Well there's four of us who share the room, we work hard for the brass
And getting up late on Sunday I never get to Mass
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It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
Oh it's a long, long way, it gets further day by day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here.
When Friday night comes around and Eddy's into fighting
My ma would like a letter home but I'm too tired for writing
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And the only time I feel all right is when I'm into drinking
It eases off the pain a bit and levels out my thinking
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Well it almost breaks my heart when I think of Josephine
I promised I'd be coming back with pockets full of green
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I dream I hear a piper play maybe its emotion
I dream I see white horses dance on that other ocean
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