Come on Eileen, come on Eileen

Poor old Johnny Ray
Sounded sad upon the radio
He moved a million hearts in mono
Our mothers used to sing along
Who'd blame them?

You're grown
(You're grown up)
So grown
(So grown up)
Now I must say more than ever

Come on Eileen
Toora, loora, toora, loorye, aye
And we can sing just like our fathers

Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear, well, he means
At this moment, you mean everything

You in that dress
Oh, my thoughts, I confessed
Verge on the dirty
Ah, come on Eileen

Come on Eileen
These people round here
Wear beaten down eyes
Sun in smoke dried faces
Resigned to what their fate is

But not us
(No, never)
No, not us
(No, never)
We are far too young and clever
Remember

Toora, loora, toora, loorye, aye
Eileen, I'll let this tune forever
Toora, loora, toora, loorye, aye
Eileen, I'll let this tune forever

Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear, well, he means
Ah, come on let's take off everything

That pretty red dress
Oh, Eileen tell him yes
Oh, come on let's, ah, come on Eileen

Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear, well, he means
At this moment you mean everything

Come on Eileen, tooloorye, aye
Come on Eileen, tooloorye, aye
Toora, toora tooloorye, oh, Eileen

I said, come on Eileen oh, come on Eileen
We are far too young and clever
And things won't ever change
And I say, toora, loora, toora loorye, aye

Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear, well, he means
At this moment, you mean everything to me

Oh, to me, oh, Eileen
You mean everything


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Come on Eileen Lyrics as written by Kevin Rowland James Paterson

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    sings along loudly

    necessityon May 04, 2002   Link
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    this song is badass live

    ilovejimon May 15, 2002   Link
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    This is the best cover of the best song in the world.

    nietzsche_66on May 30, 2002   Link
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    i love this song Mo's got a powerful voice

    swindler123on August 27, 2002   Link
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    this sing rocks

    twist3dkittenon March 18, 2003   Link
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    This cover is so much better than the original

    butterflykiss84on March 23, 2003   Link
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    ok i thought this was songmeanings.com, not doyoulikethissong.com....whatever to me this song is about a guy wanting his girl (eileen) to "take off everything" and yeah...and ok the song rocks and i sing it at the top of my lungs and i got to do this awesome dance routine to it at this swing camp i was at. Does anybody know why they broke up and monique is going solo? Is she still gonna be SKA or is she going all pop?

    guitarchikon June 19, 2003   Link
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    oh and one more thing....Jimmy Fallon's version rocks too!

    guitarchikon June 19, 2003   Link
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    fuck off guitar chick, jesus.

    OHdesolationon October 10, 2004   Link
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    Great cover

    kmk_natashaon March 20, 2005   Link

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