Lyrics Ernie the Falconer - Salto

Ernie the Falconer

Ernie was the falconer of the Belfast Intl Airport
but he couldn’t tell a parrot from a hawk
He lived by the runway in a cabin like a soul of damnation
He was always high and stoned and drunk.
He was alright.
Cletus was the hawk himself he was beautiful but close to starvation
Nonetheless he was all Ernie ever loved
Lately he’s being sneaking out, he was trying to get some emancipation
Today he brought a human finger in his jaws.
It was alright.
Ernie came home drunk last night he was in a hell of a mood
started shouting at the dinner table throwing things around and Cletus he
started to brood
A lot of screaming going on in there, the falcon flew away out the window
And Ernie kept repeating oh my my my my my my lord
Seconds later he heard a crash and he barely could believe what he saw
An airplane crashing and feathers everywhere
And it’s alright
Taken aback with despair at his sudden loss
Ernie slipped into a deep dark hole
of alcoholism, heroin abuse and pornography
that could not fill the gash in his soul