasn't meant to be no sad song
Iv'e sung to much of that before
Right now I only want to be here with you
Till the morning dew comes falling
I want to take you to the island
And trace your footsteps in the sand
And in the evening when there's no one around
We make love to the sound of the ocean.
Now I know us plain folks don't see all the story
I know this peace and love's just copping out
I guess those young boys dying in the ditches
Is just what being free is all about
This twisted wreckage down on Main Street
Will bring us all together in the end
And we'll go marching down the road to freedom
Freedom
The Sky Road
Danny's made his mind up
He's leaving for America

Leaving all of us behind
He says there's nothing here not drenched in beer
In blood and retribution
And the wealth's distribution's
Been weighing heavy on his mind
And he knows that he'll regret the leaving
Knows that he will pine for grieving
For the sky road by the singing sea
And all of us behind
Danny looks so lovely working in the fields
Or dancing like a wild one
Sparks flying around his heels
But his friends all gone before him
From the sacred ground that bore them
Now they wonder does she scorn them
For giving up the land
And they know that they'll regret the leaving
Know that they will pine for grieving
For the sky road by the singing sea
And all of us behind
Danny's made his mind up
Leaving all of us behind
And I wonder does he know I love him
All below and none above him
As I sit here by the singing sea
Alone and left behind
Rambling Irishman
I am a rambling Irishman, in Ulster I was born in
And many's the happy hour I spent on the banks of sweet Loch Erin
But to be poor I could not endure like others of my station
To Amerikay I sailed away and left this Irish nation
Chorus (after each verse):
Right rantin-de-na, dantin-de-na
Right antin-de-na, in-en-andy
The night before I sailed away, I spent it with my darling
From three o'clock in the afternoon 'til the break of day next morning
And when that we were going to part, we lay in each other's arms
And you may be sure, and very sure, it wounded both our charms
The very first night I slept on board I dreamt about my Nancy
I dreamt I held her in my arms, and well she pleased my fancy
But when I awoke from my sleep and I found my bosom empty
Well, you may be sure, and very sure, that I lay discontented
When we arrived at the other side we were both stout and healthy
We cast our anchor in the bay going down to Philadelphi
So let every lad link with his lass, blue jacket and white trousers
And let every lass link with her lad, blue petticoats and white flounces
I Can't Make You Love Me Lyrics
Mary Coughlan
Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize
Don't patronize me
'Cause I can't make you love me If you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark in these final hours
I will lay down my heart, and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no you won't
And I can't make you love me
If you don't
I'll close my eyes and then I won't see
The love you do not feel, when you're holding me
Morning will come, and I'll do what's right
Just give me till then, to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight
And I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
And here in the dark in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no, you won't
And I can't make you love me
If you don't
Ain't no use in you trying
It's no good for me baby without love
All my tears, all these years, everything I believed in
Baby
Oh yeah
Someone's gonna love me
Mystic Lipstick
She wears mystic lipstick,
she wears stones and bones,
She tells myth and legend,
she sings rock and roll.
She wears chains of bondage,
she wears wings of hope,
She wears the gown of plenty,
and still it's hard to cope.
Chroi O mo chroi,
your heart is breaking,
Your eyes are red, your song is blue.
Your poets underneath the willow in despair.
They have been lovers of your sad tune,
lovers of your slow air.
She keeps fools for counsel,
she keeps the wig and gown.
The cloth and the bloddy warfare,
the stars and stripes and crown.
And still we pray for a better day now,
God willing it's for the best.
But I've just seen the harp on the penny
with a dollar on her naked breast.
Chroi O mo chroi...
And though they feed on what hurts you
To sing the book of your heart,
Oh sweeet Black Rose,
how they've loved you,
And it's hard to,
But they do, Eire, they do.
Chroi O mo chroi...
Lovers in sweet despair.

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No Frontiers

If life is a river and your heart is a boat

The Parting Glass

And all I've done for want of wit

I never made promises lightly

and i can see it's always me

He's leaving for America

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