Shane

Born in England as a son of Irish folk Shane grew up in Tipperary, Ireland His mother was a singer and Theresa was her name She introduced him to the traded Irish ways In his house were Irish sessions all night long Irish jigs and polkas played by Irish men At the age of five he smoked his first cigar One year later laying drunk on the floor Oh Shane We love your songs so much 'Bout Irish history and brown eyes in a bus Oh Shane You brought us such great songs And bliss from the prime of your life In the London schools he didn't spend much time He was thrown out after sharing too much drugs That was the starting point of his brand new career He formed The Nips and played some gigs in London Town And in '82 The Pogues were up to start He wrote songs and they were famous all along "Old Main Drag" and "Boys from County Hell" And the drugs gave support to his trail Oh Shane We love your songs so much 'Bout Irish history and brown eyes in a bus Oh Shane You brought us such great songs And bliss from the prime of your life Oh Shane We love your songs so much 'Bout Irish history and brown eyes in a bus Oh Shane You brought us such great songs And bliss from the prime of your life Oh Shane We love your songs so much 'Bout Irish history and brown eyes in a bus Oh Shane You brought us such great songs And bliss from the prime of your life And bliss from the prime of your life And bliss from the prime of your life