《If I Get an Encore》歌词

[00:00:01] If I Get An Encore - Christy Moore

[00:00:09] When I first heard Tommy Makem and

[00:00:11] The Clancy's my future it was sealed

[00:00:16] I was bitten by the ballad bug and since then

[00:00:19] The wound has never healed

[00:00:22] When I got my first guitar my fingers bled until

[00:00:26] I learned a chord or two

[00:00:29] I pulled on my aran sweater wrote my Ma a goodbye letter

[00:00:34] And started throwing shapes in O'Donoghue's

[00:00:38] I've played every lounge in Ireland from

[00:00:41] Dingle right up to Donegal

[00:00:45] I've sung Nancy Spain on stages

[00:00:47] Where no other ballad singers play at all

[00:00:52] From the rising sun in Brownstown to the Blue Lagoon

[00:00:55] Above in Sligo Town

[00:00:59] Ballymurphy and the Bogside Ballinamore

[00:01:02] And even once in Ballinasloe

[00:01:05] If I get an encore I go home feeling like a king

[00:01:12] It's a two way situation I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

[00:01:21] I played cabaret in Bundoran and marquees for Father Horan

[00:01:25] And I once stood in for Johnny McEvoy

[00:01:30] From Berlin to San Francisco I've gone on before the disco

[00:01:34] Lashing out the four green fields of Athenry

[00:01:39] Mountbellew was like purgatory

[00:01:41] But Tulsk was just like being in hell

[00:01:45] I've received my education in the lounges of the nation

[00:01:50] After 25 years I am doing well

[00:01:54] If I get an encore I go home feeling like a king

[00:02:01] It's a two way situation I get a lot of pleasure when I sing

[00:02:10] I was playing in the Meeting place

[00:02:12] When half the Special Branch came to the door

[00:02:16] They were looking for an outlaw

[00:02:18] He stole their trousers back in 1984

[00:02:23] They started listening to my songs and

[00:02:25] Hung around till after the show

[00:02:29] If I ever need a taxi plate or a massage at a special rate

[00:02:34] They're the boys to tell me where to go

[00:02:38] If I get an encore I go home feeling like a king

[00:02:45] It's a two way situation I get a lot of pleasure

[00:02:51] When I sing