| I wrote her name and address on the back of a cigarette pack
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| I didn’t know then that I’d never be goin' back
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| The ferry was leaving when we pulled up to the quay
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| When we reached Hollyhead I was as sick as I could be I didn’t choose this way they made me go
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| I was a week on the job and I wanted to go back home
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| What I wouldn’t do for a glimpse of the Christmas tree
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| Hear all your voices callin' me If I go back home again I’ll just be hanging 'round
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| Maybe next year if my ship doesn’t run aground
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| I should’ve listened to my brother Moran when he said
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| I was a fool, but it’s too late now and I didn’t make the rules
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| Oh, God, please have mercy on me
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| I’m all alone in another man’s city
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| I’m not askin' for much just wanta go back home
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| See Mam and Dad and the boys, oh, God!
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| I should’ve listened to my brother Moran when he said
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| I was a fool, but it’s too late now and I didn’t make the rules
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| Oh, God, please have mercy on me
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| I’m all alone in another man’s city
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| I’m not askin' for much just wanta go back home
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| See Mam and Dad and the boys, oh, God!
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| Just see Mam and Dad and the boys, oh, God! |