Goodbye Ireland - Erin Hay Lyrics
Goodbye Ireland
The moment's drawing nearer now and I know this means more than most goodbyes
I linger on familiar scenes, it's like looking through a stranger's eyes
I'm no vagabond traveller in my heart you hold all that I hold dear
In my soul I feel the famine and on my face I feel an emerald tear
(Chorus)
Goodbye Ireland I must sail across this ocean alone
Knowing time's a silent thief knowing should I never see you again
Goodbye Ireland
The ship lies in the harbor now and the captain he'll not wait for nary man
Tis fair the well I must be saying then quickly I will go while I still can
There's a new world waiting for me and I go in search of something that we've lost
Please say that you'll forgive me for my heart's too weak to bare a heavy cross
(Chorus)
Goodbye Ireland I must sail across this ocean alone
Knowing time's a silent thief knowing should I never see you again
An emptiness shall follow me til my life's end
Goodbye Ireland
Goodbye Ireland will I ever see you again
[Thanks to Lonnie Ratliff for lyrics]