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