Flogging Molly - To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh) lyrics

Tell me why must a man be of service, To his lord and his god, seldom high? From the grave sprang the names of our fathers But there's no glint in a dead man's eye. Tell me why are our feilds filled with hunger And suits us to crop bitter soil So I say my farewell to a nation, As dear leif waves goodbye to his son. So it's to youth I sing you the story And it's of youth I sing it now Like a train that's derailed without warning I must leave what I've left far behind So good bye sweet roisin dubh I say good bye Tell me why must our peace be this puzzled That fractures the land, splinters war Dead as nails like the shame in our coffin But in the end we must all die alone. So it's to youth I sing you the story And it's of youth I sing it now Like a train that's derailed without warning Some must leave what they've left far behind. So good bye sweet roisin dubh I say good bye And the bark fell from tree To the ground that now bleeds On the anguish that never learned to shelter When the crash of the gong will surrender the gun And of the sadness we shall no longer speak, Until time can move on Are they all forgotten songs that's When I and we will sing again So good bye to my love My sweet roisin dubh Good bye now until we meet again Tell me why must our grief still be greiving For language that never spoke it's loss But this tongue split with fire Will tear down the barbed wire Rip the belly from the waxy ghost. So It's to youth I sing you a story And it's of youth I sing it now Like a train that derailed without warning We must leave what we left far behind So It's to youth I sing you a story And it's of youth I sing it now Like a train that derailed without warning We must leave what we left far behind So good bye sweet roisin dubh I say good bye So good bye sweet roisin dubh I say good bye Until we meet again Until we meet again Until we meet again. Now she arrives to beautify But slumber now must rest, Oh my roisin dubh I'll forever love The youth you once possesed.

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