All I Remember-Christy Moore

[ti:All I Remember] [ar:Christy Moore] [al:Collection Part Two] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.70]I was lured by the rocking horse [00:04.26]Sweets and the bualadh bos [00:05.63]Fifty wild boys to a room [00:08.50]Sing lh lh eile the dish ran away with the spoon [00:11.75] [00:14.11]Black shoes and stockings for those who say don't [00:16.87]Blue is the colour outside [00:18.92] [00:19.68]God made the world [00:20.86]The snake tempted Eve and she died [00:22.86] [00:25.03]Wild Christian brothers sharpening their leathers [00:27.53]Learn it by heart that's the rule [00:29.73] [00:30.47]All I remember is dreading September and school [00:34.96] [00:35.71]And they made me for better or worse [00:38.89]The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be [00:41.83]And they gave me their blessings or curse [00:44.39]It wasn't their fault I was me [00:46.69] [00:47.70]Not the one that you see [00:50.06] [00:51.24]The priest in confession condemns my obsession [00:54.00]With thoughts that I do not invite [00:55.80] [00:56.68]I mumble and stutter [00:58.05]He slams down the shutter [00:59.48]Goodnight - （Good night to you too Father） [01:02.04]Stainless as steel [01:03.35]Lord you know how I feel [01:04.78]Someone shoot me while my soul is clear [01:06.53] [01:07.22]I don't think I'll last [01:08.84]But my vow to abstain was sincere [01:10.34]Arch-confraternity men to the fight [01:15.33] [01:15.90]Raise up your banners on high [01:17.71] [01:18.58]Searching for grace [01:19.95]Securing my place [01:21.14]When I die [01:21.98] [01:38.20]Oh God he kept a very close eye on me [01:40.64]Hung round my bed in the darkness he spied on me [01:43.57]Caught me in the long grass so often he died on me [01:46.25] [01:49.12]Ballrooms of romance in Salthill or Mallow [01:51.68]I stood like John Wayne by the wall [01:53.81] [01:54.49]Lined up like cattle we waited to do battle and fall [01:58.79] [01:59.67]You can't wine and dine her in an old Morris Minor [02:02.67]So ask her before it's too late [02:05.16]I danced on girls' toes - accepted rejection as my fate [02:08.40]Drink was my saviour it made me much braver [02:13.71]But I couldn't hold it too well [02:16.33]I slipped on the coach and ruined my approach as I fell