Cold Boston Streets

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Cold Boston Streets
(E. Stocker)
© 11/90, 1/98, 1/99 Cool-E-Tunes BMI
Recorded by Dad, Come Home! on Cooleyville Records

I WAS BORN IN IRELAND, LAND THAT HOLDS MY DREAMS
MY GRANDMOTHER’S GRAVE STIRRED A BIT
ON THE DAY I DECIDED TO LEAVE
THE TROUBLES SEEMED SO ENDLESS, GOOD JOBS HARD TO FIND
MY MOTHER SAID, “SON, YOU’D BEST MOVE ALONG
A MAN’S GOT TO KNOW WHEN IT’S TIME”

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AND I RAN AND I RAN AND I RAN AND I RAN
WITH THE BOMBS IN BELFAST EXPLODING
THESE COLD BOSTON STREETS LEAVE ME YEARNING FOR PEACE
AND THE WOMAN THAT I LEFT A’BAWLING

I DIDN’T KNOW THAT A BOMB WOULD GO OFF, THAT INNOCENT PEOPLE WOULD DIE
I’D TRADE ALL MY LUCK JUST TO GET THAT DAY BACK
TO STOP ASKING MYSELF ALWAYS WHY
HOW LONG CAN A MAN LIVE LIKE THIS, HEARING THOSE CRIES EVERY NIGHT?
MY FATHER’S STRONG WORDS STILL RING IN MY HEAD,
“DON’T YOU QUIT WITHOUT A GOOD FIGHT”

I’VE SEEN EVERY BACK ALLEY IN THIS DIRTY TOWN, THESE STREETS KNOW ALL MY SINS
WHEN MY BROTHERS ALL CAME IS THIS WHAT THEY FOUND?
WILL MY ANGEL EVER COME IN?
I DREAM ABOUT LIFE BACK IN IRELAND, WILL I EVER SEE HER AGAIN?
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THERE’S NOWHERE TO HIDE
AND HER MEMORY IS MY ONLY FRIEND

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released March 14, 2021

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Dad, Come Home! Shutesbury, Massachusetts

Dad, Come Home! has been recording and performing original songs since 1998.
Eric Stocker
Jukebox John Hayman
Rich Cahillane
Alan Kurtz
Bob Gould
David "Bones" LaRue

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