Open up the door, she's there With the in her eyes but the gray in her hair Betrays the fact you far from home With your drinkin', your smokin', you're whorin'
Sit down by the fire, put your feet on the the night reminiscin' 'til the hour grows late Always at the end of the day You can go home, you just can't stay
Then it's off to the pub for to see old mates Ah, they all look older, but has changed And you drink 'til you're nearly out of head Hey, what are yez all doin', snakin' off to
Then outside her flat but she's no longer there The tears your eyes as you think of her hair In the photo they sent you of her day You can always go home, you can't stay
you see her at Mass with the kids at her side And it all comes in the blink of an eye The tears and the laughter, the love and the And dress she wore the night you said,? Goodbye?
Then her husband says, "It's good to you back" And she smiles for a moment and squeezes your But you know she's thinkin', she doesn't have to say You can always go home, you just stay
And you swear to yourself, time and again It was all in the past, she don't anything Now life is full of laughter and bars What did you leave behind, just the sun, the moon and the
Then it's up in the at the crack of dawn your stomach churnin', she says, "Come on, now, Sean You'll be late for the plane" but that crack in her the fact that you made your choice
A time ago, now there's no turnin' back last night you had your American wake And the are still ringin', can't you hear what they say? You can go home, you just can't stay
Say goodbye, say goodbye, say In the wind, the and the pourin' rain One last drink, one last drink, one last At Shannon Airport, then we're here
History around here, you again next year Landin' at Kennedy, at Kennedy, landin' at Kennedy All you is the pain But it's too late, it's too 'cause last night you had You had American wake