My Heart Is Buried In Venice - Ricky Montgomery

In the East End of London, I met an old man. He kept a bar called the Horses and Tram. "My parents were Irish. They loved that dear land," The Cockney, he smiled, then he shook my old hand. "My heart is in Ireland, it's there I long to be. Her hills and her valleys are calling to me. Though born here in this land, my heart is in Ireland. The land of the old folks is calling to me." Near a coal mine in Wales, by a roadside cafe, A young girl came smiling, and to me did say, "Well, my folks are from Ireland. My Da', he hopes one day When he leaves the mines, sure we'll go back to stay." "My heart is in Ireland, it's there I long to be. Her hills and her valleys are calling to me. Though born here in this land, my heart is in Ireland. The land of the old folks is calling to me." Then I went through the Midlands, through each city and town. I found there were Irish in each place I roamed. And I drank and I sang at a pub they call the Crown. With the Birmingham irish, we sang songs of home. "My heart is in Ireland, it's there I long to be. Her hills and her valleys are calling to me. Though born here in this land, my heart is in Ireland. The land of the old folks is calling to me." Then I went north to Scotland, to Glasgow on the Clyde. I met with some young lads. They said, "Celtic's our side. All our folks are from Ireland, the island of the green. A country we love, but a place we've not seen." "My heart is in Ireland, it's there I long to be. Her hills and her valleys are calling to me. Though born here in this land, my heart is in Ireland. The land of the old folks is calling to me."

Burning bridges surround you Mark the words, your world will crumble Become one with the sand You had it all, but now you fall Plagued by disease they vow to overcome Burning empire below you Summoning the vigour, to vanquish and eradicate the ones who held Them down. You took it all, but now you fall Abuse of rule, but now your time Has come. I split your skull tearing the heart out Holding your soul up to the sky Rise of the sheep, who swear to prevail And witness the death of genocide. Break the chains and live your lives The dark age is gone Thrown in to the fire Flames melting your skin Rise up from the ashes A new age has come Your silver spoon Should've been poisoned Erased from the past before it began Snakes in disguise, legions of liars Misguided wisdom Now passed on Break the chains and live your lives Embrace your fate Leave death behind Thrown in to the fire Flames melting your skin Rise up from the ashes A new age has come No remorse The day of the suffering Breaths bile No rule As the bodies are piled

Well, I don't want to be caught In a tidal wave And everything's for naught Is what the old folks say Well, now I find I'm distraught I'm closer to my grave And now I'm gonna come short Another goddamn day When you throw my feelings on the fire I can't keep this down And I feel like I won't be afraid When I'm buried in the sand Well, now I found myself fraught And I am filled with rage Another bottle's been bought To help me waste away I think these chains are too taut They're cutting my ribcage And if I give this more thought I think I've gone astray When you throw my feelings on the fire I can't keep this down And I feel like I won't be afraid When I'm buried in the sand When I'm buried in the sand When I'm buried in the sand When I'm buried in the sand When you throw my feelings on the fire I can't keep this down And I feel like I won't be afraid When I'm buried in the sand Throw my feelings on the fire I can't keep this down And I feel like I won't be afraid When I'm buried in the sand

Please sleep deprive, dark circle eyes You shut down on me Something's awry, zen butterflies Keep falling softly It haunts me It haunts me Ashes divide, how to drive you wild Now there's nothing Intermix desires, this crown of wires Weighs heavy on me Buried in the sand Buried in the sand Buried in the sand So I raise a toast, to your faceless ghost Still tainted to me He had me sleep, crazed acid wreaths Same fuckin' story Everybody's here Nobody's here Everybody's here Nobody's here Buried in the sand Buried in the sand Buried in the sand Buried in the sand

One day i'ma laugh about it all One day you won't remember me at all I want my feet buried in the sand (Take me to the sea) Im trynna find out who I am (Baby come with me) I don't think you understand (What you did to me) Im trynna count these rubber bands (With my fucking team) I want my feet buried in the sand (Take me to the sea) Im trynna find out who I am (Baby come with me) I don't think you understand (What you did to me) Im trynna count these rubber bands (With my fucking team) That's the way shit goes Im trynna count my money ho I wanna play a million shows Spend my nights out on the road And that's just I feel Stepping up to take the wheel Mental cuts will never heal Man I can't believe it's real One day i'ma laugh about it all One day you won't remember me at all One day i'ma laugh about it all One day you won't remember me at all (You won't remember me at all) I want my feet buried in the sand (Take me to the sea) Im trynna find out who I am (Baby come with me) I don't think you understand (What you did to me) Im trynna count these rubber bands (With my fucking team) I want my feet buried in the sand (Take me to the sea) Im trynna find out who I am (Baby come with me) I don't think you understand (What you did to me) Im trynna count these rubber bands (With my fucking team) One day i'ma laugh about it all One day you won't remember me at all You won't remember me at all That's the way shit goes Im trynna count my money ho I wanna play a million shows Spend my nights out on the road And that's just I feel Stepping up to take the wheel Mental cuts will never heal Man I can't believe it's real

I'm tired of spinning my wheels I need to find a place where my heart can go to heal I need to get there pretty quick Hey mister what you got out on that lot you can sell me in a pinch Maybe one of them souped up muscle cars The kind that makes you think you're stronger than you are Color don't matter no I don't need leather seats All that really concerns me is Speeeeed How fast will it go Can it get me Over her quickly Zero to sixty Can it outrun her memory Yeah, what I really need Is an open road And a whole lot of speed I'd like to trade in this old truck Cause it makes me think of her and that just slows me up See, it's the first place we made love where we used to sit and talk On the tailgate all night long but now she's gone And I need to move on So give me Speeeeed How fast will it go Can it get me Over her quickly Zero to sixty Can it outrun her memory Yeah, what I really need Is an open road And a whole lot of speed Throw me them keys so I can put some miles between us Tear off that rearview mirror there's nothing left to see here Let me lean on that gas Oh she catches up fast So give me Speeeeed How fast will it go Can it get me Over her quickly Zero to sixty Can it outrun her memory Yeah, what I really need Is an open road And a whole lot of speed That's what I need I'm tired of spinning my wheels... I'm tired of spinning my wheeeeeeels!

This ain't no temporary, typical Tearful goodbye, uh-uh-uh This ain't no breakin' up, then wakin' up And makin' up one more time, uh-uh-uh This is gone (gone), gone (gone) Gone (gone), gone Gone like a freight train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier in the Civil War, bang-bang Gone like a '59 Cadillac Like all the good things, that ain't never comin' back She's gone (gone), gone (gone) Gone (gone), gone, she's gone This ain't no give it time I'm hurtin' but maybe we can work it out, uh-uh-uh Won't be no champagne Red rose, romance, second chance, uh-uh-uh This is gone (gone), gone (gone) Gone (gone), gone Gone like a freight train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier in the Civil War, bang-bang Gone like a '59 Cadillac Like all the good things, that ain't never comin' back She's gone (gone), gone (gone) Gone (gone), gone She's gone This is gone (gone), gone (gone) Gone (gone), gone Gone like a freight train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier in the Civil War, bang-bang Gone like a '59 Cadillac Like all the good things, that ain't never comin' back She's gone (gone), she's gone (gone) She's gone (gone), she's gone, yeah She's gone Gone like a freight train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier in the Civil War, bang-bang Gone like a '59 Cadillac Like all the good things, but she's gone Long gone, don't be wrong Never comin' back, my baby's gone (she's gone) Wanna get home, sittin' alone So pack your bags, and now she's gone Never comin' back, she's gone No, no, never, no, no, never No, no, never, no, no never comin' back No, no, never, no, no never comin' back