Standard (EADGBE)

Take me away from the city

Lead me to where I can be on my own

I wanted to see you but now that I have

I just want to be left alone

I'll always remember your kind words

And I'll still remember your name

But I've seen you changing and turning

And I know that things won't be the same

Pre Chorus

I remember that summer in Dublin

And the Liffey, yes, it stank like hell

And the young people walking on Grafton Street

And everyone looking so well

I was singing a song I heard somewhere

Called rock and roll never forgets

When my humming was smothered by the 46A

And the scream of the low flying jets

So I jumped on a bus to Dun Laoghaire

Stopping off to pick up my guitar

When a drunk on the bus told me how to get rich

I was glad we weren't going to far

So I'm leaving on Wednesday morning

Trying to find a place where I can hear

The wind and the birds and the sea on the rocks

And the open road is always near

And if sometimes I tire of the quiet

And I want to walk back up that hill

I'll just get on the road and I'll stick out my thumb

Cause I know for sure you'll be there still