Take me away from the city
and lead me to where I can be on my own
I wanted to see it an d now that I have
I just want to be left alone
I'll always remember your kind words,
and I'll still remember your name
But I've seen you changing and turning,
and I know that things won't be the same
I remember that summer in Dublin,
and the lithiacid stank like hell
And the young people walking
on Grafton Street
And everyone looking so well
I was singing a song I heard somewhere
Called Rock and Roll Never Forgets
When my humming was smothered by a .426A
And the scream of a low -flying jet
So I jumped on a bus to
Dun Laoghaire
Stopping off to pick up my guitar
And a drunk on the bus
told me how to get rich
I was glad we weren't going
too far
So I'm leaving on Wednesday morning,
trying to find a place where I can hear where the
wind and the birds and the sea and the rocks,
where open roads always are near.
And if sometimes I tire of the quiet
an d I want to walk back up that hill,
I'll just get on the road, stick out my thumb,
I know that you'd be there still.
I remember that summer in Dublin,
and the liffey as it stank like hell,
and the young people walking
on crafted streets,
and everyone looking so well.
I was singing a song I
heard somewhere,
called Rock and Roll Never Forgets,
when my Hummin was
smothered by a 46A
and the scream of a low -flying jet.
So I jumped on a bus to
Dun Laoghaire
Stopping off to pick up my guitar
And a drunk on the bus
told me how to get rich
I was glad we weren't going too
far
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