Paddy's Lament Lyrics

The heavens roared and o' the heavens roared
And the drowning of a nation commenced
But now no wave impedes or flows
With the tears of young paddy's laments

Wipe the blood from you lip
With the flesh of your hand
There's no thorn in the side
Left to grow

So lets cherish the names
that were lost for an age
with the ruin now the suffer must go

where traditions they blend
lives a home on the mend
the grass glistens now
for all eyes

so let's sever the shame
we have come to reclaim
with the waters retreat
feel the shore

when the red rose paled
lay a thousand graves many more
though their ghosts still haunt
for the day we've come to live for

don't look back
for what's dead now is saved
the exiled are home
where their souls were kept safe
take me back
on the crest of a wave
no more tears for young paddy's lament
no more tears no more paddy's
lament

Rip the grief from it's heart
there's no sorrow tonight
for now once banished
dreams sleep divine

where the silence you hear
is the prosper we share
the only blade
is a razor sharp smile

still a church bell rings
to collect the sins that still roam
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When nothing was more

don't look back
for what's dead now is saved
the exiled are home
where their souls were kept safe
take me back
on the crest of a wave
no more tears for young paddy's lament
no more tears no more paddy's
lament

Grab the leaf of the branch
from the tree in it's ground
where these roots claim the earth
many toiled
to a land that now stands
under no ones' command
and her beauty let no man destroy

so remember the gun
and the damage it done
the last drop has been spilled
for you and I
let there be no despair
For the gloom we once shared
Brush the tear from the eye that still shines

When the red rose paled
lay a thousand graves many more
though their ghosts still haunt
for the day we've come to live for

don't look back
for what's dead now is saved
the exiled are home
where their souls were kept safe
take me back
on the crest of a wave
no more tears for young paddy's lament

don't look back
for what's dead now is saved
the exiled are home
where their souls were kept safe
take me back
on the crest of a wave
no more tears for young paddy's lament
no more tears for young paddy's lament
no more tears no more paddy's
lament