[Chorus]
Oh, my old man's a Provo, with a beret and a gun,
Well, I haven't seen him lately, sure, he's always on the run,
Well, he looks so really trendy, wearing shades and DM boots,
Far cooler than them other dads in their ties and shirts and suits.

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Well, the Brits and police all ask me, each time that I go out,
They ask me if I've seen me da or if he's been about,
Well, I say, "Mind your own business and just leave me alone,
You shower are only jealous you've no fathers of your own!"

[Chorus]
Oh, my old man's a Provo, with a beret and a gun,
Well, I haven't seen him lately, sure, he's always on the run,
Well, he looks so really trendy, wearing shades and DM boots,
Far cooler than them other dads in their ties and shirts and suits.

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Oh, on our RTE the other night, a chap came on to say,
"Please give us information about the IRA",
Well, he showed a Provo unit as cool as he could be,
Well, I knew it was me daddy, cause he stopped to wave at me!

[Chorus]
Oh, my old man's a Provo, with a beret and a gun,
Well, I haven't seen him lately, sure, he's always on the run,
Well, he looks so really trendy, wearing shades and DM boots,
Far cooler than them other dads in their ties and shirts and suits.

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Well, me da has got me worried, sure, I think he's going soft,
There's a half a ton of fertiliser, stowed up in our loft,
"Are you going to be a farmer, da?" I asked him just for fun,
"Don't be a fucking eejit, pass the coffee grinder son!"

[Chorus]
Oh, my old man's a Provo, with a beret and a gun,
Well, I haven't seen him lately, sure, he's always on the run,
Well, he looks so really trendy, wearing shades and DM boots,
Far cooler than them other dads in their ties and shirts and suits.

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Ah, but Christmas time is lonely, when me daddy's not at home,
The police are watching everywhere, they've even tapped the phone,
Last Christmas Eve they staked out, all our windows and our doors,
When climbing down the chimney, came a Provo Santa Claus!

[Chorus]
Oh, my old man's a Provo, with a beret and a gun,
Well, I haven't seen him lately, sure, he's always on the run,
Well, he looks so really trendy, wearing shades and DM boots,
Far cooler than them other dads in their ties and shirts and suits.

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Well, me daddy's up in Long Kesh, to me it's just not right,
Well, I say a special prayer for him, when I go to bed each night,
Well, today it was his birthday, I sent him in a cake,
There was semtex in the candles, he'll be out before I wake!

[Chorus]
Oh, my old man's a Provo, with a beret and a gun,
Well, I haven't seen him lately, sure, he's always on the run,
Well, he looks so really trendy, wearing shades and DM boots,
Far cooler than them other dads in their ties and shirts and suits,
Yes, far cooler than them other dads in their ties and shirts and suits.