Ee-i-adio Lyrics - Hazel O'connor

{Words & Music: Hazel O'Connor} 

Red ringed the eyes of the women who cried to the night 

Black and possessed are the eyes of the man who drank to no foresight 

Then suffer little children, a haunted dream 

Bright eyes, scared eyes, a silent scream 

Now why'd you make me hit you - he'd say 

Leave me alone I hate you - she'd say 

Suffer little children, hear and have no say 

[CHORUS:] 

A leopard can't change his spots 

A tiger can't change his stripes 

EE-I-addio 

Mum and Dad still have their frights 

This woman she takes a couple of pills to hide 

When there's no place to run you'd better just shut the door inside 

Well, riddle me when is a home not a home 

When you're twenty floors up and your love has gone 

Your love was spent on fairy soap 

For hands that do dishes and hang your hopes 

On children who in turn look back to you 

[CHORUS] 

Riddle me when is a home not a home 

When you're twenty floors up and your love has gone 

Your love was spent on fairy soap 

For hands that do dishes and hang your hopes 

On children who in turn look back to you 

[Repeat CHORUS to Fade]