Byrne and Kelly - The Rag Man lyrics

[Verse 1] Spent his life in transit trains Around the liberties Satchel on his shoulders Stickin' handles in both knees Children run to meet him Like a circus pa**ing by Mothers stand and greet him Hoping they can catch his eye She can't tell what he wants [?] want to give her out But [?] a future stood there with A man and his horse and cart Her family would disown her She'd be be left there on her own Don't risk it all on the man with the rag and bone [Pre-Chorus] Here comes, here comes, here comes Here comes, here comes, here comes The rag man [Chorus] Here comes the rag man He got the rag and bone Here comes the rag man He got the rag and bone [Verse 2] They say he joined the Navy at the age of 17 There's nowhere on this planet that man has never been He's had his way with women from all corners of the land Now he chose this Dublin girl by offering his hand She gave up everything she had to follow him around Sellin' rags and fillin' bags to try and make a pound She always hoped for better, her future wasn't known She never thought he'd up and leave A man with a rag and bone [Pre-Chorus] Here comes, here comes, here comes Here comes, here comes, here comes The rag man [Chorus] Here comes the rag man He got the rag and bone Here comes the rag man He got the rag and bone [Verse 3] Now she's left alone again to build a life once more She plays it safe and dreams of her [?] the distant [?] Give her hope for better, future was unknown Now she's left alone again to build a life once more The child that grows inside her will never see his father's hand Left [?] to wonder, she'll never understand But lookin' back at what he did, and even if she'd known She wouldn't change a thing But the man with the rag and bone [Pre-Chorus] Here comes, here comes, here comes Here comes, here comes, here comes The rag man [Chorus] Here comes the rag man She loved the rag and bone He was a rag man She loved the rag and bone He was a rag man She loved the rag and bone He was a rag man She loved the rag and bone She loved the rag and bone She loved the rag and bone He was a rag man (Here comes) She loved the rag and bone (Here comes) He was a rag man She loved the rag and bone