Lyrics Christy Moore

Christy Moore

Weekend in Amsterdam

When we got our redundancy, myself and the lads went on a spree

A brand new passport in my hand as we took off for The Netherland

Myself and Dinny and O'Dwyer and Scut at Schipol we were all half cut

We opened up the duty-free, the red lemonade and brandy

And we jumped on board a tram

O the weekend that we spent in Amsterdam

Our first stop was the coffee shop, in we went and we all sparked up

Hashish from Pakistan, Morocco, Nepal and the Lebanon

All the boys was rollin' joints, they forgot to drink their pints

Water pipe came bubblin' around, took one pull and hit the ground

Lads wake him if you can

O the weekend that we spent in Amsterdam

Sunday we went to the Blarney Stone, Paddy Wynne had the Leinster final on

The Lily Whites and The Boys in Blue, the Majors and Taytos

Over to Mulligans for the night, the bar was leppin' and the bank was shite

De Burgh, De Bono and De Wolfe Tones 'til Dinny grabbed the microphone

And gave us Van the Man

O the weekend that we spent in Amsterdam

Macker sez while we're here we'll go and have a look at the kinky gear

I said a quiet prayer I wouldn't bump into anyone from Kildare

Big dildos, blow up dolls, snap on tools and hairy balls

Vibrators, whips and chains and fanny ticklers

God between us and all harm

O the weekend that we went to Amsterdam

Then we went for a midnight walk, all our eyes were out on stalks

Gay bars, bordellos, models in the windows with no clothes

Dinny he danced all night with a South American transvestite

Everything was goin' grand until Dinny tried to drop the hand

There was pandemonium

O the weekend that we went to Amsterdam

The bouncer she was 5'10'', Lowland heavyweight champion

She hit Dinny an awful box, the boys ran amok and wrecked the shop

We could hear the squad cars getting near, it's time lads we were out of here

Dinny pulled up his tights and we disappeared into the night

All together no one by one

O the weekend that we spent in Amsterdam

Queen Beatrix she rides her bike, Rembrandt is hangin' down in the Rijk

Ajax, Heineken, Van Gogh, The Gargle and The Ghanja

Monday morning we were all half cracked we dived into the Kaisergracht

They fished us out, hosed us down and put us on the plane to Dublin

Home to the Mammy again

O the weekend that we spent in Amsterdam