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Once You Were A Boy

by Padraig Digan

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1.
Way Back In 03:45
I've been spending most my days, Pretending we’re okay and the Cliche words did come so this song most be sung i’ve been been losing all my words and my memories dont feel like mine I’d steal a thousand lines to sit with with you a while And it’s all for the love of it surely you can find your way back in I’m awoken most these days, by the same mistakes I’ve made the blame it comes on strong still more is yet to come I’ve been losing years in time singing melodies and rhymes I’d swap my love of this If I could slip it’s grip And it’s all for the love of it, surely we can find our way back in Ohhh maybe we both wrong. and it’s all for the love of this not sure if we can find our way back in I’ve been spending most my days pretending we’re okay and the cliche words did come still no one hears this song
2.
Memories will wake you up And shoot you like a gun Pain to overcome Memories they don’t give up Show you all you’ve lost Love has got a cost I seen your life light glisten In places you once were I'd be a lifetime hearing Your laughter from these walls And we were singing to the void Memories they won’t let up Shoot you like a gun Til daylight overcomes I seen your life light glisten In places you once were I'd be a lifetime hearing Your laughter from these walls And we were singing to the void we were singing to the void we were singing to the void And we were singing to the void Just like I’m a boy singing to the void Memories will wake you up shoot you like a gun More pain to overcome
3.
Wounded Knee 04:12
Heartache ain’t never what it seems When your next to me Vanish in a dream Startin’ to finish what you said This sentence never change The sentence was the same Hurry you’ll find me down at wounded knee Hard to believe that we are here Hurry you’ll find me down at wounded knee Far from the place where we began Heartache ain’t never what it seems Just shadows burning blame Forgotten all the names Fool me you’ll make us all believe This is best for me Forgotten all the change Hurry you’ll find us down at wounded knee Hard to believe that we are here Hurry you’ll find us down at wounded knee Far from the place where we began You gotta hold on to what’s gone (Maybe someday we can find our way) All the parts they can’t control (Just to find our way back home) You gotta hold on to what’s gone (Maybe something will guide our way) All the parts they never stole (Find a way to make our home) You gotta hold on to what’s gone (Someday maybe we can find our place) All the parts they can’t control (Maybe someday we can find our way back home)
4.
Wintersong 03:48
Winter came upon you like a feeling, Showed you all the people you had lost You begged for mercy but she won't release Harder now to watch those faces pass The World is trying hard to fall apart and you're just doing your best to hold on and everybody else is having fun and you'll stay at home and sing along till the Wintersong is sung Winter showed us all the things we longed for Happier times with the people in the frost You cried that night and then you seen her leave you Held her for one last time in the dark The World is trying hard to fall apart and you're just doing your best to hold on and everybody else is having fun and you'll stay at home and sing along till the Wintersong is sung Wintersong is sung Wintersong is sung The World is trying hard to fall apart and you're just doing your best to hold on and everybody else is having fun and you'll stay at home and sing along till the Wintersong is sung Wintersong is sung
5.
Sideline 03:27
You sing yourself to sleep So you can carry on And in the melody Remains a little hope Now floating in a world Where old songs keep you warm There’s a part of you Where this music seems to unfold Just can’t bring myself to hold back anymore Lips still moving but I can’t hear any words There’s something inside that never lets you go It’s part of mind where the old songs don’t seem old A simple smile A hand you want to hold So you sing yourself to sleep So you can carry on You’ve been a long time on the sideline You’ve been a long time on the sideline You’ve been a long time on the sideline Maybe this time So you sing yourself to sleep So they can carry on You’ve been a long time on the sideline You’ve been a long time on the sideline You’ve been a long time on the sideline You’ve been a long time on the sideline You’ve been a long time on the sideline Maybe this time
6.
I’m taking myself Where I always thought I was Tried to make sense Of the world where we belong And how about this You can try your best and win But you will still fall And the line between who ends and gets to grow old What are you doing for yourself to make it grow? How can you try to make it right though it’s gone? Hard to get down cause you know what went wrong You can just try to make it right but you know I’m making my change In how I look at you What was done There’s a mirror plain to see Mmmm mmm Mmmm mmm What are you doing for yourself to make it grow? How can you try to make it right though it’s gone? Hard to get down cause you know you were wrong You can just try to make it right but you know Mmmm mmm Mmmm mmm
7.
Wasteland 04:13
The Floor it seems the same to me Still unswept unclean she said The night it will not lay it’s head Bottle caps upon the bed I’m walking through a wasteland Trying to save all I can You seem unsure to be happy That is what she sang to me There’s more to life than killing time TV lights they’ll graze your eyes Maybe when your older you’ll know Just how far you really got to struggle I’m walking through a wasteland Trying to save all I can I’m walking through a wasteland Trying to save all I can Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh The floor it seems the same to me Still unswept unclean she said The night it will not lay it’s head Bottle caps upon the bench II’m walking through a wasteland Trying to save all I can I’m walking through a wasteland Trying to save all I can I’m walking through a wasteland Trying to save all I can
8.
You Belong 03:33
Look at the world today So quick to rush to hate Changing words to lies To end all debates Little lives washed ashore Surely we won’t look away Abandoning those lives To the mercies of the faiths Cause you belong right here No matter what they say Time to burn a light To guide you all home safe My Words will always flow To counter all their hate Cause you belong You belong Yeah you belong Where everyone is safe Seen the world today So quick to rush to hate All those words online It’s easier that way Separating their words From the child in the cage Spin it how they want But you belong You belong Yeah belong Where everyone is safe Cause you belong right here No matter what they say Time to burn a light To guide you all home safe My Words will always flow To counter all their hate Cause you belong You belong Yeah you belong You belong Where everyone is safe
9.
Never Knew 05:32
When you walk me through Your hopes and dreams You never knew When you showed me all the things That you could Never choose You never knew Turn your mind from the dark It won’t make it easier to pass Though this pain turns to blame It makes way for love that we’ve lost We got so little time Just to show you how we used to laugh Though these tears they may fall They make way for love that we’ve lost Ohh But you never knew Once you were a boy With so much choice But you never knew Once you had so little time But you never knew Turn your mind from the dark It won’t make it easier to pass Though this pain turns to blame It makes way for love that we’ve lost We got so little time Just to show you how we used to laugh Though these tears they may fall They still bring such warmth to our hearts Ohh But you never knew Make yourself warm We can go on There was a time When I would spend my nights awake Just looking for some sense I would look for you But you never knew A time when I would spend my night awake Just looking for some sense I would look for you But you never knew Make yourself warm We can go on Make yourself warm We can go on There was a time When I would spend my nights awake Just looking for some sense I would look for you But you never knew A time when I would spend my night awake Just looking for some sense I would look for you But you never knew

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released December 20, 2022

Padraig Digan - Lead & Backing Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Piano & Some Synths, Harmonica

Karl Odlum - Bass and Synths

Michael Murphy - Bass

Joe Digan - Drums

Produced by Karl Odlum & Padraig Digan

Recorded in Took Studio & Karl's

Engineers : Karl Odlum & Padraig Digan

All Songs Written by Padraig Digan.

So much love and thanks go to my Wife Damhnait without whom I would not be able to continue this journey of making music x. To Fia and Orna for being my anchors and constant reminders of what matters above everything else xx. To Laura Riches, Eoin Salley, James Munn, Eanna O'Tuama, Ray Marrinan, Paul Fitz, Nikki Taylor and everyone who has been a patron over the last few years, you will never know how much your support has meant to me. Trevor, Michelle, Triona and my Parents who continue to believe in me. Karl for being so generous with his endless knowledge (on all things) and talents, but mostly for being a great friend beyond the circus of making music. Michael and Joe for lending me their talents and for always steering me in the right direction x Thank you for listening to this album and a massive thank you to any of you who go the extra mile and purchase it x

For Took x sleep well

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Padraig Digan Leinster, Ireland

The music of Singer/songwriter Pádraig Digan

Creating music from Americana to Ambient Electro to Folk and even some Rock, You should have a dip into his back catalog right now and find your new favourite tune.

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