G                       C
It might be raining and it might be cold,
G                     D
and the bishops gone and left the fold,
G                        C
oh we're standing proud and we're walking tall,

Chorus:
G                  D             G       C
we got michael d rocking in the dail for us
G           D          G
michael d rocking in the dail
    C
(in the cabinet)

Verse 2:
G                     C
the shining star for all who strive
G           D
to live and love creative lives
G                   C
the signers on with great ambitions
G                  D
the mighty open blind dead visions

Chorus

Verse3:
poet of peace and the poet of words
of the beckoning free thinking world
the poet of every class and colour
crime parades and brave young mothers

Chorus

Then: G D G C G D G 

 C
the time has come and nows our chance,
    D
to sing and smile, get up and dance

Verse 4:
he's got the job no better man,
ye've life on ye michael do all that ye can, 
welcome in and shifted age
we don't ask more and we've turned the page

Chorus

Crazy Bit:
michael d wichael d, up and he's bikeulty michael d wichael d givin his all
michael d wichael d, up and he's bikeulty d michael d wichael d up in the dail

G                      C                     G                   D
michael d wichael d, up and he's bikeulty michael d wichael d givin his all
G                      C                     G          C        D       G
michael d wichael d, up and he's bikeulty d michael d wichael d up in the dail

michael d lectured me in sociology, i was in UCG fur the degree
for social policy, global equality, he was the king of the arts faculty

G                      C            G             D
michael d lectured me in sociology, i was in UCD fur the degree
G                      C               G        C         D        G
first social policy, global equality, he was the king of the arts faculty