The Night That Went On For Days

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Derek Ryan - The Cows On The Hill (Official Video)

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Starting Out

Verse 1:
Dust on his boots, dawn in his eyes
Blue lights flashing in a world gone wild
Ten years in, not a day goes by
He don’t kiss his kids like it’s the last  goodbye

Verse 2:
Radio calls, another name, another face
Behind that badge, there's a heart that breaks
He ain’t just the law, he’s a man with a name
Tryna hold the line while we play the game

Chorus:
Cop stripes, running’ down his soul
Like every scar tells a story nobody knows

Wore that badge in blood and worn-out form
It ain’t just black and white,
It’s pain and pride in those cop stripes

Verse 3:
He remembers that rookie night in June 1980  When his partner fell 
Swore he'd never let fear take the wheel
 some wounds don’t heal

Chorus (Repeat):
Cop stripes, running’ down his soul
Like every scar tells a story nobody knows

Wore that badge in blood and worn-out form
It ain’t just black and white,
It’s pain and pride in those cop stripes

Bridge:
And when the sirens fade away
He goes home just trying’ to pray
For a world that don’t see the man beneath the vest
Just a target on his chest


Cop stripes, still he stands tall
Even when the world don’t care at all
He’s the peace in a world on fire
Tired but fueled by a deeper fire
And every night he lays down his life...
For the weight behind those-- cop stripes -- cop stripes

Cop Stripes

Derek Ryan - The Long Way Home (Vocal Production by Brian Sheil)

RED-HAIRED MARY (LYRICS)

While going to the fair of Dingle,
One fine morning last July;
While going up the road before me,
A red haired girl and I chanced to spy.
I went up to her, says I "Young lady,
My donkey he will carry two;
Well, seeing as how you have a donkey,
To the Dingle fair I'll ride with you."
Now, when we reached the town of Dingle,
I took her hand to say goodbye;
When a tinker man stood up beside me,
And he belted me in my left eye.

Chorus:
Keep your hands off red-haired Mary,
Her and I will soon be wed;
We'll see the priest this very morning,
And tonight we'll lie in a married bed.

Now, I was feeling kind of peevish,
And my poor eye was sad and sore;
So I tapped him gently with me hobnail,
And he fell back through Murphy's door.
A policeman came around the corner,
And he told me I had broke the law;
Then, the donkey kicked him in the kneecap,
And he fell down and broke his jaw.
Then he went off to find his brother,
The biggest man you ever did meet;
And he gently tapped me with his knuckles,
And I was minus two front teeth.

Chorus:
Keep your hands off red-haired Mary,
Her and I will soon be wed.
We'll see the priest this very morning;
And tonight we'll lie in a married bed.

The red haired girl, she kept on smiling,
"I'll go with you young man" she said;
"We'll forget the priest this very morning,
And tonight we'll lie in Murphy's shed."
Now, through the town we rode together,
My black eye and her red hair;
Smiling gaily at the tinkers,
And me God, we were a handsome pair.

Chorus:
Take your hands off red-haired Mary,
Her and I will soon be wed;
We'll forget the priest this very morning,
And tonight we'll lie in Murphy's shed.

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