Open up the door, standin' there the smile in her eyes but the gray in her hair Betrays the you strayed far from home With drinkin', your smokin', you're whorin' around
Sit down by the fire, put feet on the grate Spend the 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, all look older, but nothin' has changed And you 'til you're nearly out of your head Hey, what are yez all doin', snakin' off to
Then you're outside her flat but she's no longer The tears your eyes as you think of her hair In the photo sent you of her wedding day You can always go home, you just can't
Then you see her at Mass with the kids at her And it all comes in the blink of an eye The and the laughter, the love and the lies And that dress she the night you said,? Goodbye?
Then her says, "It's good to have you back" And she smiles for a moment and squeezes hand But you know what she's thinkin', she have to say You can always go home, you can't stay
And you swear to yourself, time and again It was all in the past, she don't mean Now your is full of laughter and bars did you leave behind, just the sun, the moon and the stars?
Then it's up in the mornin' at the crack of With your stomach churnin', she says, "Come on, now, You'll be late for the plane" but that in her voice Betrays the fact that you made choice
A long time ago, now there's no back 'Cause last you had your American wake And the bells are still ringin', can't you hear they say? You can always go home, you just can't
Say goodbye, say goodbye, say In the wind, the and the pourin' rain One last drink, one drink, one last drink At Shannon Airport, then we're here
History around here, catch you again 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