NANCI GRIFFITH lyrics - From Clare To Here

(Ralph McTell)



Four who shared this room and

We were caught up in the crack

Sleeping late on Sundays

And we never got to Mass



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It's a long way from Clare to here

It's a long way from Clare to here

It's a long, long way

It get's further by the day

It's a long, long way from Clare to here



When Friday comes around

We're only into fighting

My Ma would like a letter home but

I'm too tired for writing



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It almost breaks my heart

When I think of my family

I told them I'd be coming home with my

Pockets full of green



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The only time I feel alright

Is when I'm into drinking

It can sort of ease the pain of it and it

Levels out my thinking



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I sometimes hear the fiddles play,

Maybe it's just a notion

I dream I see white horses dance upon

That other ocean



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