I was a happy boy living on the dole 

When you came and ruined it all on me 

I'd sit for hours all day in my good friend's home 

Smoking cigarettes and drinking tea 

We were so happy there, talk our lives away 

Talking 'bout our hopes and all our dreams 

Till you came round one day with your great big plan 

And you tried to ruin me with your schemes 

And your Mammy and your Daddy well they call you Mary 

But they shoulda called you Deathwatch 

Shoulda called you Deathwatch 

Cause you nearly were the death of me 

Lads told me you were no good I turned them away 

Said that you just wanted things from me 

Then you made me get a job and I understood 

I was in too deep I'd not be free 

And then I gave up drink cos you asked me too 

I was shaving each day before long 

Then you said we had to save for a mortgage soon 

That was when the light began to dawn 

Didn't even say goodbye just walked away 

From the burderns you had put on me 

Don't know why I even tried to be something I'm not 

All I know's I wanted to be free 

Now I'm a happy boy living on the dole 

Smoking cigarettes and drinking tea 

I'll find some other girl to have me as I am 

You can take your twisted love to sea