When I hear that wind blow,
all across the Wicklow mountains.
Is it you I hear a calling?
Johnny boy, oh Johnny boy.
When I look to the west,
out across the River Shannon.
I can still see you smiling.
Johnny boy, oh Johnny boy.
When the leaves have turned to brown
and winter’s due.
As I watch the sun go down,
I’ll think of you.
When I hear that wind blow,
all across the Wicklow mountains.
Sure it’s you, I’ll hear a calling.
Johnny boy, oh Johnny boy.
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
Theres a dog at your back step
He must come in from the rain
I fall cause I let go
The net below has rot away
So my eyes seek reality
And my fingers seek my veins
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can’t bare to see
What I’ve let me be
So wicked and worn
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you’ll understand
And won’t cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
My eyes seek reality
My fingers feel for faith
Touch clean with a dirty hand
I touched the clean to the waste
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can’t bare to see
What I’ve let me be
So wicked and worn
So as I write to you
Of what is done and to do
Maybe you’ll understand
And won’t cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
So low the sky is all I see
All I want from you is forgive me
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Though he just wants right back out again
And I cry, to the alley way
Confess all to the rain
But I lie, lie straight to the mirror
The one I’ve broken, to match my face
The trash fire is warm
But nowhere safe from the storm
And I can’t bare to see
What I’ve let me be
So wicked and worn
So as I write to you (yeah)
Of what is done and to do (yeah)
Maybe you’ll understand
And won’t cry for this man
'Cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Please forgive me
So low the sky is all I see
All I want from you is forgive me
So you bring this poor dog in from the rain
Though he just wants right back out again
My eyes seek reality
My fingers seek my veins
By Tammy Wynette, although I like Billy Connelly’s more
Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man
So we spell out the words we don’t want him to understand
Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E
But the words we’re hiding from him now
Tear the heart right out of me
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be going away
I love you both and this will be pure H-E-double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Watch him smile, he thinks it’s Christmas or his fifth birthday
And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play
I spell out all the hurting words
And turn my head when I speak
‘Cause I can’t spell away this hurt that’s drippin’ down my cheek
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be going away
I love you both and this will be pure H-E-double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E
With a rebel mind and a gypsy heart
No place could ever be home
Drawn like a wolf to the moon it calls to my soul
Ain’t got no woman, they just tie me down
Freedom is my only friend
I get a feeling destiny lies 'round the bend
One for the road
Slave to the highway
King of the road
Chasing the sun as it sets in the sky
Swear that I’ll catch it someday
Lights of the city behind are fading away
Making my way through the names on the map
No point in feeling alone
As long as I ride the open
road I’ll always have a home
One for the road
Slave to the highway
King of the road
My future is calling a cry in the wind
Leading me out of my past
Got no destination but
know that I’m getting there fast
Crossed many miles got so many to go
Each one calling my name
Won’t settle down and
you know I’ll never be tamed
One for the road
Slave to the highway
King of the road
Whenever I hear this i just think he should have covered Danny Boy! 
Misunderstood-Dream Theater…these lyrics sum me up.
Waiting
In the calm of desolation
Wanting to break
From this circle of confusion
Sleeping
In the depths of isolation
Trying to wake
From this daydream of illusion
How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me
How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me
How can I know so many
Never really knowing anyone
If I seem superhuman
I have been
Misunderstood
It challenges the essence of my soul
And leaves me in a state of disconnection
As I navigate the maze of self control
Playing a lion being led to a cage
I turn from a thief to a beggar
From a god to God save me
How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me
How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me
How can I know so many
Never really knowing anyone
If I seem superhuman
I have been
Misunderstood
Playing a lion being led to a cage
I turn from surreal to seclusion
From love to disdain
From belief to delusion
From a thief to a beggar
From a god to God save me
How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me
How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me
How can I know so many
Never really knowing anyone
If I seem superhuman
I have been
Misunderstood
No promises, no guarantees
When you come down
here you’re already on your knees
You wanna ride white
lightning then sign your name
If you wanna dance with the Devil
You gotta play his way, play the game
You gotta taste that sweetness
'Cause you can’t say no
But are you ready for the
nightmare when you can’t let go
Like a soldier of fortune
when the money runs dry
You got rivers of bitter tears in your eyes
You wanna leave but you can’t let go
You wanna stop but you can’t say “No”
You’ll never laugh about it,
you just can’t live without it
You had enough but you just want more
You never get what you’re looking for
You’ll never laugh about it, never
You got both ends burning like a moth to a flame
You’re going off the rails like a runaway train
It’s a no-win situation, there’s no way out
And no one will ever hear you
Scream and shout
Run, he’s coming to claim you
Run, nowhere to hide away
Run, you dance with danger
Run, oh, you gotta ride the
White lightning on a dead-end street
White lightning, where the deadbeats meet
White lightning, it’s a one-way ride
White lightning, oh, there’s nowhere to hide
Oh, can you believe me babe?
Such a lonely road you ride
It’s not easy when you don’t know why
Such a heavy load you hide
You never leave no matter how you try
White lightning, can you feel it, can you feel it?
White lightning, it’s so dangerous
White lightning, no promises, no guarantees
White lightning
Sun sets in the west
The boy has gone to rest
Mama clutch her breast
All creatures great and small
Graze on blood-red soil
And grass that grows on city streets
It’s been a quiet town
Since the juice went down
Now something’s washed up on the beach
A man alive
After some thousands of years
Fewer than the smallest
imaginable intake of breath
The wisest guys in the evolution of humanity became extinct
Mother Nature loves a vacuum
And so, the earth was cleansed
In no time at all
All creatures great and small
Graze on blood-red soil
And grass that grows on city streets
It’s been a quiet town
Until the word got 'round
That something washed up on the beach
A man alive
A man alone
Washed up on the beach
Just a man
Whoosh
There was a time
When my life was easy
Stretched out in the sun
Everything was clover
The world was off my shoulders for awhile
But then the sky turned a bomb fire shade
And hit me like a gun
It passed with flying colors
There’s no flying over
The storm
We will dance as it breaks
The storm
It will give as it takes
And all of our pain is washed away
Don’t cry or be afraid
Some things only can be made
In the storm
Sometimes we get swept away
We’re forced to take the change
The desert gives you comfort
You can’t stay here all your wounded life
Underneath is the tempest rage
Your secrets come undone
When mountains need movin’
Let me help you through it
The storm
We will dance as it breaks
The storm
Comes as fast as it fades
And all of our pain is washed away
Don’t cry or be afraid
Some things only can be made
In the storm
All your secrets come undone
Every web you’ve ever spun
All your secrets come undone
Let’em go
Let it come
The storm
We will dance as it breaks
The storm
Gives you more than it takes
And all of our pain is washed away
Stare chaos in the face
We need only to embrace
Don’t cry or be afraid
Some things only can be made
In the storm
Shame on the night
For places I’ve been
And what I’ve seen
For giving me the strangest dreams
But you never let me
know just what they mean
Oh so shame on the night
All right
And shame on you
You’ve stolen the day
Snatched it away
But I saw the sky
And I never want to die
Now you know the reason why
I say, oh, shame on the night
You don’t care what you’ve done
So I think I’d better run
Shame on the sun
For the light you sold
I’ve lost my hold
On the magic flame
But now I know your name
Oh Lord, just go the way you came again
Oh, shame on the night
You don’t care what you’ve done
So I know I’d better run
Shame on the night
For places I’ve been
And what I’ve seen
For giving me the strangest dreams
You never, never,
never know just what they mean
And oh, shame on the night
You don’t care what you’ve done
Here I go, I’ve got to run
Shame on the night
Shame, shame on you
Shame on my dreams
Shame on the sun and you
Shame on the night
Well, I lost my hold on the magic flame
But now I know your name
Shame on the night
Shame on you
Shame on all of you
Shame on the night
Evil laughter fading..
Breaking the Silence-Queensryche
They told me to run, but just how far
Can I go wearing the black mask of fear?
The hate in my eyes always gives me away
The tension building slowly
Now I’ve lost everything I had in you
Nothing we shared means a thing
Without you close to me
I can’t live without you
Breaking the silence of the night
Can’t you hear me screaming?
I look for your face in the neon light
You never answer me
There’s no direction to my stare
No more flame burning in my heart anymore
Quiet, I keep it to myself
Until the sun sets slowly
I hear your voice in the evening rain calling
Nothing will keep us apart
No more lies and fear
There’s no end to our story
Breaking the silence of the night
Can’t you hear me screaming?
I look for your face in the neon light
You never answer
I could make all the wrong seem right
If you were by my side
I’d gather all the tears you cried
And hide them deep underground
Can’t look back, it’s just a waste of time
Can’t erase this hate from my eyes
Breaking the silence of the night
Through the streets I’m screaming
Look for your face in the neon light
Why don’t you answer me?
Breaking the silence with my cries
Can’t you hear me screaming?
We could make all this wrong seem right
But you never answer me
You never answer, never answer me
(We know you did it
Why’d you do it? Why did you do it?
You did it, why did you do it?)
(No, no, no)
What is this that stands before me?
Figure in black which points at me
Turn 'round quick and start to run
Find out I’m the chosen one
Oh, no
Big black shape with eyes of fire
Tellin’ people their desire
Satan’s sittin’ there, he’s smilin’
Watches those flames get higher and higher
Oh, no, no, please, God, help me
Is it the end, my friend?
Satan’s comin’ ‘round the bend
People runnin’ 'cause they’re scared
The people better go and beware
No, no, please, no
This thing called love
I just can’t handle it
This thing called love
I must get 'round to it
I ain’t ready
Crazy little thing called love
This thing (this thing) called love (called love)
It cries (like a baby) in a cradle all night
It swings (ooh, ooh), it jives (ooh, ooh)
It shakes all over like a jelly-fish
I kinda like it
Crazy little thing called love
There goes my baby
She knows how to rock-n-roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
She leaves me in a cool, cool sweat
I gotta be cool, relax, get hip
And get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch-hike
And take a long ride on my motorbike
Until I’m ready
Crazy little thing called love
Yeah
I gotta be cool, relax, get hip
And get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch-hike
(Ah hum, ah hum)
And take a long ride on my motorbike
Until I’m ready (Ready Freddie)
Crazy little thing called love
This thing called love
I just can’t handle it
This thing called love
I must get 'round to it
I ain’t ready
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Crazy little thing called love
I just thought about this song. I never really clicked on when you’ve mentioned it.
Daniel O’Donnell did a cover of this which my mum was always playing growing up. He also did a Rivers of Babylon cover. I feel silly now. I have a soft spot for the Irish accent. My mums, mum was born in Ireland so it runs through my family 
Irish Rover, curragh of Kildare, Molly Malone (a nickname given to a family member) and Galway girl are just a few songs I remember.
A Gary Moore cover would of been fantastic.
Yeah my nan and grandad on my mum’s side were Irish (my mum and my aunt and uncle used to go back every year before she was housebound) and i love Gary Moore and Thin Lizzy’s Celtic influences in their music, even though Phil Lynott was born in England very near where i live! There’s an ugly bust that looks nothing like him in West Bromwhich! There’s a bit of Danny Boy in Thin Lizzy’s song Black Rose in the instrumental section, and a hint of Whiskey in the Jar at the end too when they’re mentioning famous Irish people like George Best and Oscar Wilde! Back in 2005 i won a competition to fly to Dublin for the unveiling of the Phil Lynott statue and the gig at The Point to see the tribute show with Gary Moore and all the ex-Thin Lizzy members, it was a fabulous weekend!
Love these lyrics…
Bravado-Rush
If we burn our wings
Flying too close to the sun
If the moment of glory
Is over before it’s begun
If the dream is won
Though everything is lost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost
When the dust has cleared
And victory denied
A summit too lofty
River a little too wide
If we keep our pride
Though paradise is lost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost (oh)
And if the music stops
There’s only the sound of the rain
All the hope and glory
All the sacrifice in vain
And if love remains
Though everything is lost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost
And if love remains
Though everything is lost
We will pay the price (we will pay the price)
But we will not count the cost (but we will not count the cost)
And if love remains (if love remains)
Though everything is lost (though everything is lost)
We will pay the price (we will pay the price)
But we will not count the cost (but we will not count the cost)
And if love remains
For you, there’ll be no more crying
For you, the sun will be shining
And I feel that when I’m with you
It’s alright, I know it’s right
To you, I’ll give the world
To you, I’ll never be cold
'Cause I feel that when I’m with you
It’s alright, I know it’s right
And the songbirds are singing
Like they know the score
And I love you, I love you, I love you
Like never before
And I wish you all the love in the world
But most of all, I wish it from myself
And the songbirds keep singing
Like they know the score
And I love you, I love you, I love you
Like never before
Like never before
Like never before
Don’t Wake the Lion By Magnum
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It was the day that war broke out
Everyone seemed exited
While young men boasted
And talked of great times
Dark clouds gathered
On the Maginot line
Sisters and fathers
Brothers and sons
All said goodbye
It seemes so much fun
We’ll be finished by Christmas
Back home by the fire
Perish the distance
The bombs and the wire
Don’t wake the lion
There’s a firework show tonight
Eveyone’s been invited
There’s mud on faces
With frightened white eyes
And some won’t make it
Throught the thunderous noise
Powerfull and angry
Answer the guns
All through the night
Relief never comes
It’s criminal deception
Sets man against man
Indicting reflection
A devious plan
Don’t wake the lion
Here what there saying
Come the freeze
You’d better hold on tight
And while your praying
On your knees
Prepare to stand and fight
Someone keeps saying
It’s written in a book
So keep yourself in line
But you’re betraying
With every nervous look
That now it’s killing time
And from the morning to the night
We tried
They said it all would turn out right
They lied
Too old to die young
Too big to cry
Too old to die young
To say goodbye
Above the raging evening sky
Will never be the same
While necks are straining
Those hidden eyes
Shoot out another flame
And from the morning to the night
We tried
They said it all would turn out right
They lied
Too old to die young
Too big to cry
Too old to die young
To say goodbye
While angels sleep tonight
Some of us will be hoping
That someone understands
Who started this fight ?
Thrown down on foreign shoores
So far out of sight
Don’t wake the lion
It was the day that war broke out
Everyone seemed exited
While young men boasted
And talked of great times
Dark clouds gathered
It was a change for all times
Sisters and fathers
Brothers and sons
All said goodbye
It seemes so much fun
We’ll be finished by Christmas
Back home by the fire
Perish the distance
The bombs and the wire
Don’t wake the lion
You’ll take my life but I’ll take yours too
You’ll fire your musket but I’ll run you through
So when you’re waiting for the next attack
You’d better stand there’s no turning back
The bugle sounds, the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horse’s breath
As I plunge on into certain death
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We won’t live to fight another day
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
We get so close, near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds takes my horse below
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body’s numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I Started A Joke-BeeGees
I started a joke which started the whole world crying
But I didn’t see that the joke was on me oh no
I started to cry which started the whole world laughing
Oh If I’d only seen that the joke was on me
I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh if I’d only seen that the joke was on me
I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh if I’d only seen that the joke was on me
Oh no that the joke was on me