Macgillycuddy`s Reeks Lyrics

Macgillycuddy`s Reeks lyrics

by Warren Zevon and Paul Muldoon



She stood beside my narrow bed

to check my E.K.G.

She shook her pretty little head

At what's become of me

I thought I glimpsed a path that led

Through rhododendron days

And fuchsia nights to the boatshed

In which we two once lay



But she gazed only at my chart

The valleys and the peaks

Brought back the time she broke my heart

In Macgillycuddy's Reeks



But she gazed only at my chart

The valleys and the peaks

Brought back the time she broke my heart

In Macgillycuddy's Reeks



I saw her on Killarney's shore

One morning in July

When I still thought I was a thorn

Trying to find a side

I met her in the little launch

That runs to Innisfallen

Hunched together, haunch to haunch

Trying to keep my balance



But she upset my applecart

She kissed me on the cheek

And I was struck by Cupid's dart

In Macgillycuddy's Reeks

Macgillycuddy's Reeks

Macgillycuddy's Reeks

I was struck by Cupid's dart

In Macgillycuddy's Reeks



She was a systems analyst

For a dot com company

She said, "You think because we've kissed

I'll be yours eternally

I'll sign another pre-nup

And we'll merge our P.L.C.s

That's why most girls go belly-up

In this economy



But when it comes to a jump start

Your forecast's pretty bleak

The NASDAQ goes by dips and starts

Like Macgillycuddy's Reeks

The NASDAQ goes by dips and starts

Like Macgillycuddy's Reeks



She looked only at my chart

The valleys and the peaks

Brought back the time she broke my heart

In Macgillycuddy's Reeks

Macgillycuddy's Reeks

Macgillycuddy's Reeks

That was the time she broke my heart

In Macgillycuddy's Reeks