Incident On South Dowling - Paul Kelly

My baby was dying

Turning so blue

Four feet from me dying

My head was like glue

I couldn’t save my baby

(He couldn’t save his baby)

Loaded and sinking

To the vegetable zone

She just kept on sinking

Now she’s mineral and bone

I couldn’t save my baby

(He couldn’t save his baby)

We lived on the first floor

We lived in two rooms

Now my poor baby

She lives with the worms

A head full of rocks

Is a heavy, heavy head

I was watching a movie

Where someone looked dead

Now people, they whisper

Now people, they stare

They say I couldn’t save her

Even though I was right there

I couldn’t save my baby

(He couldn’t save his baby)

We lived on the first floor

We lived in two rooms

Now my poor baby

She lives with the worms

La-la-la, la-la, la-la

La-la-la, la-la

La-la-la, la-la, la-la

La-la-la, la-la

La-la-la, la-la, la-la

La-la-la, la-la

La-la-la, la-la, la-la