Late Afternoon in the Meadow (1887)

I saw a man jump off the Clifton Street bridge
 Onto the Westlink, harder than a cliff-edge
 Oh man, oh man, the way he fell
 Like a sack of spuds, a ringing bell
 Down a stone well
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 Oh man, oh man, the way he fell,
 Like a sack of spuds, a ringing bell
 Stone well
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 This river of concrete
 Cut the city in two
 So you never knew me
 I never knew you
 But I can't imagine why
 Anyone would do that
 Tell me brother why,
 Why'd you do that?
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 No, I can't imagine why
 Anyone would do that
 Tell me brother why,
 Where were you going?
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 Somewhere warmer, kinder,
 Softer on the soul
 Like the mother's hand,
 The honeycomb
 Skies of Pisarro
 Late Afternoon in the Meadow (1887)
 When they assured us all once
 That it can only get better
 But I'm not sure now
 Not so sure
 "Well I'll tell you pal,
 If you'd care to listen"
 He said as he stood up
 And climbed into my Nissan
 Reversed down the motorway
 Got off at the falls
 Drove up Black Mountain
 As he told me it all
 
 He said "I've been feeling low, low, low
 For a long time now
 And I owe, owe, owe a lot of
 Money to the wrong people"
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 My life's just something that's been
 Happening to me
 Used to play for Cliftonville
 'Til I wrecked my knee
 Started working for my uncle
 Started hanging round the bars
 Y'know I really thought
 That I'd be somewhere else by now
 Somewhere warmer, kinder,
 Softer on the soul
 Like the mother's hand,
 The honeycomb,
 Skies of Pisarro
 Late Afternoon in the Meadow (1887)
 When they assured us all once
 That it can only get better
 Get warmer, kinder
 Softer on the soul
 Like the mother's hand,
 The honeycomb,
 Skies of Pisarro
 Late Afternoon in the Meadow (1887)
 When they assured us,
 I was so sure that it could only get better
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 Not so sure now
 Not so sure now