She stood beside my narrow bed
to check my E.K.G.
She shook her pretty little head

At what's become of me
I thought I glimpsed a path that led
Through rhododendron days

And fuchsia nights to the boatshed
In which we two once lay


But she gazed only at my chart
The valleys and the peaks
Brought back the time she broke my heart

In Macgillycuddy's Reeks

But she gazed only at my chart

The valleys and the peaks
Brought back the time she broke my heart
In Macgillycuddy's Reeks


I saw her on Killarney's shore
One morning in July

When I still thought I was a thorn
Trying to find a side
I met her in the little launch

That runs to Innisfallen
Hunched together, haunch to haunch
Trying to keep my balance


But she upset my applecart
She kissed me on the cheek

And I was struck by Cupid's dart
In Macgillycuddy's Reeks
Macgillycuddy's Reeks

Macgillycuddy's Reeks
I was struck by Cupid's dart
In Macgillycuddy's Reeks


She was a systems !@#^yst
For a dot com company

She said, "You think because we've kissed
I'll be yours eternally
I'll sign another pre-nup

And we'll merge our P.L.C.s
That's why most girls go belly-up
In this economy


But when it comes to a jump start
Your forecast's pretty bleak

The NASDAQ goes by dips and starts
Like Macgillycuddy's Reeks
The NASDAQ goes by dips and starts

Like Macgillycuddy's Reeks

She looked only at my chart

The valleys and the peaks
Brought back the time she broke my heart
In Macgillycuddy's Reeks

Macgillycuddy's Reeks
Macgillycuddy's Reeks
That was the time she broke my heart

In Macgillycuddy's Reeks