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Paddy's Day 2003

by Adam Murphy

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A song about the time the love of my life and I knew we were meant for each other.

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That Paddy's Day was a very fine day
But the pub was empty where I played
"Liven it up now the barman cried”
All in vain — everyone was outside
Soaking up the sun for the day was a rare one
All-blue sky and spirits high

Paddy's Day was a very fine day
The sun hammered down on Galway Bay
The parties starting at Spanish Arch
With plenty preventing mouth's being parched
Post-parade on the hottest day
In memory by far for an Irish March

Paddy's Day was a mighty craic day
But I felt a lack, why I couldn't say
Till I had a moment and then I knew
'Twas you being away and I missing  you
We were just friends up to then
But something was new for me and I hoped for you too

The evening brought a different scene
In a heaving Taylor's I trying to sing
To wall of of sunburnt lobster skin
Through the din and the smoke you came in
Out from the crowd like a beam through a cloud
"This is it now" I knew right then

That Paddy's Day was a very fine day
That night for me brought big change
You plucked me from my drinking den
And we went to the world of familial convention
I'd had enough of messing by then
But carried my tunes to vent
With diddly blues, new sentiments
And tape and pen and scattered notes
Echoing the soundings of unknowing poets

Paddy's Day - oh what a day
It turned out to be for me
Paddy's Day - oh what a day
The hottest and brightest and best for me 
Paddy's Day - oh nowadays
I'm only in the pub for Daddy's pay

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released February 19, 2023

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Adam Murphy Ireland

Adam Murphy was born and raised in Cork, Ireland, but is a long-time Galway resident after periods living and working in Europe, USA, and UK.
‘Progress’ is his ninth album of original material. Each collection has a discrete flavour and is a set of thematically linked pieces. His work has been aired regularly on RTE and other radio stations in Ireland and abroad, most recently in the Far East. ... more

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