Mick Brady: Lyrics

He was taken away and wrapped in a shawl

They rushed him down to the church

To claim him for God, to claim him for us

They were thinking of first things first

His mother was weak, she’d been through so much pain

They didn’t want to hurt her no more

So they kept her in bed, away from her child

His father outside the door

 

I’ve got no doubts their intentions were good

And they thought it was all for the best

But she always wished that she could have seen him

And held him close to her breast

 

They sent her back home with nothing to show

For all she had been through

She put away the clothes she’d made for her child

She packed up the baby toys too

Everyone said it was best to forget

Get on with life like before

There was no more to do, no more to say

That’s just the way that it goes

 

Fifty years on she always cried

When she spoke ‘bout her little boy

She remembered so clear, going back all those years

He was always there on her mind

She’d no grave to visit, no photo to touch

Just a pain she felt all her life

Now I miss my brother and I miss my mother

And I hope they’re together tonight

 

© Mick Brady