Man, the Pogues were incredible

[whiskeytown]

Listening to some Pogues right now -

Shane McGowan has really gone to hell the last couple years - it's painful to see from this side of the bar. A documentary I saw a few years ago he was barely coherant, and a total embarassment to everyone on the st. even in Ireland.

And his live stuff just hasn't done it lately for me...

But the band and the songs....man...

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I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways
We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell

I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms
I sang you all my sorrows
You told me all your joys
Whatever happened to that old song
To all those little girls and boys

Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
But there's a light I hold before me
And you're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams

Sometimes I wake up in the morning
The gingerlady by my bed
Covered in a cloak of silence
I hear you in my head
I'm not singing for the future
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the first time
I never think about the last

Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams

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If I ever win the WSOP, I won't be going back to defend the title the next year....I'll be over on the Island learning the music - I could see myself getting older and going from a Rock/Electric to the more Acoustic Irish sound....

but to do ethnic music, you really sort of need a bridge if you're not a local - so really, you need to go there to study it.

When I get MY 7.5 Million I deserve - [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

RB