Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
             
Poor old Johnn

   
y Ray
             
Sounded sad up

              
on the radio m

             
oved a million

           
 hearts in mon

o
            
 Our mothers c


ried
             
Sang along, wh

                        
o'd blame them
             
You're grown (

              
you're grown u

    
p), so grown (

so grown up)
             
Now I must say

              
 more than eve

          
r            (

come on Eileen

)
           
Toora-loora-to

            
ora-loo-rye-ay

e
             
and we can sin

              
g just like ou

  
r fathers


[Fill]
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[Chorus]
             
Come on Eileen

       
 oh, I swear (

well he means)
            
at this moment

             
 you mean ever

   
ything
             
With you in th

             
at dress, my t

houghts (I con

fess)
            
verge on dirty

             
, ah come on E

  
ileen


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
             
These people r

     
ound here
            
wear beaten-do

wn eyes sunk i

n smoke-dried 

faces,
             
so resigned to

             
 what their fa

te is
             
but not us (no

           
 never) no not

 us (no never)
             
we are far too

              
 young and cle

            
ver           

 (remember)
           
Toora-loora-to

            
ora-loo-rye-ay

e
             
Eileen, I'll h

              
um this tune f

  
orever


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[Chorus]
             
Come on, Eilee

        
n, oh I swear 

(well he means

)
            
Ah come on, le

             
t's take off e

     
verything
             
That pretty re

           
d dress, Eilee

n (tell him ye

s)
            
Ah, come on, l

              
et's, ah, come

      
 on, Eileen
             
That pretty re

           
d dress, Eilee

n (tell him ye

s)
            
Ah, come on, l

              
et's, ah, come

      
 on, Eileen

Please...
(half-speed, getting gradually faster)


[Chorus]
             
 (Come on, Eil

              
een, too-loo r

   
ye-aye, come o

n)
              
(Eileen, too-l

             
oo rye-aye, to

              
ora, toora-too

                         
-loora)
                     Now you have grown, now you have shown, oh, Eileen
             
        (Come 

              
on, Eileen, to

              
o-loo rye-aye,

         
 come on)
Come on, Eileen, these things they are real, and I know
              
(Eileen, too-l

             
oo rye-aye, to

              
ora, toora-too

                                 
-loora)
   how you feel       Now I must say more than ever, things round here have changed
             
 (Come on, Eil

              
een, too-loo r

           
ye-aye, come o

              
n)  (Eileen, t

             
oo-loo rye-aye

              
, toora, toora

                 
-too-loora)
Too-ra             loo-ra      too-ra                      loo-rye-aye


[Chorus]
             
Come on Eileen

       
 oh, I swear (

well he means)
            
at this moment

             
 you mean ever

   
ything
             
With you in th

             
at dress, my t

houghts (I con

fess)
            
verge on dirty

             
, ah come on E

  
ileen

(fading out)