On Grafton Street Lyrics

On Grafton Street at Christmas time
The elbows push you 'round
This is not my place of memories

On Grafton Street at Christmas time
The elbows push you 'round
This is not my place of memories
I'm a stranger in this town

And the faces seem familiar
And I know those songs they're playing
But I close my eyes and find myself
Five thousand miles away

It's funny how my world goes 'round without you
Oh, you're the one thing I never thought I could live without
I just found this smile to think about you
You're a Saturday night, far from the madding crowd

The buskers sing by candle light
In front of Bewley's Store
And a young nun offers me a chair
At a table by the door

And I feel compelled to tell her
Of the sisters that we knew
How when they lit their candles
I'd say a prayer for you

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It's funny how my world goes 'round without you
Oh, you're the one thing I never thought I could live without
I just found this smile to think about you
You're a Saturday night, far from the madding crowd

The church bells ring for holy hour
I'm back out in the rain
It's been twenty years or more
Since I last said your name

I hear you live near Dallas now
In a house out on the plains
Why Grafton Street brought you to mind
I really can't explain

It's funny how my world goes 'round without you
Oh, you're the one thing I never thought I could live without
And I just found this smile to think about you
You're a Saturday night, far from the madding crowd

On Grafton Street at Christmas time
The elbows push you 'round
All I carry now are memories
I'm a stranger to this town