damien dempsey
ghosts of overdoses
Hey little baby I want to take you from here Hey little baby I don't want to see you on the gear It's so hard to find your way back Hey little baby it's every parent's worst fear For their child to end up on smack  There was pills, there was tabs There was pain and needle jabs And the ghosts overdoses Replace the ghosts of tuberculois  There was dust and there was liquid You could buy for just a few quid And escape out of the jungle To return and crawl and stumble  Hey little baby I want to take you from here I want to take you away from here Hey little baby I don't want to see you on the gear It's so hard to find your way back Hey little baby it's every parent's worst fear For their child to end up on smack  You lie, high, cry "please don't go"  Now I walk along these streets All the ghosts, they walk their beats Up to flats and into stairwells Where they lie in heroin hell Little kids they walk right through them I just hope they don't become them