Christy Moore - Faithful Departed lyrics

This graveyard hides a million secrets
And the trees know more than they can tell
The ghosts of the saints and
The scholars will haunt you
In heaven and in hell

Rattled by the glimmer man, the boogie man
The holy man and livin' in the shadows
In the shadows of a gunman
Rattled like the coppers in your greasy till
Rattled until time stood still

Look over your shoulder
Hear the school bell ring
Another day of made-to-measure history
I don't care if your heroes have wings
Your terrible beauty has been torn

Faithful departed, we fickle hearted
As you are now so once were we
Faithful departed, we the meek hearted
With graces imparting bring flowers to thee
The girls in the kips proclaim
Their love for you
When you stumbled in they knew you
Had a shilling or two
They cursed you on Sundays and
Holy days of abstinence
When you all stayed away

When you slept there a naked
Bulb hid your shame
Your shadows on the wall
They took all the blame
The Sacred Heart's picture
Compassion in his eyes
Drowned out the river of sighs

Let the grass grow green
Over the brewery tonight
It'll never come between the
Darkness and the light
There is no pain that can't be eased
By the devil's holy water
And the rosary beads

You're a history book I never could write
Poetry in paralysis, too deep to recite
Dress yourself, bless yourself
You've won the fight
We're gonna celebrate the night
We'll even climb the pillar like
You always meant to
Watch the sun rise over the strand
Close your eyes and we'll pretend
It could somehow be the same again
I'll bury you upright so the
Sun doesn't blind you
You won't have to gaze at
The rain and the stars
Sleep and dream of chapels and bars
And whiskey in the jar

Faithful departed, look what you've started
An underdog's wounds aren't so easy to mend
Faithful departed, there's no broken hearted
And no more tristesse in
Your world without end