| I was born up on the North side,
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| where the Lagan River flows.
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| When I came across the border,
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| I was following my nose.
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| Dublin city '69,
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| there could have been no better place,
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| there was no better time.
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| Through the thunder and the rain,
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| the deepest blood of emeralds
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| was running through my veins.
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| Blood of emeralds.
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| I was down and out on Skid Row,
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| but I held on to my pride.
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| The darkest son of Ireland,
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| he was standin’by my side.
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| We would sail the stormy seas.
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| Never looking back,
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| we were afraid of what we’d see.
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| Through the thunder and the rain,
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| the deepest blood of emeralds
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| was running through our veins.
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| Some of us will win and some of us will lose,
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| the strong will survive.
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| Some of us will fall,
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| some of us won’t get out of here alive.
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| Blood of emeralds.
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| Blood of emeralds.
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| I was angry, I was sad,
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| just thinking about the times we had.
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| I felt so lost and lonely too,
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| what could I say, what could I do?
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| And after all, the time goes by.
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| No one knows the reasons why.
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| You lived each day like there was no tomorrow.
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| You spent those years living on time you borrowed.
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| And in your eyes, all I could see was sorrow.
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| Some of us will win, some of us will lose,
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| the strong will survive.
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| Some of us will fall,
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| some of us won’t get out of here alive.
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| Blood of emeralds.
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| Blood of emeralds.
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| Blood of emeralds.
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| (Blood of emeralds.)
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| The deepest blood of emeralds.
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| Blood of emeralds.
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| The deepest blood of emeralds.
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| The deepest, deepest blood of emeralds. |