The Ghosts Of Belfast

Jimmy I've got it now
 I'd rather be dead
 Than take what I'm given
 Or eat what I'm fed
 Well I can't help myself
 Sometimes it's true
 But nothing came easy
 for me or for you
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 You'll be a long time in the grave
 And you can't live in the past
 Let's lay down to rest
 All the ghosts of Belfast
 I've got my reasons
 I've got my pride
 My glass is half full
 But it's cracked on the side
 I wish I could take back
 The things that I said
 Never mind there's better times
 Just up ahead
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 Maybe I've learned enough
 Maybe I can reach
 I wish I could practice
 The things that I preach
 It's hard to get on now
 I've taken a belt
 The hardest of all
 Is to live with yourself
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