The Early Riser

Описание: “The Early Riser,” Albums: The Love of the Land, Recollections Vol. 1. First released on Green Linnet Records, 1989. Click "more" for lyrics and details. Please click on Subscribe and Notifications to know when the next song is posted. And while you're here, give us a "Thumbs Up" so others will be more likely to find us -- it's an "algorithm" thing.

From the liner notes on The Love of the Land: "I like to think of this as the anthem of "Celtic Zen." When I first heard the expression, 'If you're known as an early riser, you can stop in the bed all day,' I knew I would use it in a song. I've always admired people who challenge the prevailing philosophy."
Production Information:
Robbie O’Connell—Vocal and guitar
Mick Moloney—Harmony vocal and tres
Jimmy Keane—Accordion
Eileen Ivers—Fiddle

Recorded at Wellspring Sound Studio, 960 Beacon Street, Newton, Massachusetts
Engineer, Eric Kilburn • Additional engineering, Cyril Lance
Produced by Robbie O’Connell

Lyrics:

EARLY RISER
©Robbie O'Connell 1987, Slievenamon Music (BMI)

Well you've heard of Aristotle and his great philosophy
And you may not guess, but I must confess that it's all just Greek to me
As I lie in bed in the morning, there's one thing I always say
If you're known as an early riser, you can stop in the bed all day.

CHORUS:
For the man who rises early is the man whose life is lost
For he'll never know what he has missed, 'til he's added up the cost
It's too late to put eggs in the nest, when the bird's already flown
If you're known as an early riser, you can sleep 'til the cows come home.

When I see the flowers in the field that can neither reap nor spin
Then I recall how the good book tells the rich man never wins
So if there is an afterlife, I'll be sure to find a place
And if there's not, there's nothing lost, I'll be glad I left the race.

Now the world may go to rack and ruin, but I don't give a damn
For I believe that a bird in the bush is worth two in the hand
And a penny saved is a penny lost for a miser knows no joy
I'd rather sit with a glass in my hand and watch the world go by.