| I left my home, and I picked up a gun
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| Left the mountains and the valleys
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| And the linnets sweet old song
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| In defense of Dublin City and
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| Our Rights defense, it’s true
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| For that is where we met
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| And I did it all for you
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| I did it all for you
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| Oh I did it all for you
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| Never a thought within my mind
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| Not a thing I couldn’t do
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| I did it all for you
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| Oh I did it all for you
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| And now that it’s done
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| I just don’t know what to do
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| Now our town’s become a city
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| And the dance becomes a ball
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| And jobs become computers
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| Which I cannot do at all
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| Now we are old
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| And our church’s attendance is few
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| And now it’s gone and I’m retired
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| Still I did it all for you
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| I did it all for you
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| Oh I did it all for you
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| Never a thought within my mind
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| Not a thing I couldn’t do
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| I did it all for you
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| Oh I did it all for you
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| And now that it’s done
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| I just don’t know what to do
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| Oh! |
| You’re dead my love
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| And our family’s gone away
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| But so has the loss of privacy
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| And responsibility
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| But this celtic tiger
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| Rugged individualism
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| I just cannot do
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| Lord have mercy on you love
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| My god, I did it all for you
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| I did it all for you
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| Oh I did it all for you
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| Never a thought within my mind
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| Not a thing I couldn’t do
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| I did it all for you
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| Oh I did it all for you
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| And now that it’s done
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| I just don’t know what to do
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| How do I take care of myself?
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| God, I never wanted to |