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Clones Fireman

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Clones Fireman was released on October 10, 2025 by Niall McNamee as a part of the album Glass and Mirrors

Song Details

AlbumGlass and Mirrors

Release DateOctober 10, 2025

LabelNiall McNamee

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Niall McNamee

Vocals, Guitar

Luke Maher

Piano, Musician

Fabrizio Toccaceli

Fabrizio Toccaceli

Guitar, Musician

Laura McFadden

Cello, Musician

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Niall Joseph McNamee

Niall Joseph McNamee

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Cathal Murphy

Producer

George Sloan

Producer

Lyrics

Working on the trains everyday

Chucking coal in the frame

Clones to Bundouran and Belfast some days, back home again

On the lanes by the shore

He’s a young boy no more

He hasn’t played a game since down in 34

And his eyes are full of grit and smoke

You’d never guess a fireman from the words he spoke

And the ballads of home

From his heart through his throat

Outside the drums and whistles play the town

Across the way he sees a smile that matches his frown

And he walks very slowly to an angel he’s bound

Til now he’s been lost but he sees her he’s found

And they talked for hours and said she can’t stay

And he asked her why

She says she’s moving away

His asks where too

She says to England in May

And suddenly his souls young again

He’s found his best fiend

And she’s the only thing he’ll dream

Until the end

He stands out at the shore

Life’s not the same as before

As long as she’s across the sea

He’ll dream and dream forever more

Years go by and older he grows

The gardens grey without his rose

Living in a land where all by he stepped on a boat and chose

Letters back and fourth

Over five years aren’t enough

The man who’s built of steal

Without his girl he isn’t tough

And like a saint he calls over the sea

Calling Chris across to make a life

For him and for me

He flips a coin in Holyhead

It landed tails to go

Down the Birmingham

A middle ground

With a suitcase and a coat

And suddenly his souls young again

He’s found his best fiend

And she’s the only thing he’ll dream

Until the end

They stand out at the shore

Life’s not the same as before as long as she’s across the sea

With him forever more

And they danced all night singing

‘Don’t fence me in’

Under city lights a life and a dream to begin

And the streets aren’t quiet and the roads aren’t thin

And the air is thick like the smoke from the coal

The Brooke’s are green like the face of the soil

And her smiles the same she’s not changed in a while

50 years down the line

He’s collecting me from school on time

Every Monday night, a dinner, talking of the rare auld times

Nights in pubs with mulligans and talking of the scene

McGuigan’s titles, and times of the boys in green

And she’s bickering and moaning

But you still see that smile

He’s still the boy from clones

Travelled hundreds of miles

Left his home for her hand

Through the lines and the isles

The fight and the pain

And the wind and the trials

The salt and the sea

And the cuts and the wounds

Paying for life

With a brick or a broom

Six days a week

For a 10 by 8 rooms

The darker days

The lights in the fumes

Lightyears from trains

Mountains from seas

You still see the wind through the flocks and the trees

The fields where you’re locked

And the lochs where you’re

On the trains every day

Chucking coal in the frame

And life’s not the same

On the tracks by the shore

They’re not young anymore

She’s aching

He’s breaking

And his heart is sore

And his eyes are full of grit and smoke

You know it’s the end from the way she spoke

And she sleeps as he sings her song

His heart through his throat

And suddenly his souls old again

He’s lost his best fiend

And she’s the only thing he’ll dream

Until the end

He stands out at the shore

Life’s not the same as before as long as she’s across the sea

He’ll dream and dream forever more

Written by: Niall Joseph McNamee

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