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.