Ireland

I met you on the beach in June
 The bonfire burning bright
 Friend of friends I'd known for years
 Another summer night
 You made room beside you there
 Your toes dug in the sand
 That distant summer when I found you and you
 Found Ireland
 The bonfire died, I drove you home
 Sometime around three or four
 We sat outside and talked and talked
 Another hour or more
 When you got up to go inside
 I had our summer planned
 That's when you said that you were leavin' that night
 For Ireland
 I hung around the beach that week
 But nothing felt the same
 And tryin' to get started
 Was another losin' game
 And why I felt so out of things
 I could not understand
 I only knew that you were gone; you were
 In Ireland
 I sold my car in Providence
 To buy a roundtrip fare
 And off I flew to Ireland
 And hoped I'd see you there
 They knew in O'Donoghue's
 Where you'd sung with the band
 That distant summer when I found you and you
 Found Ireland
 They said you'd gone to Galway
 Then you'd hitched to Donegal
 McGrory's up in Culdaff
 Was where you could hear it all
 Arlo was on the stage
 When I slipped in and took your hand
 That distant summer when I found you and we
 Found Ireland
 I fell in love with Ireland
 I fell in love with you
 And when you said you felt the same, well
 What else could I do
 Now all these years of lovin' you
 Has all been some sweet command
 It's summer now and once again we'll go
 Find Ireland
 It's summer now and once again we'll go
 Find Ireland