Now I don't believe a word.
Johnny please don't go
Don't you know I love you so?
There's a good life waiting here for you and I
Don't you take that plane
Say you won't please remain
This is our own home our own country.

Maggie don't you know
Why it is I have to go
They bind me with the book and with the rock
Not for me this waving flags
 As a child dressed in rags
Spent Sunday morning's looking for the Son.

Now I don't believe a word
Don't believe a word today
No I don't believe a word
Don't believe a word they say

Johnny you were always odd
Now you wave good-bye to your native sod
Do you think you'll ever find a cap to fit?
Who's going to set you free?
You're a fool if you can't see
What you looking for you're looking with

No, don't believe a word
Don't believe a word today
No don't believe a word
Don't believe a word they say

Maggie my discontent
 Is surely Heaven sent
Heard the Shandon Bell on the road to hell last night
Picked the apple from the tree
Now the white flag sets me free
And I'll dance no more to another fiddlers tune.

And I don't believe a word
Don't believe a word today
No I don't believe a word
Don't believe a word they say:

© Matt Manning. IMRO/BMI

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