Lyrics

I left my home, and I picked up a gun Left the mountains and the valleys And the linnets sweet old song In defense of Dublin City and Our Rights defense, it's true For that is where we met And I did it all for you I did it all for you Oh I did it all for you Never a thought within my mind Not a thing I couldn't do I did it all for you Oh I did it all for you And now that it's done I just don't know what to do Now our town's become a city And the dance becomes a ball And jobs become computers Which I cannot do at all Now we are old And our church's attendance is few And now it's gone and I'm retired Still I did it all for you I did it all for you Oh I did it all for you Never a thought within my mind Not a thing I couldn't do I did it all for you Oh I did it all for you And now that it's done I just don't know what to do Oh! You're dead my love And our family's gone away But so has the loss of privacy And responsibility But this celtic tiger Rugged individualism I just cannot do Lord have mercy on you love My god, I did it all for you I did it all for you Oh I did it all for you Never a thought within my mind Not a thing I couldn't do I did it all for you Oh I did it all for you And now that it's done I just don't know what to do How do I take care of myself? God, I never wanted to