North Atlantic Wind Lyrics - Singles - Fatima Mansions

He sits in the light of the carousel 

with his children running 'round his knees 

While the wind howls down through the fishing boat mast 

the lights sway and the barkers freeze 

Well, his clothes are ragged and his smile is bright 

and the world he's in is only his 

so let no fool come up and look at him and say, 

"How'd you get to be like this? Not even 30 yet and you're like this!" 

North Atlantic wind will warp our resting veins 

It will dissolve you finally 

and naked you'll die, under the black sky, lost and alone 

In the all-night party at the chemical plant, everybody's feeling grand 

The Irish peasants haven't had this much fun 

since their ancestors fled the land 

A man with a hammer smashes down a wall, and everybody shouts, "Hooray!" 

and the virgins get taken in the shower stalls 

where the cyanide comes up the drains 

Don't call an ambulance if you can't pay 

North Atlantic wind will warp our resting veins 

It'll put you back down in your place 

and take that arrogant look off your face 

North Atlantic wind will cut through bone and brain 

Oh, be glad that you can still feel pain 

because naked you'll die, under the black sky, lost and alone