From the recording Rising Tide
Lyrics
Between The Canals
Between the canals I rambled
searching for the city’s heart
So I walked these streets till the end of the night
I couldn’t find a place to start
Couldn’t find it in the din of revelry
That keeps the neon burning bright
Could I find it in the busker’s bodhrán?
That beats the rhythm of a lonely night
(Chorus)
Oh my city she’ll never fail me
Though I fear she’s been led astray
But her heart is still here
beating for the break of day
Between the canals I wandered
searching for a love unseen
From Raglan Road up to Monto
are these all just forgotten dreams?
Past the shadow boys on the tow path wall
with a taste for Autumn Gold
Luke Kelly their saint of anecdote
as they sing of Dublin old
(Repeat Chorus)
Every empty needle in the gutter
Has a story that’s begging to be told
Just like every child has a dream of being somebody and having somebody to hold
Between the canals there’s a face of a city
pretty with her battle scars.
Between the canals I rambled
searching for her fleeting heart
(Repeat Chorus)
©Copyright Robert Delaney 2011