Flight Of Earls[C] - Paddy Reilly
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I can hear the bells of Dublin
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in this lonely waiting room
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And the paperboys are singin'
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in the rain
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Not too long before they take us
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to the airport and the noise
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To get on board
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a trans at--lantic plane
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We've got nothin' left to stay for,
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We had no more left to say
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And there isn't any work for us to do
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So farewell ye boys and girls;
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Another bloody Flight of Earls
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Our best asset is our best export, too....
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It's not murder, fear or famine
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that makes us leave this time
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We're not going to join Mc--Alpine's Fus--ileers
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We've got brains, and we've got visions;
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we've got edu--cation, too!
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But we just can't throw a--way these precious years
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So we walk the streets of London,
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And the streets of Balti--more
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And we meet at night in several Boston bars
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We're the leaders of the future
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But we're far a--way from home
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And we dream of you be--neath the Irish stars
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As we look on El--lis Is--land,
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and the Lady in the bay
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And Manhattan turns to face another Sunday
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We just wonder what you're doing
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to bring us all back home
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As we look forward to a--nother Monday
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Because it's not the work that scares us
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We don't mind an honest job
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And we know things will get better once a--gain
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So a thousand times adieu, We've got Bono and U2
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All we're missin' is the Guinness, and the rain
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So switch off your new computers
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cause the writing's on the wall
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We're leaving as our fathers did be--fore
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Take a look at Dublin airport,
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or the boat that leaves North Wall
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There'll be no Youth Unemp--loyment any more
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Because we're over here in Queensland,
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And in parts of New South Wales
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We're on the seas and airways and the trains
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But if we see better days,
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Those big airplanes go both ways
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And we'll all be comin' back to you a--gain!
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