《Riding the High Stool》歌词

[00:00:01] Riding The High Stool - Christy Moore

[00:00:05] I was riding the high stool expandin' and expoundin'

[00:00:10] On the price of rice in Siera Leone

[00:00:12] And the height of the beef mountain

[00:00:14] As to where did Jack Doyle meet Movita

[00:00:17] How many wives did the Aga Khan

[00:00:19] Dismountin' from my high horse

[00:00:22] I couldn't find the handle of the bar room door

[00:00:27] Yeah sure I knew it all then up again' the counter

[00:00:29] I'd weigh you up in ten seconds flat

[00:00:34] Ya see I was a great judge of character

[00:00:36] My instincts always tellin' me exactly what kinda guy I got

[00:00:44] 'Til I turned to go that is

[00:00:46] Whereupon I couldn't tell my arse from my well-bent elbow

[00:00:52] I was heading down the streets of Laredo singin' Red Sails in the Sunset

[00:00:57] Sure it was no wonder we knew it all then

[00:01:02] Twas like drinkin' porter off a sore leg sez Ber Murphy

[00:01:06] "Would ye ever ask me bollix" sez Kenny Barry

[00:01:11] I showed them the colour of me money when I got back from Katanga

[00:01:16] There's no business like show business sez Titch Maher in Flood's bar

[00:01:21] After snaggin' turnips for the Holy Fathers

[00:01:26] But after it got dark much later;

[00:01:31] Down by the pinkeen bridge

[00:01:32] I cried buckets in the river

[00:01:35] When Mickser sang "Oh gentle Swallows"

[00:01:41] Oh gentle swallows

[00:01:46] For knowin' it all is a lonely place to be

[00:01:51] Yet still I found it very hard to say

[00:01:56] "Hey man this load is too much for me

[00:02:01] Til I was completely terrified

[00:02:06] Whereupon a light ship came upon my way

[00:02:10] And caught me in its beam

[00:02:15] Before I went under yet again

[00:02:19] For the very last time

[00:02:23] I was ridin' the high stool expandin' and expoundin'

[00:02:28] Swimming in the wine lakes and climbing the beef mountains

[00:02:33] Ridin' the high stool expandin' and expoundin'

[00:02:37] On the price of rice in Siera Leone

[00:02:39] And the height of the beef mountain

[00:02:42] Ridin' the high stool