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