Knockavoe (Live 2023) Lyrics

Peggy Kelly lived right next door

Rest of the family down a few doors more

And it was commonplace to feel your house was secure

The streetlights turned red ten o'clock sharp

This is no folklore

And if the sun doesn't rise

Sing me to sleep on Knockavoe mountainside

Cause I've been learning in time

Thought I seen through it all

But I was blind

Hughie Blee fixed bikes and played guitar

He'd pass on his knowledge for two quid and it got me far

And every Friday I'd race up the golf links hard

To write shit songs on a stereo

Man, long before the war

And if the sun doesn't rise

Sing me to sleep on Knockavoe mountainside

Cause I've been learning in time

Thought I seen through it all

But I was blind

One day the sun will not rise

One day the sun will not rise

One day the sun will not rise

And I hope you lye

My beaten body on the hill

These broken wings too used to fly

One day the sun will not rise

One day the sun will not rise

One day the sun will not rise

And I hope you lye

My beaten body on the hill

These broken wings too used to fly

And if the sun doesn't rise

Sing me to sleep on Knockavoe mountainside

Cause I've been learning in time

Thought I seen through it all

But I was blind

Above the head of the town

Looking down on Melvin Park and friends of mine

Oh just to sleep in the sound

Of one more summer spent

On hallowed ground

Cause all this nothingness

It eats my crown

Distance Is Getting Me Down

Distance Is Getting Me Down

And I'd love nothing more, than to meet you now

Distance Is Getting Me Down

Distance Is Getting Me Down

And I'd love nothing more, than to meet you now

I'm all cried out today

So hear me shout