Dublin

On the quiet banks of the Liffey and

Lakes, Dublin wrote her name

On the broad backs of men

We never met with their pens and their stones, they did the same

In the hours passed in the

Pubs, all the glasses were full and they were

Wet to the sleeve

And the eyes were so clear on the girl I met there, I

Swore I’d never leave

And the young men who longed for these shores in a

Song

All they wanted was a home

And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the

Light of dawn

Patiently, she waits there for me to come home

Was a bleary-eyed night, drunk from the lights and

The sounds of a city awake

And she stood in the crowd, her face as a shroud

Leaving nothing for my eye to take

But a warmth was so clear, it betrayed her as nearly

She glowed like those lights on the bridge

And a pain in my side, as I was drawn to her pride

Like the rise of the wind to the ridge

And the young men who longed for these shores in a

Song

All they wanted was a home

And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the

Light of dawn

Patiently, she waits there for me to come home

These waters have run red, these beaches have bled

From the wounds at the dark heart of man

Daughters grown sharp, tongues like knives to

The heart or a charm for the curse of the land

With prayers in their eyes, how well they’ve disguised that it’s love they’re giving away

But you might believe when your hard heart says

Leave but this one implores you to stay

And the young men who longed for these girls with

Our songs

All we wanted was a home

She wants one too with someone heart as true as

This prison made of stone

Patiently, she waits there for me to come home

Patiently, I wait to be free and be home