We said goodbye in Shannon, as I stepped on board the plane
I watched my dear old parents , as their eyes were filled with pain
They say the grass is greener, upon the other side
So I flew out to America, across the great divide

The plane touched down in Boston, on that sunny day in May
I got a flat and searched for work and found a job next day
The foreman he is Irish, he showed me what to do
The work is hard, the hours are long, and the friends they are so few

Chorus
Oh the nights are long and lonely, as I sit here on my own
I miss my family and my friends and I long to be back home
'Cause no matter where you wander or wherever you may roam
For the place where you were born, is still the place that you call home

I miss the golden meadows and the weeping willow tree
The thunder of the churning surf lives in my memory
The wild call of the curlew as he rises in the dawn
And the colleen that I left behind, as graceful as the fawn

One day I will return again to that cottage by the sea
Back to my dear old parents it's three years since they've seen me
So think before you travel,thing's are never what they seem
And the grass that's on the other side, is never quite so green

Chorus

Yes where you were born will always be the place that you call home

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