Obrien

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The stuff that makes up legend is born on yesterday 
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to be born again tomorrow thats the legendary way 
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Theres always one in every crowd and one in every town 
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So I'll tell you all the story of when O'Brien came around 

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He didn't account for nothing much though his back was able 
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he couldn't control his appetite or leave it at the table 
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he was heedless hard and one of a kind and somehow kept from jail 
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always faced the devil but always lived to tell the tale 

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Well they called him casanova cause he had the right complexion 
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His advances at the dances met with minimal rejection 
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He got so good at the juggling he could've joined the carney 
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Evan said McCarthey he's been given the gift of blarney 

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Well there was this one and that one and another one left to find 
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Her own way home O'Brien was the love em and leave em kind 
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This one knew about that one and the other one not about she 
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O'Brein he was a tom cat a ladies man was he 

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Now the gift of gab is a wonderful thing as everyone is aware 
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I wouldnt be lying no one is denying O'Brien has had his share 
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But the weaver of the tanglement don't get to be relaxing 
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Cause one careles slip of a silver tongue can cause a chain reaction 

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And in legendary fashion one night O'Brien had a jaggan 
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It all come tumbling down at night when O'Brien took to braggin' 
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Hey me boys shes just a toy sure I never even kissed her 
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Evan says McCarthy now you're talkin about me sister 

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I'm a lover not a fighter said O'Brien with a grin 
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Just before he heard the crack of McCarthy's knuckles on his chin 
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This one sighed and that one cried and they tell it to this day 
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That's the story of how McCarthy sent O'Brien on his way 

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Well there was this one and that one and another one left to find 
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Her own way home O'Brien was the love em and leave em kind 
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This one knew about that one and the other one not about she 
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O'Brein he was a tom cat a ladies man was he 

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Well there was this one and that one and another one left to find 
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Her own way home O'Brien was the love em and leave em kind 
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This one knew about that one and the other one not about she 
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O'Brein he was a tom cat a ladies man was he 

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