Fathers of Western Thought continue their guest blog for the James Joyce Centre, with songs and lyrics based on A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man. This song ‘Apologize’ is based on an incident in the first chapter of the novel.
‘Apologize’
Lyrics
Baby
Tuckoo
Baby
Tuckoo
Stephen will apologize or I’ll pull out his eyes
Pull out his eyes
Apologize
Stephen will apologize or I’ll pull out his eyes
Pull out his eyes
Apologize
Stephen will apologize
Stephen will apologize
Stephen will apologize
Stephen will apologize…
Stephen will apologize or I’ll pull out his eyes
Pull out his eyes
Apologize
Stephen will apologize or I’ll pull out his eyes
Pull out his eyes
Apologize
He gave his soul to sell
We crushed him as he fell
We pushed him into hell
He gave his soul to sell
We crushed him as he fell
We pushed him into hell
He gave his soul to sell
We crushed him as he fell
We pushed him into hell
He gave his soul to sell
We crushed him as he fell
We pushed him into hell
Parnell, Parnell, Parnell…Par-nell.