Black 47 - Danny Boy Lyrics
Danny came over to old New YorkFrom Bandon town in the county CorkHe got a room on the avenue in Woodside QueensAnd a job off the books doin' demolitionHe was kind of different than everyone elseOh he liked to hang out all by himselfDidn't hit those bars in Sunnyside QueensWent straight into the Village to check out the sceneOne day on the job the foreman said"Hey Danny Boy we think you're a fagWith your ponytail and that ring in your earHey, we don't need no homos foulin' up the air"Danny just smiled and picked up a 2 by 4And he split that jerk from his jaw to his earSaid "you can stick your job where the sun don't shineBut you're never gonna stop me bein' what I am, boy!"Then he met a man down in Sheridan SquareThey moved in together for a couple of yearsSaid it was the happiest he'd ever beenDoin' what he wanted and livin' his dreamWe used to drink together down on Avenue BOne gray dawn he confessed to me"Love's the only thing that makes the world go roundAnd I'm never gonna see another sunset over sweet Bandon town"Last time I saw Dan he was in a hospital bedTwo tubes hangin' out the nose of his headBut he smiled at me with them stone blue eyesAnd he said, "hey, how you doin', guy?I'm history 'round here in a couple of weeksBut I did what I wanted - I got no regretsSo, when you think of me crack a beer and smileHey, life's a ***** and then you die"Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are callin'From glen to glen, and down the mountainsideThe summer's gone and all the flowers are dyin''Tis you, 'tis you, must go and I must bideBut come you back when summer's in the meadowOr when the valley's hushed and white with snow'Tis I'll be there in sunshine or in shadowOh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy, I love you soI love you so, Danny Boy, I love you so
