Sit down by the fire
And I'll tell you a story
To send you away to your bed
Of the things you hear creeping
When everyone's sleeping
And you wish you were out here instead

It isn't the mice in the wall
It isn't the wind in the well
But each night they march
Out of that hole in the wall
Passing through on their way
Out of hell

They're the things that you see
When you wake up and scream
The cold things that follow you
Down the Boreen
They live in the small ring of trees on the hill
Up at the top of the field

And they dance on the rain
And they dance on the wind
They tap on the window
When no-one is in
And if ever you see them

Pretend that you're dead
Or they'll bite off your head
They'll rip out your liver
And dance on your neck
They dance on your head
They dance on your chest
They give you the cramp
And the cholic for jest

They're the things that you see
When you wake up and scream
The cold things that follow you
Down the Boreen
They live in the small ring of trees on the hill
Up at the top of the field

They play on the wind
They sing on the rain
They dance on your eyes
They dance in your brain

Remember this place
It is damp and it's cold
The best place on earth
But it's dark and it's old
So lie near the wall
And cover your head
Good night and God bless,
Now fuck off to bed

Born from the night in the roaring wind
Cast out of the shadows by an unknown hand
Warmed by the light of these falling limbs
drunk on the sadness of a universe unmanned

Across the water she clings to me
and in the rising karma I feel her at my side
My father's singing in the fallin' leaves
about the complicated beauty of a river run dry

Sit down by the fire
Sit down by the fire

It's hard to say
but I think you'd better
just Say you don't love me
you don't love me anymore

I been waiting in line
now I know I'll never
Overcome this madness
if I don't know for sure

Across the water she clings to me
and in the light of dawn
I see her at my side

and my father's singing in the fallin' leaves
there's no way out of this old world even if you try

So just sit down by the fire
sit down by the fire
there ain't no way to get what I want

Sit down by the fire
oh, sit down by the fire
There ain't no way to get what I want

Some day
a little rain is bound to fall

Some day
a little rain is bound to fall

Some day
a little rain is bound to fall

Some day

Over my head my heart and my feet
I'm drawn insane
you know I need you now

Over my head my heart and my feet
I'm drawn insane

Sit down by the fire love
sit down by the fire
there ain't no way to get what I want

Sit down by the fire love
sit down by the fire
there ain't no way to get what I want.

Oh, there ain't no way to get what I want.