Our Kind of Love – The Beautiful Game

The Happiest Day

Mary:

God, I hope I’ve made the right decision

Do I want to be somebody’s wife?

Will this be the day I go to prison

Or is this the happiest day of my life?

John:

I had fifteen pints of Guinness last night

Vindaloo with prawns and pilau rice

Tell the Priest to just perform the last rites

Is this the happiest day of my life?

To Have And To Hold

Father O’Donnell:

We’re gathered here together to join these two forever

And put asunder never, until death do them part

Our Holy Saviour Jesus is watching now and sees us

Binding these two as one single beating heart

John:

To have and to hold, faithfully

To honour and love devotedly

Wilt thou take this man?

Mary:

Yes, I will

For better or worse, constantly

In sickness and health, unfailingly

Wilt thou take this girl?

John:

Yes, I will

Both:

I pledge my soul to you, I give you my heart

There by your side until death do us part

Congregation:

To honour and love constantly

Til death do them part, devotedly

Yes from this wedding day forth, joined by God

John & Mary:

To be by your side, faithfully

Forsaking all others willingly

With my body I thee worship, and with this ring I thee wed

To have and to hold, fervently

To honour and love unendingly

Wilt thou take this man/girl

Yes, I will!

John:

And wilt thou take this man, for better or for worse?

Mary:

And wilt thou take this girl, in sickness and in health?

Both:

And wilt thou take this heart?

Congregation:

God, we hope they’ve made the right decision

Will their fate be forty years of strife?

Is this union headed for division?

No! It’s the happiest day of their lives!

The First Time

Mary:

Can this be, you and me – scared of each other?

Why do I tremble? The first time’s not a crime

So let’s not wait, it’s our fate

Make me your lover

This moment must be so sublime

A night of pure bliss, for us this first time

From now on, the only girl you need is me

I am yours until our dying day

From this night when we share our – virginity

We will be together come what may

John:

What if I’m not sublime – no Casanova

I’ve had a couple – birthday suit, brewer’s droop

I’m so shy, how can I get my leg over?

Hope there’s lead in my pencil when

I lose my cherry this very first time

Have I got all the right information?

Which position does a girl prefer?

I fear premature ejaculation

Cos my God, I don’t half fancy her

Mary:

If I seem less than keen, it’s not evasion

I’m scared I’ll be a piece of wood, not much good

John:

Close my eyes, try to rise to the occasion

Both:

Let’s face it, we’re just petrified

So let’s get to this, and through this first time

It’s absurd, this moment’s all we’ve dreamt about

When our love will set our spirits free

I don’t care if I don’t make you scream and shout

I love you and I know you love me

Mary:

Why do I want to cry, when I’m so happy?

John:

I don’t deserve this – look at you, a dream come true

I’m on my knees, hold me please – now and forever

Both:

I’ll keep you close and make you mine

Right from the first kiss, for us this first time

No one ever felt the way I feel tonight

No desire ever felt so strong

Sparks of passion glowing hot and shining bright

A fire to burn my whole life long

Mary:

You and me, young and free, in love forever

John:

I am your husband

Mary:

I’m your wife

Both:

In love for life

So hold me tight, through the night we’ll be together

We’ll move the heavens and the Earth

We’ll make a new star, for this our first time

We’ll make a new star, for this our first time

I’d Rather Die On My Feet (Than Live On My Knees)

Thomas:

I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees

Death with honour

Because the weak and fearful are a social disease

I am stronger

Insects crawl, a man stands tall, he has to risk it all

Men dictate their final fate while fools negotiate

When the battle is over and the last deal is done

Let me tell you

The man with the power will be the man with the gun

He can kill you

You’re naive if you believe they’ll give you a reprieve

Close your eyes to compromise, betrayal in disguise

I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees

Won’t surrender

Because I am my country and my country is me

I’ll defend her!

God’s Own Country (Reprise)

Mary, Christine & Del:

So farewell to God’s own country

We are Irish and we sail upon the tide

Gone to seek a better place

It’s the story of our race

Tears have always flowed from God’s own country

The nation’s children scattered far and wide

But no matter where we roam

We will still call Ireland home

If we never do return to God’s own country

We will carry it within us til we die

Yes a new course is set, but we’ll never forget

What we owe to the country where our forefathers lie

Though we know we must part it’s with such heavy heart

And with tears in our eyes as we say our last goodbye

So farewell to God’s own country

We are Irish and we sail upon the tide

Gone to seek a better place

It’s the story of our race

The Selection

John:

God I hope they make the right decision

I’m the best, I’m sharper than a knife

View the others with complete derision

I am on trial and it’s for my life

All:

God I hope they make the right decision

I’m the best, I’m sharper than a knife

View the others with complete derision

I am on trial and it’s for my life

John:

I’m going to play for Everton, you will see

This boy’s career will soon become legendary

George Best will ask me to teach him

So for football’s sake, give the boy a break!

Dead Zone

John:

Help me please, I’m on my knees

I’m dying by degrees

Too much pain, I’ll go insane

I want my chance again

I have to go on, screw up my courage and hold on to my belief

I have a future, I have a wife and I love her, she shares my grief

Prison will not break my heart

I’ll stand apart from this

I’ll remember that I’m loved

I won’t be shoved into that dark abyss

Inmates:

You’re in the dead zone, you’re utterly alone

Get your allegiances sorted

This is the end zone, no seed of hope are sewn

Previous friendships aborted

Now you’re inside boy, there’s no way to hide boy

You could hang yourself, we can find a rope

Inside the gate love will turn to hate

You will weep while you sleep, then you’ll learn to cope

But without hope

We are your friends and we’re all convicted men

Think you can stand apart? Think again

We’re all you’ve got, now you’ve been left to rot

You’re in the death zone, Satan sits on the throne

Even the strongest are frightened

This is the dark zone, we see in monochrome

Nothing is good or enlightened

Happiness is ended, all hope is suspended

We are the damned, we are all despised

But this prison has a key and it’s loyalty

You can trust all of us, when they beat you down we’ll be around

It’s all too late, you are looking at your fate

This is the place you learn to hate

Hate to survive, if you hate you’ll stay alive

Anger is learned when free men are interned

It isn’t a choice or decision

You started to hate when you walked through the gate

From the moment you entered this prison

It’s a pitiful sight, men deprived of their rights

You must maintain your rage and your fury

Revenge is your aim, you must murder and maim

Be your enemy’s judge and his jury

You’re in the death zone, Satan sits on the throne

Even the strongest are frightened

If This Is What We’re Fighting For

Mary:

If this is what we’re fighting for

If this is the way we begin

With the innocent dying, the whole nation crying

If this is how we fight our wars

Then I don’t want to win

We say that justice is our aim

But what does that justice mean?

Condemned without trial, no chance of denial

To cripple men in freedom’s name

Is utterly obscene

If men must die, we must ask why

Their murder is not a sin

Though our cause is just, we betray its trust

If this is what we’re fighting for I don’t want to win

If unity’s the thing we crave

Then who will be unified?

The bitter and grieving, no cause to believe in

There’ll be one nation in the grave

Uniting those who die

Holy wars, settling scores

Ancient deaths to call in

We just love to kill, and we always will

If hatred’s all we’re fighting for

Then I don’t want to win

I don’t want to win

All The Love I Have

John:

You know that our parting breaks my heart

I have never felt such sorrow

All the love I have I leave with you

I once promised til death do us part

And yet I’ll be gone tomorrow

Please believe me, what I said was true

But when I go, I’m on my own

The path I walk, I walk alone

I face a bitter world with only memories to guide me

I care more that I have ever cared

Yet I know that I am leaving

You’ll be in my heart my whole life through

And all the love I have I leave with you

Mary:

You’re a father, you’ve a family

Your son needs you, don’t ignore him

Just to fight a war you cannot win

John:

I hope my son will be proud of me

When I fight, I’m fighting for him

Share the love I leave for you with him

Mary:

And so we all must pay the price

For such a stupid sacrifice

Don’t you understand that this won’t end til we let it?

John:

When I’m gone you know I won’t be back

Mine’s a path that has no turning

Please believe me what I said was true

That all the love I have I leave with you

Mary:

And all the love I have, you take with you

Finale

Mary:

People need love, that’s what we live for

Now is the time, it’s not too late

We have to love, try to forgive more

No child was ever born to hate

No child was ever born to hate

I will strive for peace with all my might

That’s what’s right

All kinds of love bring us together

Causes the broken hearts to mend

People must love, now and forever

There’s only one love in the end

Full Company:

There’s only one love in the end

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