LEARN LYRICS

Scorched earth in the wind
Stone moors
Around the lakes
It's for the living
A bit of hell
Connemara
Black clouds
That come from the north
Tint the land
The lakes, the rivers
That's the backdrop
Of Connemara
The next spring
The Irish sky
Was at peace
Maureen dove
Naked into a lake
Of Connemara
Sean Kelly thought
"I'm Catholic
Maureen too."
The granite church
In Limerick
Maureen said "yes"
From Tipperary
Bally-Connelly
And from Galway
They arrived
In the county
Of Connemara
There were the Connors
The O'Conollys
The Flahertys
From the Ring of Kerry
And enough to drink
Three days and two nights
Down there, in Connemara
Everybody knows the cost of silence
Down there, in Connemara
They say life
Is madness
And that madness
Is something you dance
Scorched earth in the wind
Stone moors
Around the lakes
It's for the living
A bit of hell
Connemara
Black clouds
That come from the north
Tint the land
The lakes, the rivers
That's the backdrop
Of Connemara
People still live there
In the days of the Gaels
And Cromwell
To the rhythm of the rain
And the sun
To the horses' pace
They still believe
In the lake monsters
You see swimming
On some summer nights
Then dive back
For eternity
You still see
Men from elsewhere
Come seeking
Rest for the soul
And for the heart
A taste of better things
They still believe
That the day will come
It's very near
When the Irish
Will make peace
Around the cross
Down there, in Connemara
Everyone knows the cost of war
Down there, in Connemara
They don't accept
The Welsh peace
Nor that of the kings of England