Quiet Paddy

Paddy was a quiet man, an honest man they say
He lived in Connemara all his days
Well he just wants a quiet life to work his piece of land
But the soldiers came and blew his dreams away

Listen to the west winds
Ah listen to the cries
And Paddy's there, he's plotting your demise
And here was a man with his sword and his pride
Oh they left him as an outlaw with no place hide
They left him as an outlaw
With no place to hide

A thousand miles from nowhere when you're on the rugged road
The highway's paved with danger all the way
So he gathered him an army and he swore revenge
For the rape of his homelands they would pay

Listen to the west winds
Ah listen to the cries
And Paddy's there, he's plotting your demise
And here was a man with his sword and his pride
Oh they left him as an outlaw with no place hide
They left him as an outlaw
With no place to hide

They say that Connemara was a rugged road
Where thunder storms turn night time into day
When fighting in the mountains it's a way of life
There's rebellion in them hills I heard them say

Listen to the west winds
Ah listen to your cries
And Paddy's there, plotting your demise
And here was a man with his sword and his pride
Oh they left him as an outlaw with no place hide
They left him as an outlaw
With no place to hide

The battle started raging on into the night
Oh the river running by was turned to red
The bloodshed and the slaughter wouldn't cease, they cried
'til every soldier there was lying dead

Listen to the west winds
Ah listen to the cries
And Paddy's there, he's plotting your demise
And here was a man with his sword and his pride
Oh they left him as an outlaw with no place hide
They left him as an outlaw
With no place to hide