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BbThe FcGmentEbral boys landed safely 
In the arms of the Irish girls
While the hometown lots ready their nooses and their knots
Hang their preconceptions on
While the political lions and tigers and bears
Decided which of the cubs they’d be crucifying
And who’ll take the fall at the end of it all
They’ll just say it was Italian lightning
Now Mary she wakes up achin’
From them long nights with the fashionistas
Who were deadly as strangers and lovely as angels
And always just dyin’ to meet ya
My country what have you done to your girls?
The devil at the details or something a bit more exciting
And you can find them at the mirrors and on the weights of the scales
Blame it all on Italian lightning
Now me I just stick to the boardwalk
Driving up and down these Avenues
I found some work on LaRainne
Thanks to little Irish Grace
I was hard up and home for the season
I was walkin last night with Miss Mary
We saw the flames shootin right out of them buildings
Maybe it was time, maybe it was despair
That got up in the soul of that city
Since the ferris wheels don’t spin and the casinos cavin’ in
Maybe she never healed from the riots or the fightin
But I heard ya, Wiggs, qoutin' Davish sayin
“Maybe it was just Italian lightning, probably Italian
lightning”

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Italian Lightning

by Brian Fallon

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Chords in this song · guitar

Bb F Gm Eb

The central boys landed safely

In the arms of the Irish girls

While the hometown lots ready their nooses and their knots

Hang their preconceptions on

While the political lions and tigers and bears

Decided which of the cubs they’d be crucifying

And who’ll take the fall at the end of it all

They’ll just say it was Italian lightning

Now Mary she wakes up achin’

From them long nights with the fashionistas

Who were deadly as strangers and lovely as angels

And always just dyin’ to meet ya

My country what have you done to your girls?

The devil at the details or something a bit more exciting

And you can find them at the mirrors and on the weights of the scales

Blame it all on Italian lightning

Now me I just stick to the boardwalk

Driving up and down these Avenues

I found some work on LaRainne

Thanks to little Irish Grace

I was hard up and home for the season

I was walkin last night with Miss Mary

We saw the flames shootin right out of them buildings

Maybe it was time, maybe it was despair

That got up in the soul of that city

Since the ferris wheels don’t spin and the casinos cavin’ in

Maybe she never healed from the riots or the fightin

But I heard ya, Wiggs, qoutin' Davish sayin

“Maybe it was just Italian lightning, probably Italian

lightning”

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