Flight Of Earls

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[Verse 1]
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I can hear the bells of Dublin
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in this lonely waiting room
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And the paperboys are singin'
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in the rain
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Not too long before they take us
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to the airport and the noise
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To get on board
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a transatlantic plane
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We've got nothin' left to stay for,
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We had no more left to say
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And there isn't any work for us to 
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do
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So farewell ye boys and girls;
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Another bloody Flight of Earls
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Our best asset is our best export, 
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too....

[Break]
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[Verse 2]
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It's not murder, fear or famine
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that makes us leave this time
Continúa después del anuncio
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We're not going to join McAlpine's
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 Fusileers
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We've got brains, and we've got 
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visions;
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we've got education, too!
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But we just can't throw away these 
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precious years
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So we walk the streets of London,
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And the streets of Baltimore
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And we meet at night in several 
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Boston bars
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We're the leaders of the future
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But we're far away from home
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And we dream of you beneath the 
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Irish stars

[Break]
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[Verse 3]
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As we look on Ellis Island,
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and the Lady in the bay
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And Manhattan turns to face 
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another Sunday
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We just wonder what you're doing
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to bring us all back home
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As we look forward to another Monday
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Because it's not the work that 
scares us
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We don't mind an honest job
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And we know things will get better
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 once again
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So a thousand times adieu, We've 
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got Bono and U2
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All we're missin' is the Guinness, 
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and the rain

[Break]
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[Verse 4]
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So switch off your new computers
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cause the writing's on the wall
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We're leaving as our fathers did 
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before
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Take a look at Dublin airport,
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or the boat that leaves North Wall
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There'll be no Youth Unemployment 
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any more
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Because we're over here in 
Queensland,
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And in parts of New South Wales
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We're on the seas and airways and 
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the trains
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But if we see better days,
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Those big airplanes go both ways
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And we'll all be comin' back to 
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you again!