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Colum Sands
	Year:	2003
	Album:	THE NOTE THAT LINGERS ON
	Song:	The politician's song
Words & Music Mickey Connell, Elm Grove Music Colum Sands: vocals
Well for twenty frantic fruitless years I worked in Dublin town Reporting for newspapers I was busy writing down All the words of politicians in my endless quest for truth Twas at such a wasted exercise I squandered all my youth That's the cause of my misfortune as I'll explain to you For I find myself now talking like politicians do And if anyone should ask me, do I take sugar in my tae I grasp them firmly by the hand and this is what I say chorus: Well I'm very glad you asked me that for at this point in time In the circumstances that prevail there is in the pipeline Infrastructural implications interfaced with lines of thought Which lead to grass roots viabilities which at this time I'd rather not Annunciate in ambiguities but rather seek to find Negotiated compromises which are the bottom line For full and frank discussion which would serve to integrate With basic fundamental principles to which we all relate Not indoctrinaire philosophy which any fool can see An inescapable hypothesis confronting you and me So in the interest of the common good now you need never fear For I've got the matter well in hand and I'm glad I've made things clear. Now as you can imagine this has greatly changed my life And example was the fateful day on which I wed my wife All went well until the moment the priest asked me with a smile Do you take this woman for your wife and swiftly I replied chorus Now I'm lying in my death bed and I'm filled with mortal dread For I know that very shortly I will certainly be dead And when Saint Peter asks me if I'd like to come on in I'm sure to face damnation for I know I'll say to him chorus