Danny Boy

Danny came over to old New York
From Bandon Town in the County Cork
He got a room on the avenue in Woodside, Queens
And a job off the books doing demolition
He was kind of different than everyone else
He liked to hang out all by himself
He didn't hit those bars in Sunnyside Queens
Went straight into the Village to check out the scene
One day in a job, the foreman said
"Hey Danny Boy, we think you're a fag
With your pony tail and that ring in your ear
Hey, we don't need no homos fouling up the air"
Danny just smiled, picked up a two by four
He split that jerk from his jaw to his ear
Said, "You can stick your job where the sun don't shine
Never gonna stop me being what I am, boy"
Then he met a man down in Sheridan Square
They lived together for a couple of years
He said it was the happiest he'd ever been
Doing what he wanted, living his dream
They used to drink together down at Avenue B
One grey dawn he confessed to me
"Love's the only thing that makes the world go 'round
And I'm never gonna see another sunset
Over sweet Bandon Town"
Last time I saw Danny was in a hospital bed
Two tubes hanging out of the nose of his head
Smiled at me with his stone blue eyes
Said, "Hey, how you doing, guy?
I'm history around here in a couple of weeks
I did what I wanted, I got no regrets
So when you think of me, crack a beer and smile
Hey, life's a bitch and then you die"
Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go, I must bide
But come you back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy, I love, I love you so
I love you so, Danny Boy, I love you so
I love you so, Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Boy, Boy