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''These lyrics have to be rechecked''


This graveyard hides a million secrets<br>
And the trees, the trees know more than they would tell<br>
But the ghosts of the saints and scholars will haunt you<br>
In heaven and in hell<br>
<br>
Rattled by the glimmer man, the boogieman or holy man<br>
Living in the shadows and the shadows of a gunman<br>
Rattle like the coppers in your greasy till<br>
Rattle until time stood still<br>
<br>
Look across your shoulder and the school bell rings<br>
Another day of made-to-measure history<br>
Well I don't mind that your heroes have all wings<br>
But your terrible beauty is torn<br>
<br>
''Chorus:''<br>
Faithful departed<br>
We fickle hearted<br>
As you are now<br>
So once were we<br>
Faithful departed<br>
We the meek hearted<br>
With graces imparted<br>
Bring flowers to thee<br>
<br>
The girls from the kips proclaim their love for you<br>
When you stumbled in they knew you had a shilling or two<br>
But they cursed you on Sundays and holy days<br>
When you all stayed away<br>
<br>
And when you slept there naked light bulb blinded your shame<br>
The shadows on the wall took all the blame<br>
And the Sacred Hearts picture compassion in His eyes<br>
Drowned out the river's sighs<br>
<br>
Oh let the grass grow green over the brewery tonight<br>
'Cause it will never come between the morning and the night<br>
And there's nothing too sick that can't be eased<br>
By the Devil's holy water and the rosary beads<br>
<br>
''(Chorus)''<br>
<br>
You're a history book, which I never could write<br>
Your poetry in paralysis too sweet to recite<br>
So dress yourself, bless yourself; you've won the fight<br>
And we're going to celebrate tonight<br>
<br>
We'll even climbed the pillar like you always meant to<br>
And will watch the sun rise over the strand<br>
Close our eyes and we'll pretend<br>
That it could be the same again<br>
<br>
And then I'll bury you upright so the sun doesn't blind you<br>
And you don't have to gaze at the rain and the stars<br>
You can sleep and dream of the Moral Bar<br>
And whiskey in the jar<br>
<br>
Faithful departed<br>
Look what you started<br>
An underdog's wounds<br>
Aren't so easy to mend<br>
Faithful departed<br>
There's no broken hearted<br>
And no more regrets<br>
In your world without end<br>

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