Sally Maclennane-The Pogues

[ti:Sally Maclennane] [ar:The Pogues] [al:Just Look Them Straight In The Eye And Say... PogueMahone!!] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sally Maclennane - The Pogues [00:19.23]Well jimmy played harmonica in the pub where i was born [00:21.92]He played it from the night time to the peaceful early morn [00:24.92]He soothed the souls of psychos and the men who had the horn [00:27.85]And they all looked very happy in the morning [00:30.89]But jimmy didn't like his place in this world of ours [00:33.81]Where the elephant man broke strong men's necks [00:35.32]When he'd had too many powers [00:36.71]So sad to see the grieving of the people that he's leaving [00:39.84]And he took the road for god knows in the morning [00:42.62]We walked him to the station in the rain [00:44.77] [00:45.69]We kissed him as we put him on the train [00:48.65]And we sang him a song of times long gone [00:51.41]Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again [00:53.65] [00:54.50]Far away i'm sad to say i must be on my way [00:57.59]So buy me beer and whiskey cause i'm going far away far away [01:00.89]I'd like to think of me returning when i can [01:03.37]To the greatest little boozer and to sally maclennane [01:05.98] [01:06.49]The years passed by the times had changed i grew to be a man [01:09.61]I learned to love the virtues of sweet sally maclennane [01:12.25]I took the jeers and drank the beers and crawled back home at dawn [01:15.23]And ended up a barman in the morning [01:17.47] [01:18.18]I played the pump and took the hump and watered whiskey down [01:20.99]I talked of whores and horses to the men who drank the brown [01:23.94]I heard them say that jimmy's making money far away [01:26.66]And some people left for heaven without warning [01:29.77]We walked him to the station in the rain [01:31.78] [01:32.68]We kissed him as we put him on the train [01:34.83] [01:35.50]And we sang him a song of times long gone [01:38.32]Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again [01:41.07]Far away i'm sad to say i must be on my way [01:44.67]So buy me beer and whiskey cause i'm going far away far away [01:48.01]I'd like to think of me returning when i can [01:50.44]To the greatest little boozer and to sally maclennane [01:52.92] [01:56.43]When jimmy came back home he was surprised that they were gone [01:59.31]He asked me all the details of the train that they went on [02:02.23]Some people they are scared to croak but jimmy drank until he choked [02:05.31]And he took the road for heaven in the morning [02:08.19]We walked him to the station in the rain [02:10.39] [02:11.07]We kissed him as we put him on the train [02:13.40] [02:13.99]And we sang him a song of times long gone [02:16.99]Though we knew that we'd be seeing him again [02:19.00] [02:19.78]Far away i'm sad to say i must be on my way [02:22.96]So buy me beer and whiskey cause i'm going far away far away [02:26.36]I'd like to think of me returning when i can [02:28.89]To the greatest little boozer and to sally maclennane