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Mary's eyes are startling blue |
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And her hair's Newcastle gold |
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And she walks the thin white line between the body and the soul |
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She's as faithful to her history |
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As a novice to his fast |
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For she's standing on the bones of Ireland's past |
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She's singing of the troubles |
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And the fire in the land |
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'Til I can almost feel the famine slipping through my trembling hand |
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And i wonder as I hear her, |
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That the spirit still shines through |
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And she can reach across the ocean deep and break my heart in two... |
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Mary's wise and she is foolish |
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She's as constant as the tide |
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For it's a woman's heart that beats beneath that stubborn Irish pride |
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We are saints and we are sinners |
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We are heros we are theivesWe are all of us beginners on the road to Galilee |
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So let us hiost a pint of silence |
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To the east where ireland lies |
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And we will stare across the waters |
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For a glimpse of Mary's eyes |
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We are ships without a harbor |
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We are sailors are on dry land |
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And the song goes on forever |
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Even though the record can't |
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