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         IN MY ME-MO-RY I WILL AL- WAYS SEE,

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         THE TOWN THAT I HAVE LOVED SO WELL.

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         WHERE OUR SCHOOL PLAYED BALL BY THE GAS- YARD WALL

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         AND WE LAUGHED THROUGH THE SMOKE AND THE SMELL

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         GOING HOME IN THE RAIN, RUNNING UP THE DARK LANE

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         PAST THE JAIL AND DOWN BE- HIND THE FOUN- TAIN

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         THOSE WERE HAP- PY DAYS, IN SO MA- NY MA- NY WAYS

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         IN THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL

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2.       IN THE EARLY MORN THE SHIRT FACTORY'S HORN

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         CALLED WOMEN FROM CREEGAN, THE MOOR AND THE BOG

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         WHILE MEN ON THE DOLE PLAYED A MOTHER'S ROLE

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         FED THE CHIL-DREN AND TRAINED THE DOGS

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         AND WHEN TIMES GOT TOUGH, THERE WAS JUST ABOUT E- NOUGH

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         BUT THEY SAW IT THROUGH WITHOUT COM-PLAINING

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         FOR DEEP IN- SIDE WAS A BURN- ING PRIDE

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         IN THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL

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3.       THERE WAS MU- SIC THERE IN THE DER-RY AIR

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         LIKE A LANGUAGE WE ALL COULD UNDERSTAND

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         I RE-MEMBER THE DAY WHEN I EARNED MY FIRST PAY

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         AND I PLAYED IN A SMALL PICK UP BAND.

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         THERE I SPENT MY YOUTH AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH

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         I WAS SAD TO LEAVE IT ALL BE- HIND ME

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         FOR I LEARNED ABOUT LIFE AND I'D FOUND ME A WIFE

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         IN THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL

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BUT WHEN I RE- TURNED HOW MY EYES HAVE BURNED

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TO SEE HOW A TOWN COULD BE BROUGHT TO ITS KNEES

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BY THE ARMOURED CARS AND THE BOMBED OUT BARS

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AND THE GAS THAT HANGS ON TO EVERY TREE

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NOW THE  ARMY'S INSTALLED BY THE OLD GASYARD WALL

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AND THE DAMNED BARBED WIRE GETS HIGHER AND HIGH- ER

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WITH THEIR TANKS AND THEIR GUNS OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE THEY DONE

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TO THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL

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NOW THE MUSIC'S GONE BUT THEY CAR- RY ON

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FOR THEIR SPIRIT'S BEEN BRUISED, NEVER BRO-KEN

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THEY WILL NOT FOR-GET, BUT THEIR HEARTS ARE SET

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ON TO-MOR-ROW AND PEACE ONCE A-GAIN

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FOR WHAT'S DONE IS DONE AND WHAT'S WON IS WON

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AND WHAT'S LOST IS LOST AND GONE FOR- EV- ER

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I CAN ONLY PRAY FOR A BRIGHT, BRAND NEW DAY

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IN THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL