Mike Leahy - Dirty Old River

All the Hard Road

Sleep soft in your bed/ Sleep soundly tonight/ Never stumble or fall in the swift dreams of flight
 Though cities may burn/ Red, orange and white/
 Sleep soft in your bed/ Sleep soundly tonight.

 You know that I love you/ You know that I do/ I'd crush all the world and I'd put there for you/
A heaven resplendent in gold and in blue/
Sleep soft in your bed/ Untainted and true.

 Sleep of the angels/ Sleep of the just/
 No nightmarish horror/ of charred flesh and dust.

 Sleep soft in your bed/ Sleep soundly tonight/
There'll be mayflies in springtime and dew drops of light/
Though cities may burn/ Red, orange and white/
Sleep soft in your bed/ Sleep soundly tonight.


Lotus Eaters' Lullaby

Beating skins on wooden floors
Hit the road in a souped-up ford
Drunk whiskey clean stompin out the old time blues, 
Greased my boots on dirt road rock
Broke like a bull in a china shop 
Back when I was king of the mountain dew. 

Tore down bars and cheap saloons
Blew it all on pills and booze
They boarded up your town when we come through
But we pulled out fast soon as we're spent
We was hell bent, we was heaven sent
Back when I was king of the mountain dew. 

We were outlaws, we were on the run
Living on the tales we spun
The theatres roared, the amplifiers spewed
But I'd sweat blood and blow my top 
Chasing down that pure drop
Back when I was king of the mountain dew. 

Now I've hit the ground
And I'm broken down
The doctor tells me 'Man, you gotta take it slow'
But this busted heart just won't let it go...

I'm a shadow in these empty streets
A lonesome ghost with worn feet
The blessed fate of all who find the truth
Still I feel the noise, the spit and smoke,
The guitar's cry, the bullfrog's croak
Back when I was king of the mountain dew. 

M. Leahy