Song Lyrics
in the town i loved so well
Where our school played ball by the gasyard wall, the moor and the bog Phil, going home in the rain
and i played in a small pick-up band
And we laughed through the smoke and the smell, but when i returned how my eyes have burned Phil, they will not forget but their hearts are set
Where our school played ball by the gasyard wall, in the town i loved so well
For what s done is done and what s won is won, they will not forget but their hearts are set
Like a language that we all could understand, going home in the rain
The town that i have loved so well, where our school played ball by the gasyard wall
There i spent my youth and to tell you the truth, in the town i loved so well
And i played in a small pick-up band, and the damned barbed wire gets higher and higher
In the town i loved so well, for what s done is done and what s won is won
There i spent my youth and to tell you the truth, past the jail and down behind the fountain, on tomorrow and peace once again
On tomorrow and peace once again, and we laughed through the smoke and the smell Phil, called women from creggan
but they saw it through without complaining
What have they done, in the town i loved so well, those were happy days in so many
Like a language that we all could understand, never broken
now the army s installed by that old gasyard wall
The town that i have loved so well, there i spent my youth and to tell you the truth
And we laughed through the smoke and the smell, now the music s gone but they carry on for their spirit s been bruised So, there was music there in the derry air
In my memory i will always see, now the army s installed by that old gasyard wall
There was music there in the derry air, i can only pray for a bright Coulter, in the town i loved so well
and the gas that hangs on to every tree
For deep inside was a burning pride, in the early morning the shirt factory horn, like a language that we all could understand
While the men on the dole played a mother s role, by the armoured cars and the bombed out bars
the town that i have loved so well
and we laughed through the smoke and the smell
By the armoured cars and the bombed out bars, there was music there in the derry air Loved, on tomorrow and peace once again
Going home in the rain, in the town i loved so well, never broken
To see how a town could be brought to its knees, now the music s gone but they carry on for their spirit s been bruised, called women from creggan
Where our school played ball by the gasyard wall, there i spent my youth and to tell you the truth The, in the town i loved so well
But they saw it through without complaining, and we laughed through the smoke and the smell Coulter, and we laughed through the smoke and the smell
now the music s gone but they carry on for their spirit s been bruised
while the men on the dole played a mother s role
But they saw it through without complaining, and the damned barbed wire gets higher and higher The, there was music there in the derry air
Now the music s gone but they carry on for their spirit s been bruised, never broken, i remember the day when i earned my first pay
The moor and the bog, and when times got tough there was just about enough, never broken
By the armoured cars and the bombed out bars, never broken The, and what s lost is lost and gone forever
What have they done, and what s lost is lost and gone forever, in the town i loved so well
i was sad to leave it all behind me for i learned about life and i d found a wife
And we laughed through the smoke and the smell, but they saw it through without complaining, i was sad to leave it all behind me for i learned about life and i d found a wife
