Ronan Keating - The Town I Loved So Well Lyrics
In my memory, I will always seeThe town that I loved so wellWhere our school played ball by the gas yard wallAnd they laughed through the smoke and the smellGoing home in the rain, riding up the dark lanePast the jail, and down behind the fountainThose were happy days in so many, many waysIn the town I loved so wellIn the early mornin the shirt factory hornCalled women from cryin, the moor and the bogWhile the men on the dole played a mothers roleFed the children and then walked the dogAnd when times got tough there was just about enoughAnd they saw it through without complaininFor deep inside was a burning prideIn the town I loved so wellThere was music there in the derriereLike a language that we all could understandI remember the day that I earned my first payWhen I played in a small pick-art bandThere I spent my youth, and to tell you the truthI was sad to leave it all behind meFor I learned about life, and I found a wifeIn the town I loved so wellBut when I returned, how my eyes have burnedTo see how a town could be brought to its kneesBy the armoured cars and the bombed-out barsAnd the gas that hangs on to every breezeNow the armys installed by that old gas yard wallAnd the damn barbed wire gets higher and higherWith their tanks and their guns, oh my god, what have they doneIn the town I loved so wellNow the musics gone but they carry onFor their spirits be bruised, never brokenThey will not forget but their hearts are setFor tomorrow theyll have peace once againFor whats done is done and whats won is wonAnd whats lost is lost and gone for everI can only pray for a bright, brand new dayIn the town I loved so well
