Better Days Ahead

I was scuffling' hard and drinkin' down around Lough Ree Diggin' graves or buskin' made no difference to me Month to month, and week to week from hand to mouth I ran A million miles a minute, and a stubborn foolish man Well I took a walk long Green Street to kill the morning chill She was sellin' scones and brandy, a finger in the till A double shot to hold me, a straightner in the wind If I ever thought I knew for sure I'll never know again She was cool and she was kind 'Til she made me lose my mind We've got better days ahead Many more where they came from Don't chase 'em all away my friend 'Til your heart goes numb It's a long hard road they say With a fiddler on the way I will swear by better days Well the world is flat where I come from we got no place to hide No bridge across the ocean to reach the sons that died Now they say she's livin' on the coast a baby on the way The winter wolf outside the door south of Galway Bay I never bought that fishin' boat my second best laid plan She must have known my penance was a scam She was cool, she was kind 'Til she made me lose my mind