Fiona's Song

When first I came to New York town, my eyes were all aglow
 To see the lights on Broadway, the scrapers rimmed with snow
 I fell in with some Belfast boys, I whiled the nights away
 Getting' drunk and stoned on the Boulevard in a bar called Maggie Mae's
 Oh, the liquor flowed down freely, the grass relaxed my head
 By five o'clock in the mornin' I'd be driftin' off to bed
 With an arm around my slender waist, two lips attached to mine
 I'd stare up at the ceiling while some stranger enjoyed his time
 But I'm thinkin' ever thinkin' by dark and by day
 I'm thinkin', ever thinkin' 'bout the night I went away
 When he held me to his firm young breast and whispered, "please don't go"
 Oh, I wish I was back in his own true arms where the rain and the rivers flow
 Why did I ever let you go, what more can I say
 My Mother didn't care for you, the ould one had her way
 She wanted me to marry a girl from the university
 But when I lay in your arms at night I wasn't thinkin' about your degrees
 I couldn't understand the lack of your concern
 For all my tears when you told me you were bound for New York Town
 At your wake I stood in the kitchen my eyes abruised and red
 And I clung to you like a baby that last night in your bed
 But I'm thinkin' ever thinkin' by dark and by day
 I'm thinkin', ever thinkin' 'bout the night I went away
 When he held me to his firm young breast and whispered, "please don't go"
 Oh, I wish I was back in his own true arms where the rain and the rivers flow
 His tears dried up quite quickly from what it would appear
 He was engaged to a girl from UCD in less than 1 full year
 While I sit on the Boulevard in a bar called Maggie Mae's
 And wait for some stranger to smile at me and get me to the next day
 But I'm thinkin' ever thinkin' by dark and by day
 I'm thinkin', ever thinkin' 'bout the night I went away
 When he held me to his firm young breast and whispered, "please don't go"
 Oh, I wish I was back in his own true arms where the rain and the rivers flow
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