The Dreamin

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Oh, whiskey's the life of man, 
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but whiskey's mostly water
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And it's whiskey fuels the worker 
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and corrupts his only daughter
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The mountain water in the still, 
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the copper pipes a-steamin'
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There'll soon be whiskey in the 
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glass and dreamers gone to dreamin'

[Chorus]
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Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the 
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dreamin'
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A young girl's prayer, an old 
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man's thoughts a-reelin'
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Two lovers stealin', the moonlight 
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beamin'
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Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the 
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dreamin'

[Verse]
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Oh, I met her down in Dublin 
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town, like a bottle fly I fell
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To the spider in the Blackbush of
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 the old railway hotel
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I spun my web from Liffey's walls, 
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to the back room down at Whelan's
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But, oh, how sweet my poison, now 
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is drowning in the dreamin'

[Chorus]
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Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the 
 Em
dreamin'
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A young girl's prayer, an old 
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man's thoughts a-reelin'
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Two lovers stealin', the moonlight 
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beamin'
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Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the 
  C
dreamin'

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[Verse]
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Oh, whiskey's made of water, 
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lads, barley, corn or malt
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And man and woman's water, mixed 
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with poetry and salt
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Bring on the pullin' of the tides, 
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the flash of eyes a-gleamin'
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When passion blends the elements, 
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the yeast is but the dreamin'

[Chorus]
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Oh, it's the dreamin', it's the 
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dreamin'
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A young girl's prayer, an old 
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man's thoughts a-reelin'
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Two lovers stealin', the moonlight 
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beamin'
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The search for meaning, leads 
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through the dreamin'
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Oh, whiskey's the life of man