Fog Over Belfast

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I rose with the dawn on a gray Belfast morning, the fog wrapped the terraces tight 
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The pavements were wet, and the church bells were warning, but no one was out in the light 
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The shops stayed on shuttered, the laughter had fled, the children played games with no cheer 
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I knew from the way that the old women said, that more broken hearts waited here 


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So, let the tears fall where no one can see, for the missing who never came in 
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For the photos that gather their dust silently, for the futures we never begin 
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The days carry on but the nights hold the sting of a voice that no longer replies 
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And the wind through the alleys knows everything, some absences time cant disguise 

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They talked about ceasefires and new starts ahead, but the fear it still lived in the walls 
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Every mother kept vigil beside her cold bed, listening close for the call 
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A car door would slam and the breathing would cease, the prayers would rise up in the gloom 
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Then the morning would find only memories and peace that never quite filled up the room 
 


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            D                G          D            Bm                     F#m 
So, let the tears fall where no one can see, for the missing who never came in 
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For the photos that gather their dust silently, for the futures we never begin 
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The days carry on but the nights hold the sting of a voice that no longer replies 
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And the wind through the alleys knows everything, some absences time cant disguise 

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His cap hangs there still on the peg by the stair; I dust it each day without fail 
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I speak to the air like hes standing right there, telling stories of how he prevailed 
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They say I should let the old sorrow subside, find new joy in the life I have got 
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But Id surrender the world just to have him beside, for one single hour; thats all that I want 
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The radios chatter with news of the peace, the politicians smile for the lens 
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But at home the pain has its own kind of lease, it lives with us still;   my old friend 
 


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            D                G          D            Bm                     F#m 
So, let the tears fall where no one can see, for the missing who never came in 
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For the photos that gather their dust silently, for the futures we never begin 
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If tomorrow brings calm to these troubled old shores, let it honor the price that was paid 
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For the true tale of Ireland is held in the cores of the families 
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Whose life had been dimmed; but not slain 

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