All I Remember-Christy Moore

[ti:All I Remember] [ar:Christy Moore] [al:The Time Has Come] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]All I Remember - Christy Moore [00:04.78]I was lured by the rocking horse [00:06.21]Sweets and the bualadh bos [00:07.40]Fifty wild boys to a room [00:09.96]Sing lh lh eile the dish ran away with the spoon [00:12.89] [00:15.37]Black shoes and stockings for those who say don't [00:17.99]Blue is the colour outside [00:20.93]God made the world [00:22.30]The snake tempted Eve and she died [00:26.42]Wild Christian brothers sharpening their leathers [00:29.10]Learn it by heart that's the rule [00:31.91]All I remember is dreading September and school [00:37.21]And they made me for better or worse [00:40.08]The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be [00:42.95]And they gave me their blessings or curse [00:45.51]It wasn't their fault I was me [00:49.07]Not the one that you see [00:52.62]The priest in confession condemns my obsession [00:54.25]With thoughts that I do not invite [00:57.68]I mumble and stutter [00:59.36]He slams down the shutter [01:00.74]Goodnight - (Good night to you too Father) [01:02.64]Stainless as steel [01:04.68]Lord you know how I feel [01:06.24]Someone shoot me while my soul is clear [01:08.93]I don't think I'll last [01:10.30]But my vow to abstain was sincere [01:12.05] [01:14.38]Arch-confraternity men to the fight [01:16.50]Raise up your banners on high [01:19.87]Searching for grace [01:21.18]Securing my place [01:22.18]When I die [01:25.24]And they made me for better or worse [01:28.17]The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be [01:30.98]And they gave me their blessings or curse It wasn't their fault I was me [01:36.97]Not the one that you see [01:39.34]Oh God he kept a very close eye on me [01:42.03]Hung round my bed in the darkness he spied on me [01:44.90]Caught me in the long grass so often he died on me [01:49.39]Ballrooms of romance in Salthill or Mallow [01:52.26]I stood like John Wayne by the wall [01:54.26] [01:55.78]Lined up like cattle we waited to do battle and fall [02:01.02]You can't wine and dine her in an old Morris Minor [02:03.95]So ask her before it's too late [02:06.82]I danced on girls' toes - accepted rejection as my fate [02:12.25]Drink was my saviour it made me much braver [02:14.87]But I couldn't hold it too well [02:17.69]I slipped on the coach and ruined my approach as I fell [02:22.22]And they made me for better or worse [02:26.14]The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be [02:29.02]And they gave me their blessings or curse It wasn't their fault I was me [02:34.31]Not the one that you see