Irish Boy Lyrics - American Kid - Patty Griffin

Well, I danced in the arms of a black haired girl 

In Scollay Square after the war 

And I drank to get drunk, and sank and I stunk 

like a drunk on a subway floor 

And I never did marry Cathy O'Shea 

She met another and they went their way 

To the wind you're a toy 

Just a drunk irish boy 

Just a face in the crowd 

I'll be back around 

To show you all something someday 

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There are some things that must remain secret 

You can find no good reason to tell 

There's too many men telling their secrets these days 

And I'd like to tell them to all go to hell 

So I never had dreams, and they never came true 

As far as you know anyway 

To the wind you're a toy 

Just a drunk irish boy 

Just a face in the crowd 

I'll be back around 

To show you all something someday 

Gory be, glory be, to the highest of trees 

We used to climb, my brother and me 

High on her limbs, two laughing hyenas 

Over West (?) cemetery 

To the wind you're a toy, just a thin irish boy 

Coming back home from the war 

Just a face in the crowd 

Just a drunk and out loud 

Just you try looking down 

'Cause I'll be back around 

To show you all something someday 

To show you all something someday