Catholic Boy

Paul Lisney

This is a demo of my latest song. I may keep it as the final or re-record it. I played the gutiar and sang it live and there is a mic pop/bump that is audible. i added the vocal harmony afterwards, of course. It’s about growing up Catholic as a boy in England.

CATHOLIC BOY

Oh I was a Catholic boy through and through
Baptized as a baby like my brothers and sister too
Mass every Sunday and we went to Catholic school
I was Roman Catholic and I thought the name was cool

Oh I was an altar boy at the church where we went to school
The Good Shepherd on Dunley Drive in New Addington
And we made an altar in our bedroom
And we practiced serving Mass as Catholic boys do

Yes I was a Catholic boy

A portrait of Jesus in our living room
And no matter where you were His eyes would follow you
And as I recall I always knew right from wrong
So when I strayed the guilt I felt was strong

Yes I was a Catholic boy
Mm mm mm mm mm mm

And we learnt our prayers
Confessed our sins
Received our Lord in Holy Communion
We read about the saints
And chose a name
and the Holy Spirit came in confirmation

Oh I was a Catholic boy
Oh I was a Catholic boy

Remember how we took our spades and went down the garden path
And dug a hole, all three of us, and maybe Mark
The talk was big though we were small
To kill the devil was the plan of all

We had the Truth
From the mouth of God
Then through His church and passed down through the ages
But what did I know?
It was my life
I was just a child and took it all for granted

Oh I was a Catholic boy
Oh I was a Catholic boy

(11/23/16 to 11/27/16
(C) 2016 Paul Lisney