Open up the door, she's standin' the smile in her eyes but the gray in her hair Betrays the fact you strayed far from With drinkin', your smokin', you're whorin' around
Sit by the fire, put your feet on the grate Spend the night 'til the hour grows late remember at the end of the day You can always go home, you just can't
Then off to the pub for to see your old mates Ah, all look older, but nothin' has changed And you drink 'til you're out of your head Hey, what are yez all doin', snakin' off to
Then you're 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 go home, you just 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 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 your But you know what she's thinkin', she doesn't to say You can go home, you just 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 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 for the plane" but that crack in her voice Betrays the fact that you made choice
A time ago, now there's no turnin' back 'Cause last night you had your American And the bells are still ringin', 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, you again next year Landin' at Kennedy, at Kennedy, landin' at Kennedy All you is the pain But it's too late, too late 'cause last night you had You had your American