Well I Didn't See Much Future
When I Left The Christian Brothers School
So I Waved It Goodbye With A Wistful Smile
And I Left The Girls Of Tuam
And Sometimes When I'm Reminiscing
I See The Prefabs And My Old Friends
And I Know That They'll Be Changed Or Gone
By The Time I Get Home Again

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And I Wish I Was On That N 17
(Stone Walls And The Grasses Green)
Yes I Wish I Was On That N 17
(Stone Walls And The Grasses Green)
Travelling With Just My Thoughts And Dreams

Well The Ould Fella Left Me To Shannon
Was The Last Time I Travelled That Road
And As I Turned Left At Claregalway
I Could Feel A Lump In My Throat
As I Pictured The Thousands Of Times
That I Travelled That Well Worn Track
And I Know That Things Would Be Different
If I Ever Decide To Go Back

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Now As I Tumble Down Highways
Or Filthy Overcrowded Trains
There's No One To Talk To In Transit
So I Sit There And Daydream In Vain
And Behind All These Muddled Up Problems
Of Living On A Foreign Soil
I Can Still See The Twists And Turns On The Road
From The Square To The Town Of The Tribes

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