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As the
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Yates
swung on his hinges
letting out a noise
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that had him shaking in fear
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He curled up under the blankets,
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eyes closed so tightly
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In the hope that tonight
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would not be like most other nights
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The footsteps on the gravel pathway
served to announce the arrival
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of the excuse that was indeed his father.
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The fumbling of the key in the lock,
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followed by under the breath
ramblings and rantings,
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and then the crash of the door
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being slammed
unceremoniously into its hole,
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all served to confirm his worst
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ever recurring nightmare.
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Yeah, yeah, he was home.
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It was time to pray.
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Please God, please let him go to sleep.
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Oh, please God, just make him sleep
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Get down these stairs  boy,
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get down here now, belts his father
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Get down these stairs assistant
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He became an grier and angrier
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and the interventions of his poor mother
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were swatted away like a blue bottle.
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Sing Danny boy!
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Sing Danny boy!
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Sing it boy! Boy!
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Sing Danny boy!
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Get here, get down the stairs boy.
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Sing it, and sing it good.
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He knew what was coming
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if he made the slightest error.
A word out of place,
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a verse in the wrong place,
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a note slyly out or off -key,
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he knew what was coming.
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More than one occasion
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he'd freeze unable to open his mouth,
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instead he'd literally piss himself
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as he stood there in the shadow
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at this fucking excuse for a father.
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He'd sing and give it his all,
no matter what the time,
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how little sleep he'd managed to grab,
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and he just hoped to god
that his old fella
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would sink into his usual armchair
and fall asleep,
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often with a fag
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or a cheap cigar still burning,
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how he wished that one night that fag would
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ignite his father to be a safe waistcoat
as he slept and burn that bastard
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where he sat slumped in his stupor.
His mother would again
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attempt to step in,
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leave him alone, leave the boy.
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But of course, this would inevitably end up in tears for her,
and for the lad
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With a clip, or a smack,
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or on occasion, a proper boutin'
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He was singing for his bloody life,
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and his mums
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At the times he'd bat a leather belt
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across his backside to pay the price
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For a fumbled word he reckoned
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were too many even to think of
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Sing Danny Boy!
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Sing Danny Boy!
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Sing it, boy! Boy!
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Sing, daddy boy!
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Meetings turned into memories
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But you know the old adage
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that time is a great healer, right?
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Yeah, well there's some scars
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that just cannot be healed
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They're not visible, but they're there
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The deep and the sore as hell
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And with you whether you like it or not
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No matter what you try to do to master
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But time did pass
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and this boy became a man
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And  that man became a father
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A father to a beautiful daughter
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For whom he'd lay down his life
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at the drop of a hat
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It'd be great to tell you
that his dad got his comeuppance
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But the truth is I don't know
if he ever did
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Does that type ever get
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what they truly deserve?
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I have this picture in my mind
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of the two meeting
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Maybe at family gathering,
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probably a funeral
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And the father having a pint
too many for a change
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And trying to cajole his son
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into singing that bloody song
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Come on son, sing Daddy Boy
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You know, for old times' sake
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For old times' sake
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For old times' sake
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No, you sing fucking Daddy Boy
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You sing fucking Daddy Boy
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And the father squares off, brash,
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no fuck's given, no remorse
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And all that son wants to do
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is give his father a good hiding
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Teach that old bastard a
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lesson to remember
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He's shaking, he's livid,
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and he wants to send that head in
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But instead he doesn't give his
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father the satisfaction
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Doesn't give his father the opportunity
to think scores are settled
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He looks him in the eye, shakes his head,
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walks to his beautiful little daughter
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and holds  her like his life depends on it. He's the bigger man,
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the better man,
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and he will never sink to the depths
of that cowardly, callous fucker,
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no matter what.
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No matter what!
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