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The territorial drums a waltz on a loaded gun
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The viper flexes, coiling on the vine
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& the irises are sinking in the rain
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Idiots drown the sound of a distant train
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The blind man plays his instrument & sings
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In the Irish Sea ichthyosaurus swims
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The Reverend Ian Paisley grabs his god & shouts
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The Pope sits in the Vatican & doubts
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The generous American is loosening his belt
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Savoring his childhood in an after-dinner mint
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& the rosebuds are sinking in the rain
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Radios drown the sound of a distant train
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The blind man's bow leaves resin on the strings
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In the Irish Sea the rattlesnake swims
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On the feast day of St Patrick, like the poet Valery
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A soldier pours a glass of blood red wine into the sea
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The sun can never shine through the censorship of clouds
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In this city of open secrets & sudden shrouds
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While the astors are sinking in the rain
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Automatics drown the sound of a distant train
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The blind old man's accordion is torn
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In the Irish sea the adders swarm
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& in a Ballymena farmhouse a widow goes to bits
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& sometimes she remembers him & sometimes she just sits
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& as for the troubles, don't count us out
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Sometimes we're unbiased observers, sometimes louts
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While the tiger lilies crumple in the rain
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Television drowns the sound of a distant train
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The blind man pours the spit from an old trombone
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In the Irish Sea tapeworms twist & turn
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The moon is a sergeant major who rises & recruits
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In the terraces of Belfast, in the back streets of Beirut
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Sitting on a bed while I watch you from behind
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Skinny as a child, guilt-free, your face unlined
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While the violets are sinking in the rain
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Videos drown the sound of a distant train
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The blind old man has smashed his violin
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In the Irish Sea the vipers return
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Could've been your conscience
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But I guess that never works
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So treat me like an equal
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Till it hurts
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I violetti piangono per te
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I canali la Torre de Babel
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I violini piangono per che
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Io sto morendo in questo hotel
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