| Sailing away on the wings of the mist I
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| Gazed at the stars and I found my way
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| Failing to make ends meet in Cork I
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| Tried my luck from a western bay.
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| The wind felt good as I set me sails
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| For far fetched hopes beyond the horizon
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| And the ocean splashed and the land slipped by
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| I burned my burning memories aye
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| 'Twas early in the morning, past mourning my life and my once so beloved wife
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| Never ending beginnings, here I reach out to you with the morning stars
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| Take me for all I’m worth and if I happen to stumble don’t let me down
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| And if I happen to go astray, I trust you’ll appear to me and come to light my
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| way
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| You’ll come to light my way
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| You’ll come to light my way
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| You’ll come to light my way
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| The froth on the deck was caressing my heart
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| And my eyes kept licking on the far horizon
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| I finally made out the crying signs
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| That burned my flesh and urged me to go on
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| You see I never really cared for never-ending stories
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| But here I am on my way again
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| No longer afraid of the power and the glory
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| Who knows what I’m worth? |
| Back in Cork in famine I could hardly tell
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| But I know if I go astray, you’ll appear to me again to light my way
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| Will come to light my way
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| You’ll come to light my way
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| You’ll come to light my way
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| I trust you’ll appear to me and light my way
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| I’m sailing away
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| I’m sailing away
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| Come and light my way
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| And I’m sailing away
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| Come and light my way
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| Come and light my way
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| Come to light my way. |