The Old Northern Shore-Tom Russell/Sondre Bratland/Kari Bremnes

[ti:The Dreamin'（with Dolores Keane）] [ar:Tom Russell] [al:The man from god knows where] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.69]Oh whiskey’s the life of man but whiskey’s mostly water [00:09.81] [00:11.11]And it’s whiskey fuels the worker and corrupts his only daughter [00:19.68] [00:21.86]The mountain water’s in the still the copper pipes a’ steamin’ [00:27.61]There’ll soon be whiskey in the glass and dreamers gone to dreamin’ [00:38.79] [00:40.63]Chorus: Oh it’s the dreamin’ it’s the dreamin’ [00:47.42] [00:50.75]A young girl’s prayer an old man’s thoughts a reelin’ [00:56.25] [00:58.84]Two lovers stealin’ the moonlight beamin’ [01:04.62] [01:07.50]Oh it’s the dreamin’ it’s the dreamin’ [01:14.13] [01:17.14]Oh I met her down in Dublin town like a bottle fly I fell [01:26.08] [01:27.59]To the spider in the Blackbush of the old railway hotel [01:35.44] [01:37.87]She spun her web from Liffey’s walls to the back rooms down at Whelan’s [01:45.60] [01:46.18]But oh how sweet her poison now I’m drowning in the dreamin’ [01:53.48] [01:55.86]Chorus: Oh it’s the dreamin’ it’s the dreamin’ [02:02.47] [02:05.60]A young girl’s prayer an old man’s thoughts are reelin’ [02:11.30] [02:13.55]Two lovers stealin’ the moonlight beamin’ [02:19.05] [02:21.92]Oh it’s the dreamin’ it’s the dreamin’ [02:28.35] [02:48.40]Oh whiskey’s made of water lads Barley corn or malt [02:57.02] [02:59.01]And man and woman’s water mixed with poetry and salt [03:05.85] [03:08.90]Bring on the pullin’ of the tides the flash of eyes a gleamin’ [03:15.94] [03:17.06]When passion blends the elements the yeast is but the dreamin’ [03:24.43] [03:26.76]Chorus: Oh it’s the dreamin’ it’s the dreamin’ [03:32.90] [03:36.22]A young girl’s prayer an old man’s thoughts are reelin’ [03:41.24] [03:43.76]Two lovers stealin’ the moonlight beamin’ [03:49.41] [03:52.09]The search for meaning leads through the dreamin’ [03:58.35] [04:01.53]Oh whiskey’s the life of man