La chevauchée irlandaise ride ride ride

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GONE BEFORE THE MORNING Verse 1 Grey light comes crawling over Galway Bay, I slip the rope and let the gate swing wide. I've nothing in my pockets but the day And a wild mare shaking off the night. Verse 2 The peat smoke's still asleep behind the hill, The old man's dogs are barking at the door. Let them call my name until the bells go still, I'm not the boy they knew here anymore. Pre-chorus Low stone walls and heather burning gold, A hundred empty miles and nothing left to hold. Chorus Ride, ride, ride the western wind, Out where the rain and the wild plain begin. Ten thousand horses running with the tide, No bridle, no border, no goodbye. We'll be gone, gone before the morning, Gone before the morning knows we're gone. Verse 3 The mountains fall behind us into blue, The ocean throws its silver on the shore. She runs like every promise I outgrew, And I don't feel the years I carried anymore. Bridge There's a hard road east where the lamplight burns, There's a cold bed waiting for the man who turns. So kick the fire out, let the ashes fly, Better lost and living than safe and dry. Final chorus (monter d'un ton, doubler les voix) Ride, ride, ride the western wind, Out where the rain and the wild plain begin. Ten thousand horses running with the tide, No bridle, no border, no goodbye. We'll be gone, gone before the morning, Gone before the morning knows we're gone. Outro Hooves on the heather, hooves on the stone, Hooves on the heather, and the road going home.