N17 Lyrics

N17 lyrics

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 

 

 Chorus: 

 

 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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