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Mary Coughlan
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Some nights, I lie awake
To soothe myself, I say their names
I remember every name
From every house and every game
From skipping rope to playing ball
See every game and every fall
Repeat, rewind, rewind, repeat
I finally lull myself to sleep
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Brussels on a weekend romance
Leg in plaster, looking at disaster
Then things go from bad to worse
I stand outside the church
I hear a tango playing
Tears start rolling back the years
To the ballroom of romance
On Gentian Hill with Ma and Da
And Tony Chambers, Friday feelings
"Daddy, can I go out?" "Ask your ma"
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I'm sitting at the bar in Brussels
Eating frites and wine and mussels
Such a long, long way from Shanty Lyle
Ash Road, Davis Road and Furzy Road
Scol Briege, Sister Pius
Late, late show, making dresses with my ma
Hey, Johnny Joyce, get off the ice
Did you steal your mother's basin?
For sliding down the sliding rock
Sliding, sliding
These nights, I lie awake
To soothe myself, I say their names
I remember every name
From every house and every game
From skipping rope to playing ball
See every game and every fall
Repeat, rewind, rewind, repeat
I finally lull myself to sleep
Now I'm in the church
The tango's playing
Then a one-legged guy from Argentina
Lurches at me across the floor
"Oh, please don't leave," he said
"'Cause you can lean on me"
And so we take the floor
Talk about tango
Talk about tango
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Talk about tango
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Talk about tango
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