Lyrics

[Verse 1] Sit down, old man And have a whiskey and tell me a tale About the black dog Or the time you wouldn't go to jail [Chorus] You were a mad man And I know that much is true You'd beat a lot to death for looking wrong at you And blood was on the wall wherever you had been Take me home again, Kathleen [Verse 2] Cards are the devil, you say Just look in the fireplace And the embers burn so bright That I can hardly see your face [Chorus] And you were a mad man And I know that much is true You'd beat a lot to death for looking wrong at you And blood was on the wall wherever you had been Take me home again, Kathleen [Bridge] Make me a potato sandwich And I will make the tea Make mine with spelt bread And I'll make sure yours has whiskey [Outro] You haunt a generation, do you realize? My father looks at me, he can see you sometimes Oh, call me Joseph and call me your kin And take me home again, Kathleen