Name: Betty (Take a small thing).
Duration: P00H04M45S
Description: Written from the perspective of the 'War Poets' - Betty is a song about the Black Watch and their attack on Falluja - The Iraq Invasion. It could be about any war.

Betty (Take a small thing).

from Shane Ó Fearghail - Acoustic by Shane Ó Fearghail

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Written from the perspective of the 'War Poets' - Betty is a song about the Black Watch and their attack on Falluja - The Iraq Invasion. It could be about any war.

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Betty (take a small thing)

Verse 1
The war it has begun
Over the horizon...
You with all your tongues
Everything’s made silent.
You take a long around
Now everything’s been poisoned
I’ll hold you down.

Verse 2
Summer seeps into
The ground like angry rivers,
Nothing but the sound of fear
As you begin to shiver.
Thoughts for you are far from here
I've read them in your letters,
They warm the ground

Chorus
And Betty take a small thing
And make it all new
I don’t have the time
But baby I miss you...
Betty you’re on my mind
What can I do
I don't speak for them
And they don't talk for you

Verse 3
Deep beneath the sun drenched hills
Where black it turns to gold,
To oil this war machinery
Everything is sold.
As politicians bend their pens
And flail their arms around
War the hungry parasite
It’s search the underground,

Verse 4
Days are almost endless here
And nights go on forever
With night sights, green lights, Infar red
This war machine moves better...
No peace, no joy nor glory here
Away form all their toys,
I'm wondering where they are tonight
While we play little boys

Chorus
And Betty take a small thing and make it all new
I don’t have the time
And baby I miss you...
Betty you’re on my mind
Still what can I do
I don't speak for them
And they don't talk for you

But I miss you. Yeah I miss you Oh how I miss you

Middle 8
I miss all the days we stood in lines
I miss all the ways we said we'd try
I miss all the times now time slips by
(But) Then it blows
To brings me back to earth
Heaven knows
Just what worth is worth
Yeah it goes
To bring me back to earth
Now I've laid my head down
I've laid my head down

Verse 5 (outro)
Betty today I killed a man
My back was to the wall
I shot him hard, I had no choice
I watched him turn and fall.
His silence still repeats on me
Yet you still feel familiar
Can you still place your tust in me,
Now I’ve become a killer.
You see this dusty sun turns boys to men
But I’d rather turn and run
Now I’m just another soldier
With just another gun....

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from Shane Ó Fearghail - Acoustic, released May 20, 2021
Written & Produced by Shane Ó Fearghail
Recorded in Valbonne by Antimo Kelly Puca (AP Studios)

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Shane Ó Fearghail Vienna, Austria

Shane Ó Fearghail is a singer-songwriter from Dublin, currently based in Vienna.

“Her” is the second single release from the eagerly awaited album by Shane Ó Fearghail & The Host.

It draws on old world influences. For this album Shane drew on the expertise of his live band “The Host”.

Released on Tuesday the 6th December 2022, 'Her' is a song about just that.

New Album Release 17.03.2022 ... more

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