Grace

[ti:Grace] [ar:Jim McCann] [al:Beautiful Dublin] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.77]Grace - Jim McCann [00:01.63] [00:12.95]As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail [00:21.42] [00:22.80]I think about these past few weeks [00:26.63] [00:27.54]Oh will they say we've failed [00:31.03] [00:32.15]From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty [00:40.57] [00:41.97]Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me [00:50.30] [00:53.82]Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger [01:02.64] [01:03.77]They'll take me out at dawn and I will die [01:09.78] [01:13.12]With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger [01:21.59] [01:23.17]There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye [01:31.50] [01:34.90]Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand [01:43.57] [01:44.91]The love I bare for these brave men [01:48.93] [01:50.14]My love for this dear land [01:52.88] [01:54.19]But when Pádraic called me to his side down in the GPO [02:03.26] [02:04.11]I had to leave my own sick bed, to him my had to go [02:12.55] [02:15.96]Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger [02:24.72] [02:26.05]They'll take me out at dawn and I will die [02:31.83] [02:35.33]With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger [02:43.77] [02:45.33]There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye [02:53.54] [02:57.48]Now as the dawn is breaking [03:01.43] [03:02.04]My heart is breaking too [03:05.84] [03:06.96]On this May morn as I walk out [03:10.93] [03:11.76]My thoughts will be of you [03:15.29] [03:16.55]And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know [03:25.61] [03:26.30]I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose [03:34.95] [03:38.19]Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger [03:46.55] [03:48.12]They'll take me out at dawn and I will die [03:54.27] [03:57.52]With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger [04:05.90] [04:07.51]There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye [04:16.33] [04:19.16]Oh there won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye