Ode To My Family

Understand the things I say
Don't turn away from me
'Cause I spent half my life out there
You wouldn't disagree
Do you see me, do you see
Do you like me, do you like me standing there
Do you notice, do you know
Do you see me, do you see me
Does anyone care

Unhappiness, where's when I was young
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she hold me
Did she hold me when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh he liked me, does anyone care

Understand what I've become
It wasn't my design
And people everywhere think
Something better than I am,
But I miss you. I miss
'Cause I liked it, I liked it
When I was out there
Do you know this, do you know
You did not find me, you did not find
Does anyone care

Unhappiness, was when I was young
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she hold me,
Did she hold me when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh he liked me, does anyone care , does anyone care?

Words By D.O'Riordan Music By D.O'Riordan/N.Hogan

I Can't Be With You

 

 

Lying in my bed again

And I cry cos you're not here

Crying in my head again

And I know that it's not clear

Put your hands,put your hands

Inside my face and see that it's just you

But it's bad and it's mad

And it's making me sad

Because I can't be with you

 

Baby I can't be with you

 

Thinking back on how things were

And how we loved so well

I wanted to be the mother of your child

And now it's just farewell

 

Put your hands in my head

We'll find another end

And come with me

And my head,and my head

On anyone's shoulder

Cause I can't be with you

 

Baby I can't be with you

 

Cause you're not here,you're not here

Baby I can't be with you

Cause you're not here,you're not here

And baby I'm still in love with you

 

Words By D.O'Riordan Music By D.O'Riordan/N.Hogan

Twenty One

 

 

I don't think it's going to happen anymore

You took my thoughts from me, now I want nothing more

And did you think you could just take it all away

 

I don't think it's happening

This is what I say

 

Leave me alone

Cause I found it all

Twenty One

 

So I don't think it's going to happen anymore

I don't think it's going to happen anymore

Twenty one

Today

Twenty one

 

Words By D.O'Riordan Music By D.O'Riordan/N.Hogan

 

 

Zombie

 

Another head hangs lowly,child is slowly taken

And the violence caused such silence

Who are we mistaken

But you see it's not me,it's not my family

In your head,in your head,they are fighting

With their tanks, and their bombs

And their bombs, and their guns

In your head,in your head,they're cryin

In your head,in your head Zombie,Zombie

In your head,what's in your head Zombie

 

Another mother's breaking heart is taking over

When the violence causes silence

We must be mistaken

It's the same old theme,since 1916

In your head,in your head they're still fighting

With their tanks, and their bombs

And their bombs,and their guns

In your head,in your head they're dyin

In your head,in your head Zombie,Zombie

In your head,what's in your head Zombie

 

 

Words By D.O'Riordan Music By D.O'Riordan

 

 

 

Empty

 

 

Something has left my life

And I don't know where it went to

Somebody caused my strife

And it's not what I was seeking

Didn't you see me,didn't you hear me

Didn't you see me standing there

Why did you turn out the lights

Did you know that I was sleeping

Say a prayer for me

Help to feel the strength I did

My identity,has it been taken

Is my heart breaking on me

All my plans fell through my hands

They fell through my hands on me

In my dreams it suddenly seems empty

 

Words By D.O'Riordan Music By D.O'Riordan/N.Hogan

 

Everything I Said

 

It makes me lonely

It makes me very lonely

When I see you here waitin' on

He makes me tired,he makes me very tired

And inside of me,lingers on

But you have your heart

Don't believe it and you will find it

Waitin' on

Everything I said,oh,well,I meant it

And inside my head, holding' on

Cos if I died tonight

Would you hold my hand,no

Would you understand

And if I lived in spite

Would you still be here, no

Would you disappear

Surely must be you

But I don't make you lonely

I'll get over you

But I don't make you lonely

 

Words By D.O'Riordan Music By D.O'Riordan/N.Hogan

 

 

 

The Icicles Melts

 

 

When

When will the icicle melt

And when

When will the picture show end

I should not have read the paper today

Cause a child, child he was taken away

 

 

There's a place for the baby that died

And there's time for the mother who cried

And she will hold him in her arm sometime

Cause nine months is too long

 

 

How could you heart a child

Now does this make you satisfied

I don't know what's happening to people today

When a child,he was taken away

 

 

And she will hold him in her arm sometime

Cause nine months is too long

 

 

There's a place for the baby that died

And there's time for the mother who cried

And you will hold him in your arms sometime

Cause nine months is too long

 

 

Words By D.O'Riordan Music By D.O'Riordan

 

 

A disappointment

Oh,you shouldn't have done

You couldn't have done

You wouldn't have done the things you did then

 

And we could've been happy

What a piteous thing

A hideous thing was tainted by the rest

But it won't get any harder

I hope you'll find your way again

 

 

And it won't get any higher

And it all boils down to what you did

 

Words By D.O' Riordan Music By D.O' Riordan

Twister, oh, does anyone see through you

You're a twister, oh, an animal

But you're so happy, now I didn't go along with you

So happy now, na na na na

 

But you're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on,hold on,hold on

We're gonna have to move on

Or we're gonna have to move on,move on,move on

 

I feel allright and I cried so hard

The ridiculous thoughts oh

I feel allright,allright,alright

 

Twister, oh, I shouldn't have trusted in you

Twister, oh, a na na na,it's not gonna happen no

You're not gonna make fun of me

Happen now,na na na na

 

 

But you're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on,hold on,hold on

 

Or we're gonna have to move on

We're gonna have to move on

Or we're gonna have to move on,move on,move on

 

I feel alright and I cried so hard

The ridiculous thoughts oh

I feel alright,alright,alright...Ah, I should have lied

But I cried so hard,The ridiculous thoughts,ah

I should have lied,have lied,have lied,have lied

But you're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

Well you're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

Hold on,hold on,hold on,hold on,hold

Well,you're gonna have to hold on

You're gonna have to hold on

To me............

All the things you said to me today

Changed my perspective in every way

These things count to mean so much to me

Into my faith,you and your baby

 

It's out there ,it's out there,it's out there

If you want me I'll be here

It's out there ,it's out there,it's out there

If you want me I'll be here

 

 

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

And there's no other place

That I'd lay down my face

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

 

It's out there ,it's out there,it's out there

If you want me I'll be here

It's out there ,it's out there,it's out there

If you want me I'll be here

 

 

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

And there's no other place

That I'd lay down my face

 

 

I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

 

Words By D.O'Riordan Music By D.O'Riordan

Na,na na na

Na,na na na...

Silenced by the death in the grave

Da da da da William Butler Yeats couldn't save

Da da de da Why did you stand here

Were you sickened in time

But I know by now

Why did you sit here,ah...

 

In the grave,in the gra-a-ave

In the grave,in the gra-a-a-ave

 

 

Why should I blame her

That she filled my days with misery

Or that she would of late have taught

To ignorant men most violent

Ways or hurled the little streets upon the great

Had they but courage equal to desire

Sad that Moud Gonne couldn't stay

Da da da da but she had Mac Bride anyway

And you sit here with me on the isle Inisfree

And you're writing down everything

But I know by now

Why you sit here,ah...

 

In the grave,in the gra-a-ave

In the grave,in the gra-a-a-ave

La da da da

La da da da...

William Butler

William Butler

William Butler

William Butler

 

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