"Sean's On the Roof" genre: Folk Rock
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	Happy St Patty's Day! 4 Track recording about an Irish friend who has been employed as both a boxer AND a nurse and has raised 6 children in these "fair lands" as a Roofer.
	MP3.com CD: Dear God Part III - buy it! Credits: Lead Vox: Bill Mackie, Harmony: Kathy Mackie Guitar: Bill Mackie
	Story Behind the Song My good friend, Sean McGarry, has been employed as both a boxer AND a nurse...and is as big-hearted as he is argumentative. He makes his living as roofer, but he ought to be a philospher. One day he came over to fix my roof with a 102 degree fever and asked for my help getting up the ladder (he could barely stand). After a 10 minute argument I managed to send him home and wrote this song. Recorded on a 4 Track. Guitar and lead vocal tracks are a simultaneous one take (obviously!) and I begged Kathy to add a harmony at 1:30 AM the day I wrote it, in spite of the minor detail that she had never heard the song before. Lyrics Note: Irish vs American Slang Warning! Just like "Great Crack" in Ireland is not the stuff that gets you arrested in America there are some words in the tune that might confuse some listeners. I'm told that "ape" might be considered a big insult in Ireland so I'll have to change that to "mate" in the future. I meant it only as a funny observation of his climbing prowess (when I get on a ladder my knees shake like a chicken!). "King of A'int" is poking fun at his argumentative nature, that he likes to disagree...the song is meant to both celebrate, and poke gentle fun, at my good friend. "Sean's On the Roof" Sean's on the roof and he won't come down until he's milked your sacred cow Sean's on the roof and he won't come down until he's disagreed somehow He's the boxing nurse the sinning saint An Irishman who doesn't drink Sean's on the roof pushing tar around Sean's got six kids and a lovely gal Sean's on the roof high above the crowd muttering curses and sacred vows He's the boxing nurse the King of Ain't Philosopher and ladder ape An Irish heart's biggest when farthest from home Your heart Sean's bigger than Blarney Stone Sean's on the roof, Sean's on the roof He ain't coming down, he ain't coming down! copyright 1998, Bill Mackie All Rights Reserved

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