FLIGHT OF EARLS
I can hear the bells of Dublin in this lonely waitin' room
And the paperboys are singin' in the rain
Not too long before they take us to the airport and the noise
To get on board a transatlantic plane
We've got nothin' left to stay for,
We've got no more left to say
And there isn't any work for us to do
So farewell ye boys and girls;
Another bloody Flight of Earls
Our best asset is our best export, too....
It's not for the fear of Cromwell that makes us leave this time
We're not going to join McAlpine's Fusileers
We've got brains, and we've got visions; we've got education, too!
But we just can't throw away these precious years
So we walk the streets of London,
And the streets of Baltimore
And we meet at night in several Boston bars
We're the leaders of the future
But we're far away from home
And we dream of you beneath those Irish stars
As we look on Ellis Island, and the Lady in the bay
And Manhattan turns to face another Sunday
We just wonder what you're doin' for to bring us all back home
As we look forward to another Monday
Because there's nothin' more that scares us;
We don't mind an honest job
And we know things will get better once again
So a thousand times adieu,
We've got Bono and U2!
And all we're missin' is the Guiness, and the rain
So switch off your new computers, cause the writin's on the wall
We're leavin' as our fathers did before
Take a look at Dublin airport, or the boat that leaves North Wall
There'll be no Youth Unemployment any more....
Because we're over here in Queensland,
And in parts of New South Wales
And we're on the seas and airways and the trains
And if we see better days,
Those big airplanes go both ways
And we'll all be comin' home to you again!
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