On Grafton Street Lyrics

On Grafton Street lyrics

On Grafton Street at Christmas time
The elbows push you 'round.
This is
not my place of memories -
I'm a stranger in this town.

The faces
seem familiar,
And I know those songs they're playing.
But I close my
eyes and find myself
Five thousand miles away.

It's funny how my
world goes 'round without you -
You're the one thing I never thought I could
live without.
I just found this smile to think about you;
You're a
Saturday night far from the madding crowd.

The buskers sing by candle
light 
In front of Bewley's Store,
And a young nun offers me a
chair
At a table by the door.

And I feel compelled to tell her
Of
the sisters that we knew,
How when they lit their candles
I'd say a
prayer for you.

It's funny how my world goes 'round without you
-
You're the one thing I never thought I could live without.
I just found
this smile to think about you;
You're a Saturday night far from the madding
crowd.

The church bells ring for holy hour,
I'm back out in the
rain.
It's been twenty years or more
Since I last said your
name.

I hear you live near Dallas now
In a house out on the
plains;
Why Grafton Street brought you to mind
I really can't
explain.

It's funny how my world goes 'round without you -
You're the
one thing I never thought I could live without.
I just found this smile to
think about you;
You're a Saturday night far from the madding
crowd.

On Grafton Street at Christmas time
The elbows push you
'round.
All I carry now are memories -
I'm a stranger to this town.