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Little Rough One

from Eternity Resumes by Larry Gallagher

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lyrics

I won’t keep it hid
I’m worried for you, kid
It seems like a lot to live down
Too many big nights
Under the bright lights
To settle back in your home town
And while it could be forever
It’s true, whenever
Somebody steps on a plane
I’ve a vague premonition
When you leave the Mission
I will never see you again
Though I’m certain to hear it,
The arc of your spirit,
Flickering wherever I go
After the long goodbyes
And you take to the skies
After you’ve slipped back to Sligo

It’s been a tough one
For you, little rough one
After all that you’ve sought
After all of your travels
To have it unravel
And your labors all come to Con-naught
You’re doing the right thing
It’s no slight thing
Makes me proud to say it
I’ve got no advice
But there’s always a price
I just hope it won’t kill you to pay it
I know you will start
With an ache in your heart
But, hey, what do I know?
Well might it suit you
To be back where your roots are
Once you’ve slipped back to Sligo

There’ll be tears when you show up
And they see how you’ve grown up
The years of your exile over
You’re heading back
To the cross and the craic
To shamrock and thistle and clover
I’ll picture you smiling
On the edge of the island
Out on the dark green sea
The boundary waters between
The land of “Our Fathers”
And the land of the quote unquote free
A voice, a face
These time will erase
But not before I go
Long after the haze
Of those mythical days
Before you slipped back to Sligo

credits

from Eternity Resumes, released November 1, 2018
ljg – guitars, vocals
Daniel Fabricant – acoustic bass
Seamie O’Dowd – fiddle, bodhran
mixed by Monte Vallier at Ruminator Audio, San Francisco

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Larry Gallagher is a man of many interests, skills, and guitars.

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