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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