Words and Music by
Ian Byrne, Norm Dahlor, Brent Hoad & Steve Phillips
Grey ashes on the floor a life that might have been
A frozen ring of smoke hung in the air
He met his death by friendly fire they called it Cool McFinn
The holy and the devil said a prayer
Her lover taught her everything she knew
All the moves of the brave and the new
Don't you cry Kathleen just drink the wine and go
Don't you cry any more for a love and a war, Kathleen
No cross could bear a sign
of a dance so divine, Kathleen
Her temper was as bad as the weather
She exorcised her brimstone and death
That evil twin was once removed forever
With a magic cool revenge upon her breath
She would fall into a trance that rose and fell
But his teenage pill could never break the spell
She came up with a plan to resurrect her man
Her lover if she failed would disappear
When a sleep he fell in, her mother wailed to Finn
Neither dying nor religion came in fear
But he dreamed he had a thousand miles of pain
In a fever from Las Vegas to the Seine
© 2009 The Elders
Ian Byrne, Norm Dahlor, Brent Hoad & Steve Phillips
Grey ashes on the floor a life that might have been
A frozen ring of smoke hung in the air
He met his death by friendly fire they called it Cool McFinn
The holy and the devil said a prayer
Her lover taught her everything she knew
All the moves of the brave and the new
Don't you cry Kathleen just drink the wine and go
Don't you cry any more for a love and a war, Kathleen
No cross could bear a sign
of a dance so divine, Kathleen
Her temper was as bad as the weather
She exorcised her brimstone and death
That evil twin was once removed forever
With a magic cool revenge upon her breath
She would fall into a trance that rose and fell
But his teenage pill could never break the spell
She came up with a plan to resurrect her man
Her lover if she failed would disappear
When a sleep he fell in, her mother wailed to Finn
Neither dying nor religion came in fear
But he dreamed he had a thousand miles of pain
In a fever from Las Vegas to the Seine
© 2009 The Elders