Lyrics Said Samson To Goliath - Ricky Warwick

Said Samson To Goliath

Jesus this is heavy, I’m gonna need a hand
Here taking in the vicious sun, I can hardly frigging stand
There was a time Goliath, when the black stuff hit the glass
I go out at night, slaying philistines
With a jawbone of an ass
Then this hellish job came, in the east end of the town
My name’s mud around the Holylands
So I couldn’t turn it down
They didn’t mention wages, they said the work was hard
They said one thing’s for sure son, you’ll be high up in the yard
Who built a new tomorrow, who never moved an inch
Who sliced their veins to save you, who just refused to flinch
Who cast a father’s shadow, who gave up on his toil
Who stopped your blood from flowing, into the Ulster soil
But they’d hijack all the buses, blow the shit out of this town
Fill my nose with smoke and vitriol
For the Shamrock or the Crown
So I end up staying good here, at the far end of the dock
Stood poker stiff in terror, and speechless from the shock
In blood up to my ankles, I’d watch them die in vain
At night the tears of grief I’d cry, they’d just pass off as rain
Who built a new tomorrow, who never moved an inch
Who sliced their veins to save you, who just refused to flinch
Who cast a father’s shadow, who gave up on his toil
Who stopped your blood from flowing, into the Ulster soil
Look I’m as hard as nails big man, I’ve had my share of kills
I’ve seen all the graveyards, that decorate these hills
Too many children’s windmills, too many mother’s sons
But maybe now Goliath, there just burying their guns
I’ve learned that nothing is what it seems
On the streets of this old town
I’ve learn to rise above the clouds, and never once look down