Lori Lieberman - My Baby Needs A Shepherd

"Grace"

As we gather in the Chapel, in olde Kilmainham jail

I think about the last few weeks, oh will they say, we failed

From our school days, they have told us, we must yearn for Liberty

Yet all I want in this dark place, is to have you here with me.

Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger

They'll take me out at dawn, and I will die

With all my Love, I place this wedding ring upon your finger

There won't be time to share our love, so we must say goodbye.

Now I know it's hard for you, my love, to ever understand

The Love I bear for these brave men - my Love for this dear land

But when Padraic called me to his side, down in the G.P.O.

I had to leave my own sick bed - to him I had to go.

Now the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking, too

On this May morn', as I walk out, my thoughts will be of you

And I'll write some words, upon the walls, so everyone will know

I Loved so much that I could see - His blood upon the rose.

Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms. . .

Sean O'Meara & Frank O'Meara 

 Ireland

~Beannaichte'

2 March, 2019

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