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G                         C
Factories, trains and houses,
                 D
Playground of my youth,
C                      D
The place that left me mute,
       Em            D     C
Till I threw back my shoulders

G                         C
Factories, trains and houses,
                           D
The place that makes songs strong,
C                D
And hurries you along,
          Em       D    C
Some grow old very quickly

G                              C
No star ever played the Cellar Bar,
                 D
Glass and bottle fights,
C                 D
We saw some crazy nights,
         Em        D      C
But then fights do excite you

G             C
I'm awoken by a,
                   D
Handbraked horn outside,
C               D
I knew lads who died,
           Em        D      C
That sound chills me inside still

C                             Em    D
Howth Junction could take you away,
C                                  Em   D
In the hayfields we'd squander the day,
C                           Em   D
From the corner of Holywell Road

Em             D        C
See the sunset over St. Donagh's,
Em             D       C
See the sunset over us all,
Em             D        C
See the sunset over St. Donagh's

Some boys want to get me,
Because I hit one back,
I still can hear the crack,
of his head on the concrete

Doing drugs and drinking,
Makes you so depressed,
Then you think you're blessed,
When you're dropping a tablet

Troubled years and fighting,
makes you sad you know,
and mummy had to go,
sure it's best in the long run

Howth Junction could take you away,
In the hayfields we'd squander the day,
From the corner of Holywell Road,

See the sunset over St. Donagh's,
See the sunset over us all,
See the sunset over St. Donagh's,
See the sunset over the wall