Going Back to Ireland

When I was a young boy, playing in the countryside
Running through the green fields on my dear ol' hill
On through the countryside, I could be free and roam
And when I was done I could always go home

Well, I'm going back to Ireland, the place I never known
I'm going back to Ireland, where me ancestors were grown
Well, I'm going back to Ireland, you're here with me alright
I'm going back to Ireland to the glistening tonight

When I was a young man, before the land it got destroyed
I would go to my grandpa's house, where I could end the void
Sitting in front of an old organ well, I play a song
But now it's gonna think I'm sick and I wanna go home

Well, I'm going back to Ireland, the place I never known
I'm going back to Ireland, where me ancestors were grown
Well, I'm going back to Ireland, you're here with me alright
I'm going back to Ireland to the glistening tonight

Years have went by now, the new country's gone to hell
There's nothing left here for me, the ones I love have fell
So I will start anew in the land of our old country
Ireland is the only way that's left to read my name

Well, I'm going back to Ireland, the place I never known
I'm going back to Ireland, where me ancestors were grown
Well, I'm going back to Ireland, you're here with me alright
I'm going back to Ireland to the glistening tonight