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WARRED:i dont think we'll ever feel the things we felt b4 i stayed nursing soldiers here and you went of to war. i settled all your debts for you and despite of all berlin i still hold a place for you but i could never love again. i know that your better than anyone ive had but life goes on and thru it all i have lived and i have laughed. hope your colleagues never tricked you and you live on pleasant land and the faces of your country men dont haunt your quarry mind.
if evil was your injury could i have been your cane nothing much just a crutch to help you on your way. like when i lose myself and read between the lines you know i regret everything i ever left behind. so put a mallet on the table a broken clock upon the mantle give me all those old photos to arrange and dismantle. my minds not on the labor it was not on the field it was running on the dirt road gone with dust up round its heels.darling when i feel the weight come down on me i know there's hope i know there's rope there is the gallows darling in my dreams when the curtains close on the scene i go the cliffs i look the rocks i hope the shallows
i've not been sleeping easy i've not been sleeping sound thru 50 years a million tears i get up and walk around. i wonder if you died there if your bones are feeding plants. i think this is the worst thing till i think of another woman's hands and then i start to wonder if i was your last you were mine but then i sigh for the family i've had. but for one brush of your finger is what id trade them for. but i stayed nursing soldiers here and you went off to war.

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from L​.​I​.​N​.​A, released January 1, 2011

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John Cathal O'Brien Brooklyn, New York

"Even in New York, O’Brien brings the melodies and lyricism of his birthplace, Dublin, Ireland, to the ears of those lucky enough to stumble into his path (or those nudged in his direction, as was the case this time)."
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