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Last Man Standing

from Last Man Standing by Clancy's Ghost

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This is a song about passing— the passing of time, the passing of innocence, and the passing of a friend.

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Last Man Standing

Hey, what’s the craic? I can hear him ask
At his favorite stool as I walk passed
With a cigarette dangling from his lip
And a paper and pint beside him
He was calm he was cool though his throne was a stool
He was king of the bar and nobody’s fool
And while the others would shout and puff their chests out
He held his liquor inside him

Where are you Johnny, where did you go?
What caused you now to be lying so low?
Innocence doesn’t come it only goes
But where it’s gone Johnny, the Lord only knows

We’d all pass the time with a song or a rhyme
The “Wild Rover” and the “Sweet Mountain Thyme”
The Pistols, the Clash, the “Rum, Sodomy, and Lash”
‘Till we got the whole pub singing
And the stories would flow ‘till it was time to go
Or the door was locked so the cops wouldn’t know
And we’d carry on ‘till the break of dawn
Just to do it again the next evening

CHORUS

And it’s true that these days, we’ve all drifted away
Engaged and married with children to raise
But you carried on—now may the Lord bless you John
And provide you with safe landing
‘Cause though the times have changed. like these cigarette stains
That cling to these walls, the memories remain
So let’s drink one more time to auld lang syne
And to John the last man standing

CHORUS

credits

from Last Man Standing, released June 29, 2018
Andrew Ogilvie: acoustic guitar, vocals; Lance Doss; banjo; Rick Wagner: bass; Paul Reider: mandolin; Bill Gerstel: drums; with Kevin Behan on tin whistle, bouzouki and accordion. Music and lyrics by Andrew Ogilvie' produced by Lance Doss and Rick Wagner

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Clancy's Ghost Montclair, New Jersey

Five rock and roll veterans energized by the righteous urgency of The Clash, the ramshackle honesty of traditional Irish and American music and armed with a catalog of tough but tender tunes guaranteed to inspire the regulars at your local watering hole to both pump their fists in joy and weep unashamedly into their beers. ... more

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