Open up the door, she's standin' the smile in her eyes but the gray in her hair Betrays the you strayed far from home With your drinkin', your smokin', you're around
Sit down by the fire, put your feet on the Spend the night 'til the hour grows late remember at the end of the day You can go home, you just 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 out of your head Hey, are yez all doin', snakin' off to bed?
Then you're outside her flat but she's no longer The tears scald your eyes as you of her hair In the photo they you of her wedding day You can go home, you just can't stay
Then you see her at Mass with the at her side And it all back in the blink of an eye The tears and the laughter, the and the lies And dress she wore the night you said, Goodbye
Then her husband says, "It's to have you back" And she smiles for a and squeezes your hand 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, and time again It was all in the past, she don't mean Now your is full of laughter and bars What did you behind, just the sun, the moon and the stars?
Then it's up in the mornin' at the of dawn With your churnin', she says, "Come on, now, Sean You'll be late for the plane" but that in her voice Betrays the fact that you made choice
A long ago, now there's no turnin' back 'Cause last night you had your wake And the bells are still ringin', you hear what they say? You can always go home, you just can't
Say goodbye, say goodbye, say In the wind, the river and the pourin' One last drink, one last drink, one drink At Shannon Airport, then we're outa
History around here, catch you next year at Kennedy, landin' at Kennedy, landin' at Kennedy All you feel is the But it's too late, it's too late 'cause last you had You had American wake