Damien Dempsey - To Hell Or Barbados (2007) by Damien Dempsey (보컬) on maniadb.com

I've seen the light of you come bursting, blasting through
Yesterday's skeletons and cobwebbed glue
Your spirit burns so bright like fireworks, All Soul's Night
How you illuminate my shadowed sight

Your humanity and your faithful loyalty
Your compassion and your plea for change
Gives me faith in humankind, all the good ones you can find
All the monsters and the blind, and strange

How strange, how strange
How strange, how strange

The sun lives in your smile but you've a storm so wild
For anyone who'd hurt a child for oil
The fat cats, parasites who stalk this world slave rights
The likes of you give them some sleepless nights

Your humanity and your faithful loyalty
Your compassion and your plea for change
Gives me faith in humankind, all the good ones you can find
All the monsters and the blind, and strange

How strange, how strange
How strange, how strange
How strange

Oh, your pretty smile banish any gloom

And when I frown I feel unsound, I drag you down to ground level
I interrupt your flyin' high and summer sky in your mind
But then you grab me by the scruff and we're up, up and over
Over the dirty men, the streets where I retreat from living

Your pretty smile, it could light up any room
I've seen it many times banish any gloom
Darlin', don't you ever stop with that smilin', yeah

Your pretty smile, it could light up any room
I've seen it many times banish any gloom
Darlin', don't you ever stop with that smilin', yeah

One time I've seen the low lands green, I was sixteen and spellbound
I think of you when I glance over these old reels
Greta Garbo, Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe, such photos
The smog descends around my silhouette of dreams

Your pretty smile, it could light up any room
I've seen it many times banish any gloom
Darlin', don't you ever stop with that smilin', yeah

Your pretty smile, it could light up any room
I've seen it many times banish any gloom
Darlin', don't you ever stop with that smilin', yeah

Baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby

Your pretty smile, it could light up most any room
I said your pretty smile, it could light up most any room
I said your pretty smile, it could light up most any room

Your pretty smile, your pretty smile could light up most any room
Your pretty smile, your pretty smile could light up most any room
Your pretty smile, your pretty smile could light up most any room

Go on, why don't you try it out?
I don't know, my head's filled with doubt
Ah, go on, a little bit won't hurt
When you feel the whack of it, you'll see it's well worth it

Go on, give it a blast, in ten seconds flat you'll feel fantastic
Your head will be like rubber, your body like elastic
You'll be in God's arms with your thoughts all derelict
I don't know, I think it's fuckin' mad
That shit killed Anto Kelly's mom and dad

Ah, you're being all windy on me now
I was told you were handy when it came to a row
Fuckin' sure I am, ask anybody
I burst Paddy Lee last fuckin' Saturday

Don't be silly, man, sit down
All the boys is blasting off and they're all sound
Are you serious? Is he sound over there?
He's about to disappear into thin fuckin' air

Ah, man, you're lettin' me down
I thought you were the dirt of a lad around town
You won't get strung your first time doing it
It takes loads of times before you can't stop abusing it

Your dad doesn't care, he's drunk in the bar
Seen your ma headin' off in some strange fella's car
I have been feelin' really low lately
Feel the whole fuckin' world is against me and they hate me

Think I'll head home, I don't like this room
There's a bad smell of piss and the ceiling's peeling
Before you go, here's a freebie
Go home to your bed and you'll sleep like a baby
Ah, maybe

Serious, I'm afraid
There's a devil in the shade
Serious, I am scared
There's a devil in my head

Go on, man, get some of this shit into you
It's not gonna kill you, get it into you, sit here
And, oh, man, [Incomprehensible] of all that stuff
I seen Jem Quinn and what he's gone through in prison and all

Ah, man he's a fuckin' eejit, he's just stupid
That wouldn't happen to you
You know, you never know, man, I seen so many around
I seen all the heads around town goin' down

Ah, man, you're wimping out on me here
I thought you were a hard man with no fuckin' fear
I am, man, I fuckin' am
You saw me stickin' out that O'Connor kid
I fuckin' hopped off of him

Ah, rowin' is different, man, you know what I mean
Any fuckin' [Incomprehensible], that's all Babog shit
You'll see [Incomprehensible] when you take a hit

Serious, I'm afraid
There's a devil in the shade
Serious, I am scared
There's a devil in my head

Angel, come and save me
Angel, come and help me
Angel, come and save me
Angel, come and help me

Old Johnny Cash help me walk the line
Old Bobby Marley how your soul does shine
Old Woodie Guthrie has a rebel heart
Old Bille Holiday sings like a lark
Nina Simone can make feel so high
Old like Kelly brings tears to my eyes
Old philo Lynott still breaking down walls
I'm thanking you one and all

We got teachers in school
Some are wise and some were fools
But they're also on the radio

Bubblegum rock and Bubblegum roll
Bubblegum punk and Bubblegum soul
Bubblegum hip hop Bubblegum dance
People walk around in a Bubblegum trance
Teachers on tha air are getting less


It's all about the image and possessions and sex
I've got my stereo and I'm the DJ
And I decide what I play

We got teachers in school
Some are wise and some were fools
But they're also on the radio

I'm gonna fight for my right to the light
With my hears wide open , heart wide open
And If I get down I'll have the teachers around
Get the stereo Blarin do some learnin
Teachers are teaching and preaching to me
from the stereo