Modtrad Music © SOCAN
1.
YEARS AGO WHEN IN WAS YOUNG
I SAT OUT IN THE IRISH SUN
AND STRETCHED UPON A RIVER BANK
I THOUGHT ABOUT WHICH ROAD TO TAKE
THE MYSTERY OF AMERIKAY CALLED ME STRONGER EVERY DAY
AND SO I LEFT MY HOME BEHIND
TO SEE WHAT IN THE WORLD I'D FIND OUT THERE
WHERE IT WOULD
SHINE ON BRIGHTER, HOLD ON TIGHTER
KEEP IT LIGHTER THAN ANY LOVE I'D KNOWN
KEEP ME DREAMIN', NEVER LEAVIN'
ALWAYS FEELING LIKE I'D NEVER HAVE TO GO
2.
I LANDED FRESH UPON THE SHORE
WITH BULGING EYES AND NOT MUCH MORE
SOME FRIENDLY PEOPLE TOOK ME IN
AND SO BEGAN MY WANDERIN'
I TRIED THE CITIES TO THE SOUTH,
TRIED MOUNTAIN HIGH AND RIVER'S MOUTH
GOLDEN BEACHES, SNOWY PLAINS
JUST PACK MY BAGS AND GO AGAIN
GO AGAIN
TO WHERE IT WOULD
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3.
SEVEN YEARS JUST FLEW ON BY
WITHOUT A GLIMPSE OF HOME
TO BUSY SINGING SONGS
ABOUT THE RAMBLE AND THE ROAM
THEN LATE ONE NIGHT IT HIT ME
THE ONLY THING THAT GOT ME RIGHT
WERE PADDY DALY'S LETTERS
AND MY MOM'S PHONE CALLS AT NIGHT
OH SHE'D ALWAYS CALL ME SO DAMN LATE AT NIGHT
THEY'D HELP ME TO
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4.
NOW I AM AN OLDER MAN, GETTING ON IN YEARS
GOT WRINKLES 'ROUND THESE CURIOUS EYES
AND WHITE HAIR IN MY BEARD
I WALKED UPON THAT RIVER BANK
AND CAME TO REALIZE
EVERYTHING I'D SEARCHED FOR WAS RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES
AT HOME, AT HOME
WHERE I CAN
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Recorded by Clancy, Evans and Doherty
On " Shine on Brighter " Popular/Warner Records © 1996