Ireland

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It seemed like everything we heard 
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and hoped might be true
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We got a ride right away and she 
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took us to the dunes

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And we fell asleep to the sounds of 
a carnival
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From a village further down the 
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beach
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We woke up the next morning on a 
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bed of tiny flowers,
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Packed the tent and went to get 
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somethin' to eat

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We bought a cheap jar of peanut 
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butter and a loaf of fresh white 
bread,
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We made sandwiches on the beach; 
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life doesn't get any better than 
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this


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We walked in for free to the first 
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castle that we found
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It was empty, it was late, it 
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became our campground
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And we spotted a tent and we met 
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another camper
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And he told us his sad story--
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Well he had been dumped by a girl
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 that he loved, but he told us 
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not to worry


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You can camp anywhere, no one's 
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gonna care; why would they?
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"It's not like this at home," we 
told him, "you know"
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He said your home's so far away


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We went west all the way 'til the 
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land ran out
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We slept at an empty house in the 
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middle of a tiny town
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We met a man at a crossroads who 
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said it was his dream to someday 
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come to Bloomington
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We thought it was funny because 
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for you and me, it was our dream
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 to be here in Ireland


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He was a big fan of John Melloncamp;
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we told him everything we knew about
 him
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We invited him to come and stay at 
our house;
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when we got to our stop he didn't 
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want us to get out
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We stayed the night at the house of 
a guy from Albany
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He was glad to meet Americans; he 
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made us spaghetti


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And we met a man who said he was a
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 doctor and he took us on some of
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 his house calls
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He taught us the best way to get a 
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donkey to come to you
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is not to pay them any attention 
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at all


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And I crawled to the edge and 
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peeked over my head and looked down 
to the sea
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It was two thousand feet to the 
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water below; it looked so blue, it 
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looked so deep


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And don't ever let 'em tell you 
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that it rains in Ireland
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Well if they tell you that you 
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can be sure they've never been
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'Cause the sun is always shinin' 
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and the hills are always green
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And the people are always smilin' 
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and offerin' you drinks


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We'd set up our tent on the cliffs 
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right by the sea
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Almost every night and the waves 
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rocked us to sleep


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A postman from Wales and his 
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friend from England
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Bought us fries at the westernmost 
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pub
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We sat with them and two others 
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we'd met
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And we all watched the postman get 
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drunk


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And at first the Burren might seem 
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like a waste land of broken stones
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Look in the cracks and you'll see 
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there's a secret there that grows
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And Galway City really feels a lot
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 like home
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We went through Connemara and up 
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to Sligo


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And at the Slieve League we 
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couldn't see anything;
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We decided that we should turn back
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The mist was so thick that we 
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couldn't find our feet
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And the trail was called Deadman's 
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Pass


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On one side it was three thousand 
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feet down to the ocean
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The other was two thousand feet to 
the ground
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And anyway our time was running out


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And we crossed the country in less
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 than a day
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Our last ride to Dublin asked us 
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the same things


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They asked if we had any kin from 
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Ireland;
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They were surprised when we said no
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When I said I didn't drink and 
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hadn't tried Guinness yet
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They were the first ones to say, 
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"way to go"


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And as our ferry was leaving the 
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Emerald Isle behind
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We were already making our plans 
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to come back sometime


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And don't ever let 'em tell you 
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that it rains in Ireland
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Well if they tell you that you can
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 be sure they've never been
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'Cause the sun is always shinin' 
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and the hills are always green
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And people are always smilin' and 
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offerin' you drinks