I left my home, and I picked up a gun,   Left the mountains and the valleys   And the linnets sweet old song,   In defense of Dublin City and   Our Rights defense, it’s true,   For that is where we met,   And I did it all for you.      [Chorus:]   I did it all for you,   Oh I did it all for you,   Never a thought within my mind,   Not a thing I couldn’t do.   I did it all for you,   Oh I did it all for you,   And now that it’s done,   I just don’t know what to do.      Now our town’s become a city   And the dance becomes a ball,   And jobs become computers,   Which I cannot do at all.   Now we are old,   And our church’s attendance is few,   And now it’s gone and I’m retired,   Still I did it all for you.      [Chorus]      Oh! You’re dead my love,   And our family’s gone away,   But so has the loss of privacy   And responsibility,   But this celtic tiger,   Rugged individualism,   I just cannot do,   Lord have mercy on you love,   My god, I did it all for you.      [Chorus]      How do I take care of myself?   God, I never wanted to.