Kathleen - The Rumjacks

When he fell to his knee she thought

He must’ve spied a penny at his feet

And the water in his eye was just the rain

Over the Glasgow city street

She rifles through her coat

To find a cigarette

A' to give her shakin' hands something to do

'For Chrissakes Jimmy

How longs it take to tie yer shoe?'

Kathleen, won’t you take this ring?

It’s not the worst that’s ever happened

Or the cheapest piece o' shit you’ve ever seen

O Kathleen, while me hairs all me own

And I still have a song left to sing

I’ve had enough o sleepin' rough

I want a warm safe place of all me own

We can stack a pile o bricks out in the sticks

And build ourselves a home

And down all the years you’ll pretend not to notice

I’ve been swappin' all yer whisky for tea

When I go singin' in the chapel

You’ll go sittin' three rows from me

Kathleen, won’t you take this ring?

It’s not the worst that’s ever happened

Or the cheapest piece o' shit you’ve ever seen

O Kathleen, while me hairs all me own

And I still have a song left to sing

With that fire in yer belly

You can help me keep the wolves from the door

We can go to bed hungry

So the children don’t know that we’re poor

We’ll teach 'em love tackles hate

And be they sinner or a saint

We can hold 'em up as heroes all the same

May they be strangers to the devil

And a choir o' angels sing their name

Kathleen, won’t you take this ring?

It’s not the worst that’s ever happened

Or the cheapest piece o' shit you’ve ever seen

O Kathleen, while me hairs all me own

And I still have a song left to sing

When he fell to his knee she thought

He must’ve had a crisis of the soul

And the sorrow in his eye was just him

Lookin' for a steady hand to hold

'Through the laughter and the tears

We grew silver with the years

While so many gave each other up for dead'

Though at times they hardly spoke y’know

They stayed together, it’s just what people did

Kathleen, won’t you take this ring?

It’s not the worst that’s ever happened

Or the cheapest piece o' shit you’ve ever seen

O Kathleen, while me hairs all me own

And I still have a song left to sing

O Kathleen

O Kathleen

O Kathleen

O Kathleen