Biography:
Damien Dempsey (born 1975 in Donaghmede, Dublin) is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk with contemporary lyrics to deliver social commentary on the positive and negative aspects arising from Ireland's Celtic Tiger society. He sings in English, and to a lesser extent in Irish.
Dempsey's earliest musical influences were the post-pub singsongs that his parents used to have at their home when he was a toddler. Good, bad or indifferent, everyone had to sing.
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Other songs:
- Your Pretty Smile
- Sing All Our Cares Away
- Apple Of My Eye
- Bad Time Garda
- Bottle Talk
- Bustin Outta Here
- Canadian Geese Live
- Cardboard City
- Chase The Light
- Colony
- Factories
- Ghosts Of Overdoses
- Go To Sea No More
- Hold Me
- Industrial School
- Its All Good
- Jar Song
- Kelly From Killane
- Negative Vibes
- Not On Your Own Tonight
- Party On
- Patience
- Sam Jenkins
- Schooldays Over
- Seize The Day
- Sing All Your Cares Away
- Spraypaint Backalley
- St Patricks Day
- We Need Community
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Intro: C Em F G
Verse:
C Em
Mary loves the grouse, hides the bottles round the house,
F G
She watches chatshows and the soaps, broken-hearted but she copes,
C Em
Michael's out of work, feels he's sinking in the murk,
F G
He's unshaven and a mess, finds it hard some days to dress
C Em
Stevie smashes the delf, cos he can't express himself,
F G
He's consumed by rage, like his father at his age,
C Em
Rits'a little child, have a lovely little smile,
F G
This means nothing to her father, because he's never even seen her
Chorus:
F G
We sing, sing all our cares away
F G G
We'll live, to fight another day
Verse:
C Em
Joey's off the gear, he's been clean for half a year,
F G
He gets bored out of his mind, but he's tryin to toe the line
C Em
Maggie's in a chair, 'twas joyriding put her there,
F G
She puts the kettle on the boil, and shes always got a smile
Chorus:
F G
We sing, sing all our cares away
F G
We'll live, to fight another day
F G
We sing, sing all our cares away,
F Em
We'll live, to love another day,
C G
We grow strong, from it all,
F G
We grow strong, or we fall,
C Em
We grow strong, from it all,
F G
We grow strong, or we fall,
C
We grow strong.
Verse:
C Em
Mary loves the grouse, hides the bottles round the house,
F G
She watches chatshows and the soaps, broken-hearted but she copes,
C Em
Michael's out of work, feels he's sinking in the murk,
F G
He's unshaven and a mess, finds it hard some days to dress
C Em
Stevie smashes the delf, cos he can't express himself,
F G
He's consumed by rage, like his father at his age,
C Em
Rits'a little child, have a lovely little smile,
F G
This means nothing to her father, because he's never even seen her
Chorus:
F G
We sing, sing all our cares away
F G G
We'll live, to fight another day
Verse:
C Em
Joey's off the gear, he's been clean for half a year,
F G
He gets bored out of his mind, but he's tryin to toe the line
C Em
Maggie's in a chair, 'twas joyriding put her there,
F G
She puts the kettle on the boil, and shes always got a smile
Chorus:
F G
We sing, sing all our cares away
F G
We'll live, to fight another day
F G
We sing, sing all our cares away,
F Em
We'll live, to love another day,
C G
We grow strong, from it all,
F G
We grow strong, or we fall,
C Em
We grow strong, from it all,
F G
We grow strong, or we fall,
C
We grow strong.
Damso
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Dan And Drum
Dan And Phil
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