Open up the door, standin' there With the smile in her eyes but the in her hair Betrays the you strayed far from home With your drinkin', smokin', you're whorin' around
Sit down by the fire, put your feet on the Spend the night reminiscin' 'til the hour grows Always at the end of the day You can always go home, you can't stay
it's off to the pub for to see your old mates Ah, they all look older, but has changed And you drink 'til you're nearly out of your Hey, what are yez all doin', snakin' off to
Then you're outside her flat but no longer there The tears scald eyes as you think of her hair In the photo sent you of her wedding day You can always go home, you just stay
Then you see her at with the kids at her side And it all comes in the blink of an eye The and the laughter, the love and the lies And that dress she wore the night you said,?
her husband says, "It's good to have you back" And she smiles for a moment and squeezes hand But you what she's thinkin', she doesn't 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 mean anything Now your life is of laughter and bars did you leave behind, just the sun, the moon and the stars?
Then up in the mornin' at the crack of dawn With 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 long time ago, now there's no back 'Cause last night you had American wake And the are still ringin', can't you hear what they say? You can always go home, you just stay
Say goodbye, say goodbye, say In the wind, the river and the pourin' One last drink, one drink, one last drink At Shannon Airport, then we're here
History around here, catch you again next Landin' at Kennedy, at Kennedy, landin' at Kennedy All you feel is the But it's too late, it's too late last night you had You had your wake