The Choirboys - James Dale lyrics

JAMES DALE In Belfast 1924 He has to leave home Working on a merchant ship Waiting just to jump ship, yeah Out of the cane fields The summer 1926 The boy's only sixteen How's he gonna start his dreams? Chorus Mind and soul, they're gone stale And is that all there is to it James Dale They fell in love in 1938 Their first child and a World War He's leaving home in a uniform How's he gonna start his dreams? Yeah Chorus Love of life, it's gone stale Blood runs deep like gold James Dale I can see you now (see you now) Photograph of a dog and a rusty car I can see you now (see you now) Your sunburnt face, your back against the wall Mind and soul, they're gone stale Is that all there is to it James Dale Love of life, it's gone stale Blood runs deep like gold James Dale, James Dale