I wish I was in Carrickfergus Only for nights in Ballygrand I would swim over the deepest ocean The deepest ocean, my love to find But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over And neither have I the wings to fly If I could find me a handsome boatman To ferry me over my love and I My childhood days bring back sweet reflections The happy times I spent so long ago My boyhood friends and kind relations Have all past on now like melting snow I'll spend my da - ys an endless rover Soft is the grass and sure, my bed is free Oh but to be back, in carrickfergus To strike that lonely road, down by the sea And in kilkenny it is reported On marble stone there as black as ink With gold and silver I would support her But I'll sing no more now til I get a drink For I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober A handsome rover from town to town Ah but I'm sick now my days are numbered Come all ye young men and lay me down

I wish I was in Carrickfergus Only for nights in Ballygrand I would swim over the deepest ocean Only for nights in Ballygrand But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over And neither have I the wings to fly I wish I had a handsome boatman To ferry me over, my love and I My childhood days bring back sad reflections Of happy times I spent so long ago My boyhood friends and my own relations Have all past on now like melting snow I'll spend my days in this ceaseless roving Soft is the grass and my bed is free Oh but to be back now, in Carrickfergus On that long winding road, down to the sea Now in Kilkenny it is reported On marble stone there as black as ink With gold and silver I would support her But I'll sing no more now 'til I get a drink For I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober A handsome rover from town to town Ah but I'm sick now my days are numbered Come all ye young men and lay me down Good evening Well, during the period 1939 to 1945 There was a very big war going on all over the world They called it World War II everywhere, except, of course, in Ireland Where we called it The Emergency Now, during this Emergency England had suffered a lot from air raids and all that stuff, so They sent for some of our fellas to go to England and Help to rebuild essential services Like houses and roads and bridges and Probably a few pubs While they were there, I suppose they helped To make England into a fit place for Irish people to live in And a lot of the lads who went over that time Found work with a man by the name of Mr. Robert McAlpine, as he was then called But in the meantime he did away with so many paddies That they saw fit to make a lord out of him And on his deathbed He didn't die in a building, he died in a bed And when he was dying in his bed, his last words were Or so they say, was If the men wish to honour my memory Let them keep two minutes' silence But keep the mixer going, and keep paddy behind it And this is about him and his little gang

I got demons, I got demons I got demons, I got demons I close my eyes and talk to God And pray that you can save my soul, mmm I look to you to shine a light Before the darkness takes a hold I won't break And I won't run This time I won't be afraid oooh I got demons I got demons tryna get to me But they'll never take me down I'm only human Underneath my skin the cuts run deep I just need a little time to work 'em out (I got demons, I got demons, I got demons) To work them out (I got demons, I got demons, I got demons) I got demons (I got demons, I got demons, I got demons) Yeah I can hear them now and then When I try to make a stand They try their best to pull me under That's when I reach for your hand Never bow 'cause we're all kings We are rulers of our minds, yes we are I know that there's an angel watching over me I see your wings are open wide I won't break And I won't run This time I won't be afraid oooh We're only saved when we, come undone It's just the way that we're made oooh I got demons I got demons tryna get to me But they'll never take me down, no I'm only human Underneath my skin the cuts run deep I just need a little time to work them out I'm only human (I got demons, I got demons, I got demons) I just need a little time to work them out (I got demons, I got demons, I got demons) I got demons (I got demons, I got demons, I got demons) I got demons (I got demons)