David Keenan - El Paso (Official Video)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มี.ค. 2023
- El Paso is a song I wrote at 14 as an ode to growing up in my hometown of Dundalk.
The song has been with me for years, waiting for me to come full circle in order to sing it fully and freely once again.
It's become a universal hometown song.
Special thanks to: Adam Heffernan for capturing the video,
Dundalk FC for the use of Oriel Park,
Andrew Grafton for the archive footage,
To all those who have sung versions of the song and sent them my way &
to Dundalk itself for the formative experiences that have inspired many of my songs.
Tour dates for 2023 available at davidkeenan.com
The new "CRUDE BOYO EP" is released via Barrack Street Records 24/3/23 across all platforms.
Lyrics:
I was told long ago that you'd learn more on a building site than you would in school,
I don't know who's to know in El Paso.
Friday nights the floodlights you'd hear us roar, sing the town till we die then our throats went sore, we have grown on the road to El Paso.
Photographs on your mantelpiece they fade,
Sitting at some bus stop in the pouring rain,
In your mind things that you've seen ,
Now the shoe is on the other foot, how does that feel?
If you wanna go I'll take you there, feel the rain on your face in the morning air,
Let's go back, take me back to El Paso.
You go around with your tie and your briefcase,
With a look on your face like I'm a waste of space,
Take me back, take me back to El Paso.
Oh take a walk, take a walk down the echo road I'll be waiting
don't you know i'll be waiting.
And if you wanna go I'll take you there, feel the rain on your face in the morning air,
Take me back, let's go back to El Paso.
You go around with your tie and your briefcase,
With a look on your face like I'm a waste of space.
Take me back, take me back, take me back let's go back,
to El Paso, to El Paso, to El Paso, to my El Paso. - เพลง
The song is and will forever be Dundalk⚫️⚪️
Go on the town !!!
Been watching this all day. Wonderful performance of the only anthem for the Dundalk diaspora! Well done David. C'mon the Town.
Brilliant...well done.
Good to see the Pearse Park landmark wonders here what's not to like !
Forever one of my favourite tunes man! Absolute class
Got to know this Song a few years ago when i lived in El Paso for a year to play hockey. Still get goosebumps when i hear it. Became my favorite Song by one of the most talented artists!!
Resonates with us all i in the Dundalk/Ireland forcefield! What a fkn choone.
Rising ⭐ this guy and you heard it first! 1️⃣☝️🤘
David, it has been long overdue for the official version! Thanks for all your music and much love from Edinburgh.
this song makes alot of people happy i remember hearing dave sing it many years ago over a few pints and his guitar great to see how far hes come
This is a song I needed. I’ve been wanting to start over and get my life together lately. This about captures that spirit. Wonderful poetry
C'mon the town
Under the bridge i use to hate going under it to get home
Absolutely bloody brilliant, love that you've reclaimed this as your own and seeing such genuine joy on your face in the video is great. Pure class,
Magic 🏁
great song… unreal song at a party aswell not one person from town dosnt know the words of it
Keep shouting out your soul bro, what a tune😮😊
You wrote this at 14 huh? I can't tie two words together at 57. I'm not bitter about it...not at all. The muses hit whom they will. Glad that I can follow your in your travels.
Very good....
Thanks for your music David, this one really hit me. Greetings from Mexico, hope our paths cross again soon.
Listening all day. Would love to hear it live one day whenever I get back…👏👏
I wish I was there right now. 😢❤good song
Me 2
Go on David!!!! 🖤🤍
God bless you John hallet,
What a talented guy this is class
All of a sudden it's 2009 and I'm at an underage gig in the town. What an evocative song. Beautiful version and video 😍
Deadly stuff brother !! Goosebumps listening to that!!
So stoked to see this be brought back to life!
Love this 🤍
Pure Chaaaa!!!
UP DA KEENAN!
Looking forward to hearing the song, and many more, at Kilkenny Roots Festival on 30th April.
Excellent
Top Notch David, great to be able to re live it
Amazing .
Great version, of a great song
Great video and the song is incredible. My favourite for a few years now!
Brilliant 👏👏 🖤🤍
Brilliant mate! 🤛🏻
Listened to this twice and then watched the video just now. A myriad of emotions going through me, that little white feather, the rays of sunshine….can’t wait to hear this live David. Many thanks ✨
the Proper release
Just checked in by phone with my wife to ascertain if she had yet risen....yes i have been up since 10 to 6 when i heard David Keenan singing in my bathroom, he sounded very jolly.....probably her best alarm call in a while mind you.
Every detail poignant, visually. Not to be crude - I think this video brought me more satisfying chills than the audio… said the fan of this epic voice, and the admirer of the grounded and transcendent sound of his. #poet
Foot tapper
Does it get any better?
Simple answer...NO
The song that introduced me to you. What an amazing journey you have been on. Keep on keeping on.