Slavný irský zpěvák, saxofonista, kytarista, hráč na klávesové nástroje a fouk. harmoniku, vl. jm. George Ivan Morrison, původem z Belfastu (nar. 1945). Navíc uznávaný skladatel. Muzikantsky vyšel jak z keltské hudby, tak ze soulu a R&B. ...

Píseň: I'm Tired Joey Boy

Interpret:
Van Morrison
Album:
Avalon Sunset
I'm tired Joey Boy
While you're out with the sheep
My life is so troubled
Now I can't go to sleep
I would walk myself out
But the streets are so dark
I shall wait till the morning
And walk in the park


This life is so simple when
One is at home
And I'm never complaining
When there's work to be done
Oh I'm tired Joey Boy of the makings of men
I would like to be cheerful again


Ambition will take you
And ride you too far and
Conservatism bring you to boredom once more
Sit down by the river
And watch the stream flow
Recall all the dreams
That you once used to know
The things you've forgotten
That took you away
To pastures not greener but meaner


Love of the simple is all that I need
I've no time for schism or lovers of greed
Go up to the mountain, go up to the glen
When silence will touch you
And heartbreak will mend.