I was lured by the rocking horse   Sweets and the bualadh bos   Fifty wild boys to a room   Sing lámh, lámh eile, the dish ran away with the spoon   Black shoes and stockings for those who say don't   Blue is the colour outside   God made the world   The snake tempted Eve and she died   Wild Christian brothers sharpening their leathers   Learn it by heart, that's the rule   All I remember is dreading September and school      CHORUS   And they made me for better or worse   The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be   And they gave me their blessings or curse   It wasn't their fault I was me ...   Not the one that you see      The priest in confession condemns my obsession   With thoughts that I do not invite   I mumble and stutter   He slams down the shutter   Goodnight - (Good night to you too, Father)   Stainless as steel   Lord, you know how I feel   Someone shoot me while my soul is clear   I don't think I'll last   But my vow to abstain was sincere   Arch-confraternity men to the fight   Raise up your banners on high   Searching for grace   Securing my place   When I die      CHORUS      Oh God, he kept a very close eye on me   Hung round my bed in the darkness, he spied on me   Caught me in the long grass so often, he died on me....      Ballrooms of romance in Salthill or Mallow   I stood like John Wayne by the wall   Lined up like cattle, we waited to do battle and fall   You can't wine and dine her in an old Morris Minor   So ask her before it's too late   I danced on girls' toes - accepted rejection as my fate   Drink was my saviour, it made me much braver   But I couldn't hold it too well   I slipped on the coach and ruined my approach as I fell