Well I didn't see much future
When I left the Christian brothers school
So I waved it goodbye with a wishfull smile
And I left the girls of Tuam
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.

And I wish I was on the N17
Stone walls and the grass is green.
So wish I was on the N17
Stone walls and the grass is green.
I'll be travelling with just my thoughts and dreams

Well the ould fella left me to Shannon
Was the last time I traveled that road
And as we turned left at Claregalway
I could feel a lump in my throat
As I pictured the thousands of times
That I traveled that well worn track
And I know that things will be different
If I ever decide to go back

And I wish I was on the N17
Stone walls and the grass is green.
Yes I wish I was on the N17
Stone walls and the grass is green.
I'll be travelling with just my thoughts and dreams

Now as I tumble down highways
Or on filthy overcrowded trains
There's no one to talk to in transit
So I sit there and daydream in vain
Behind all those muddled up problems
Of living on a foreign soil
I can still see the twists and the turns on the road
From the square to the town of the tribes

And I wish I was on the N17
Stone walls and the grass is green.
Yes I wish I was on the N17
Stone walls and the grass is green.
I'll be travelling with just my thoughts and dreams

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