North Atlantic Wind lyrics

Artist  : Fatima Mansions 
Song : North Atlantic Wind
 
He sits in the light of the carousel
with his
children running 'round his knees
While the
wind howls down through the fishing boat mast
the lights sway and the barkers freeze
Well, his clothes are ragged and his smile is
bright
and the world he's in is only his
so let no fool come up and look at him and
say,
"How'd you get to be like this?  Not
even 30 yet and you're like this!"
North
Atlantic wind will warp our resting veins
It
will dissolve you finally
and naked you'll
die, under the black sky, lost and alone
In
the all-night party at the chemical plant,
everybody's feeling grand
The Irish peasants
haven't had this much fun
since their
ancestors fled the land
A man with a hammer
smashes down a wall, and everybody shouts,
"Hooray!"
and the virgins get taken in the
shower stalls
where the cyanide comes up the
drains
Don't call an ambulance if you can't
pay
North Atlantic wind will warp our
resting veins
It'll put you back down in
your place
and take that arrogant look off
your face
North Atlantic wind will cut
through bone and brain
Oh, be glad that you
can still feel pain
because naked you'll
die, under the black sky, lost and alone