Tale of the Cobbler ft. Dark & Lively Lyrics

When I was young, I was fit as a fiddle

My hands working faster than a schoolteacher's riddle

Mending the leather and coaxing the suede

Breathing life into boots that would float you away

My father his trade was his joy and his pride

Taught me all he knew 'til the day that he died

Warned that the trade of the cobbler might slow

From a broken society's ease to let go

Now crooked are my joints

And slow are my hands

Swollen my knuckles

Just like my old man's

Here's the tale of the cobbler to listen and chew

'Tis out with the auld and it's in with the new

Well the years they went by and my babbies grew up

Now they're constantly at me to give this place up

But this was my life and these shoes were me craft

To pack it all in jaysis you must be daft

But the years they grew tough and times are a-changing

Can't get what I need from this internet haven

Put out of business by faster machines

From a broken society torn at the seams

Now crooked are my joints

And slow are my hands

Swollen my knuckles

Just like my old man's

Here's the tale of the cobbler to listen and chew

'Tis out with the auld and it's in with the new

With my wife and my kiddies I never will tire

Of the characters travellin' from Youghal to Glanmire

You'd never know who's 'bout to pop in the door

But this trade it is dyin', soon t'will be no more

On the cusp of December on a cold Winter's night

These boots told me stories and glories survived

The tools on the walls took a hammerin' or two

Time to hang up me boots and kick back for a few

Now crooked are my joints

And slow are my hands

Swollen my knuckles

Just like my old man's

Here's the tale of the cobbler to listen and chew

'Tis out with the auld and it's in with the new

And just like the fate of the cooper

My trade it is fading and fading away