Jem Songtext / Lyric

Jem

Do you remember Jem, when we first stepped out?
You'd a pin stripped suit; you wouldn't open your mouth
But you really looked lovely, except your shirt's sticking out
Do you remember Jem?
Do I remember, will I ever forget?

The day picking winkles on Dollymount strand
And the tide came in and it nearly drowned our gran'
And we had to push her home in a three-wheel pram
Do you remember Jem?
Do I remember, will I ever forget?

And the Holly in the house at Stephens night
You met all the relations and nothing went right
They thought you were my little brother
Because you look like Stan
Except he's bigger and he never ever got sick all over gran'
You remember Jem?
Do I remember, will I ever forget?

And the day we went to the Phoenix Park
To look at the deer, and sit in the grass
And you held me hand and asked for a kiss
But I wouldn't give in, 'cause I new it was a mortal sin
And then you said you loved me and promised a ring
Do you remember Jem?
Do I remember, will I ever forget?

And do you remember the day you'd changed me name
And you couldn't find the ring and gran' started praying
She looked in your waistcoat and she pokes your 'round
And she put her hands in your pockets
And your trousers fell down
Remember Jem?
Do I remember, will I ever forget?

And the singing and dancing back at the house
Come to think of it now, you where as quiet as a mouse
But you shouldn't have put the whiskey
In gran's bottle of stout
I thought she was dead,
When I found her sleeping in the wedding bed
But it was lovely, it was grand
And you had to sleep with my little brother Stan
Except he never got sick all over gran'
Do you remember Jem?
Do I remember, will I ever forget?

Well, it's forty years now we've been knocking about
I'm much the same and you haven't changed
Except me teeth aren't my own and you've got stout
But you really looked lovely, except your shirt's sticking out
Do you remember Jem?
Do I remember, will I ever forget?