Cousin Charlie - The Elders

It doesn’t go any further than this room

No fly on the wall will ever know

You know what they say you only dressed in grey

And a sign from you could seal a man’s doom

Your help for a widow would dry away her tears

And the legend only grew with the passing of the years

Cousin Charlie won’t you tell us a story

Of criminals and days in the wars

Tell us all about the heroes high wide and tall

That would lay down and die for the cause

Cousin Charlie won’t you tell about it all

Now they say you kept it under the radar

The business was all underground

With the help of twenty martyrs and some friends overseas

They could turn this country around

There was blood before it’s done it’s always hit and run

When it got from bad to worse the curse was reversed

So now you’ve settled down in that sleepy little town

The heart of mother Ireland to surround you

Did you ever exist could you do more than this

My friend we were lucky just to find you

You were slippery as a whale escaped from Lincoln Gaol

And somehow you’re still here to tell us the tale