A Long Way From Home

1. A Long Way from Home (O’Hagan/Young)

2. Leave this City Behind (O’Hagan)

3. When the Boat Comes In (O’Hagan)

4. More or Less (O’Hagan )

5. Free Yourself (O’Hagan)

6. Montgomery, Alabama, (1955) (O’Hagan)

7. Include Me Out (O’Hagan/Young)

8. Wasting Time (O’Hagan)

9. Still in Love With You (O’Hagan)

10. Will O’ the Wisp (O’Hagan)

11. The Judgement Hall (O’Hagan)

12. On the Road Too Long (O’Hagan)

13. Rain in the Rosses (O’Hagan/Scanlan)

A Long Way from Home

Northern lady can I be your friend, let me take that helping hand you give,

I know I belong here and I’ve searched so hard to find a place to live,

I love to walk alone at night and watch the river flow,

And I still waken up each day and see the city grow,

And see the city grow, I am a stranger abroad, I have to carry my load,

On this long lonesome road, such a long way from home.

There’ve been trials along the way and at times the road’s been long and tough,

No man is an island and many times your best is just not good enough,

So many people here have come from distant lands,

And now the future lies within your caring hands,

Within your caring hands, I am a stranger alone, so far out on my own,

On this nomadic road, such a long way from home.

I love to walk alone at night and watch the river flow

And I still waken up each day and see the city grow

And see the city grow

A stranger in this land

Is there a welcoming hand,

To help me carry my load

On this long lonely road

Such a long way from home

A Long Way from Home

Leave this City Behind

Train is comin’ down the track, I’m leavin’ town, ain’t coming back,

I’m on the road again, Gonna leave this city behind,

If I don’t leave this town It’s gonna break my mind.

You were so proud stood ten foot tall but now the writing is on the wall

You were so proud stood ten foot tall, but now the writing is on the wall,

Gonna leave the city behind

I’m on the road again, Gonna leave the city behind,

break break my mind

If I don’t leave this town, It’s gonna break break my mind.

So much in vain, so much neglect .There’s so much pain with no respect

Gonna leave the city behind

I’m on the road again, Gonna leave the city behind

If I don’t leave this place It’s gonna break my mind

Gonna leave the city behind

I’m on the road again Gonna leave the city behind

break break my mind

If I don’t leave this town It’s gonna break break my mind

You know I love you, you know it’s true, throughout my life I've had respect for you

Gonna leave the city behind

I’m on the road again, Gonna leave the city behind,

break break my mind

If I don’t leave this town, It’s gonna break break my mind.

This dear green place is full of life, but so much trouble, so much strife

This dear green place is full of life, but so much trouble, so much strife,

I’m on the road again, Gonna leave the city behind,

If I don’t leave this place, It’s gonna break my mind.

Gonna leave the city behind

I’m on the road again, Gonna leave the city behind,

break break my mind

If I don’t leave this town, It’s gonna break break my mind.

Leave this City Behind

When theBoat Comes In

When the Boat Comes In

The harbour walls are silent, and the boats are on the foam,

The lighthouse beacon's shining, to bring them all back home.

It's been so lonely, while the boats are out to sea, the women watching for their men,

Warm welcome waiting, just the way it ought to be, it feels so good to see them again.

What a beautiful sound when the boat comes in,

What a beautiful sound when the boat comes in.

On the beach we used to wait all night, people singing till the dawn,

With your friends there, it was paradise, all our worries would be gone.

Around the camp fire, in the cool night air, everyone waiting for the dawn,

this was the time we’d been waiting for.

We had no money, but we were millionaires, this was the time we’d been waiting for.

What a beautiful sound when the boat comes in,

What a beautiful sound when the boat comes in.

What a beautiful sound when the boat comes in,

What a beautiful sound when the boat comes in.

So many dangers when the boats are on the sea, sailing out there, on the foam,

it feels so good to see them come home.

Out on the ocean is the way it’s got to be, it feels so good to see them come home.

What a beautiful sound when the boat comes in,

What a beautiful sound when the boat comes in.

More or Less

For some long years I’ve been travellin’ this land,Trying to make some sense and understand,

But so far my search has been in vain, There is so much trouble and some pain,

I’ve been wandering from town to town, Searching for the truth to make me see,

Now I know that I have found, The more that you have got the less you’re free.

You reach a high and then you start to fall

When you’re young you think you know it all, You reach a high and then you start to fall,

Some just learned to float and some got drowned

Wheels of fortune kept on spinning round, Some just learned to float and some got drowned,

I’ve been wandering from town to town Searching for the truth to make me see

I’ve been wandering from town to town, Searching for the truth to make me see,

Now I know that I have found The more that you have got the less you’re free

Now I know that I have found, The more that you have got the less you’re free,

Heaven can be on the open road, When all you own is all that you can see,

You don’t need to carry a heavy load, The more that you have got the less you’re free,

I’ve been wandering from town to town Searching for the truth to make me see

I’ve been wandering from town to town, Searching for the truth to make me see,

Now I know that I have found The more that you have got the less you’re free

Now I know that I have found, The more that you have got the less you’re free,

The more that you have got the less you’re free

The more that you have got the less you’re free.

More or Less

Free Yourself

You can see but you may be blinded, You see only what you want to see,

You can hear but you only listen, when it fits with the way you want to be.

You can free yourself from your prison, take a chance on what you want yourself to be

You can free yourself from your prison, take a chance on what you want yourself to be,

We were all born free, it’s your decision, break away the chains and set yourself free

We were all born free, it’s your decision, break away the chains and set yourself free.

You find it hard to come to a decision, There are things that are left before your feet,

When different schemes come into collision and your dreams and reality don’t meet.

You can free yourself from your prison, take a chance on what you want yourself to be

You can free yourself from your prison, take a chance on what you want yourself to be,

We were all born free, it’s your decision, break away the chains and set yourself free

We were all born free, it’s your decision, break away the chains and set yourself free.

You can’t take those chances with your conscience,

You might fool the world but not yourself

You might fool the world but not yourself.

When you know the world and its temptations, you might think that you are just a pawn,

Don’t give up your dreams and aspirations or you’ll find too late that they are gone.

You can free yourself from your prison, take a chance on what you want yourself to be

You can free yourself from your prison, take a chance on what you want yourself to be,

We were all born free, it’s your decision, break away the chains and set yourself free

We were all born free, it’s your decision, break away the chains and set yourself free.

Free Yourself

Montgomery, Alabama, (1955)

The spark lit the fire when the mother of the movement

Was fighting for justice in her own home town,

Riding from work on segregated transportation,

She had to give her seat up to let a white sit down.

She’s gonna walk walk walk, keep on walk, walk walkin’,

Just makin’ a point and makin’ it known,

She was playin’ her part in a political drama,

In the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

Picks herself up, dusts herself down,

Tries to put some hope in a no hope town,

Sick of toeing the line and just making the most,

And getting pushed around from the pillar to the post.

walk walk walk walk walk walkin’

We’re gonna walk walk walk Keep on walk, walk walkin’

Just makin’ a point in her own home town

They were playin’ a part in a political drama

In the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama

Brass as Intro with guitar

She was arrested and fined to pay 14 dollars

Ooooooooooooooooooooooo Martin Luther King’s call

Black and white then came to Martin Luther King’s call

Peaceful protest came from the workers and scholars

injustice of it all.

As he preached to the whole nation on the injustice of it all.

walk, walk, walked

And they just walk, walk, walked

walk, walk walking

Kept on walk, walk walking

makin’ their point in their home town

Just makin’ their point in their home town

playin’ their part in their real life drama

They were playin’ their part in their real life drama

In the Oooooooooo in Montgomery, Alabama

In the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama

(The Supreme Court ruled it was against the Constitution

The long road to freedom was not injustice and fear

And to desegregate was the main solution

more than one year

To the boycott that lasted for more than one year

walk, walk, walked

And they just walk, walk, walked

walk, walk walking

Kept on walk, walk walking

makin’ their point in their home town

Just makin’ their point in their home town

playin’ their part in their real life drama

They were playin’ their part in their real life drama

In the Ooo... in Montgomery, Alabama

walk, walk, walked

And they just walk, walk, walked

walk, walk walking

Kept on walk, walk walking

makin’ their point in their home town

Just makin’ their point in their home town

playin’ their part in their real life drama

They were playin’ their part in their real life drama

In the Ooo... in Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery, Alabama, (1955)

Include Me Out

It’s nice to see you and you’re lookin’ so good, it must have been a long long time,

You didn’t call me though you said you would, or maybe even dropped me a line,

But love’s been kinder to me recently, I’ve kinda learned to do without,

So any plans you’ve made involving me,

Just include me out, cause that’s the way it’s got to be,

There ain’t no doubt, that I’m happy just to be let be,

I tried to tell you back when we were friends, that I would give you everything I own,

And though it seemed that we could make amends, I got tired of being left alone,

But maybe you’re thinkin’ that my love is still blind, and that we’ll work it all out,

If that’s the kinda thing that you had in mind,

include me out that’s the way it’s got to be

Please include me out cause that’s the way it’s got to be

ain’t no doubt I’m happier just being free

There ain’t no doubt that I’m happier just being free

Yeah, Maybe you think that we can work it all out, and I’ll still be your lovin’ man,

But for any of your future plans,

include me out that’s the way it’s got to be

Please include me out cause that’s the way it’s got to be

ain’t no doubt happy just to be let be

There ain’t no doubt that I’m happy just to be let be

include me out that’s the way it’s got to be

Please include me out cause that’s the way it’s got to be

ain’t no doubt happy just to be let be

There ain’t no doubt that I’m happy just to be let be

Include Me Out

Wasting Time

When you can’t think of what you want to be, and you ain’t seen the things you want to see,

You got so much time and so much time ain’t free.

Treadmill’s turnin’, turnin’ round an’ round, moves so fast your feet can’t touch the ground

Time slips away and then it can’t be found.

Make your own time, make it your own way, just catch your dreams before they slip away.

Day is night and night turns into day, you bought the time and now you have to pay,

You’ve been wastin’ time, now time just wastes away.

Make your own time, make it your own way, it’s a wake up call, - you have to seize the day

You’re born in chains, but you can still be free, I’ve been losin’ time and now it’s plain to see,

I’ve been wastin’ time, now time is wastin’ me.

When you lose the time it’s the price you have to pay, time waits for no one, it just slips away.

Been losin’ time and now it’s plain to see, you’ve so much time and so much time ain’t free,

I’ve been wasting time and now time is wastin’ me.

Brass Outro

I’ve been wastin’ time and now time is wastin’ me.

Wasting Time

Still in Love With You

There is so much pain when love’s in vain and the dreams you’ve had are through,

I can’t help myself, I’m still in love with you.

I threw it away, it’s time to pay, I should’ve known our love was true,

I can’t help it now, I’m still in love with you

I can’t help it now, I’m still in love with you.

Aaa... only now that I see

After this time it’s only now that I see,

Aaa...

And I can’t accept that what will be will be.

It’s been so long, I was so wrong Is there nothing I can do?

Aaa... I’m still in love with you

Please come on back to me, I’m still in love with you.

Solo to the tune of verse

Aaa... time won’t heal regret

As each day goes by the time won’t heal regret,

Aaa...

What we had is something I can’t forget.

Ooo... I don’t know what to do

The love I’ve lost has such a cost I don’t know what to do,

I can’t help myself when it comes to you

I can’t help myself when it comes to you,

I can’t help it, darlin’, I’m still in love with you

I can’t help it, darlin’, I’m still in love with you.

Still in Love With You

Will O' the Wisp

Will of the wisp, I thought you were my home, I saw the light, I thought you were my home

I’ve been searchin’ everywhere but I’m still on my own

Will of the wisp, I am wandrin’ like a child

You look so warm and welcome

But I’m still wandrin’ wild

I have to go back where my home is

Back where I belong

I had to leave this country

But I’ve been away too long

Along this road I knew ev’ry bush and thorn

Ooo... ev’ry bush and thorn

Along this road I knew ev’ry bush and thorn

I will not be a stranger

In the land where I was born

I have to go back where my home is

Back where I belong

I had to leave this country

But I’ve been away too long

I saw the light, I thought you were my home

Will of the wisp, I thought you were my home

I’ve been searchin’ everywhere

But I’m still on my on my own

Will O' the Wisp

The Judgement Hall

Danger! Danger!

There are things in this life that you can earn, but I’ll tell you this you’ve got a lot to learn,

Maybe tomorrow or maybe today, if you take all the money then the price you’ll pay.

You can’t be in the world of eternal debt, when you put your name on it you can’t forget,

You can’t decide just how hard it gets, because human corruption has lasting debts.

Danger, Danger, Danger Call they’re gonna know it all,

It’s a Danger Danger Danger Call, cause when you get there they’re gonna know it all,

you can’t hide nothin’ in the Judgement Hall!

You might stand or you might fall, you can’t hide nothin’ in the Judgement Hall!

It may be big or it may be small, there are lots of chances you can’t take them all,

There are decisions that you won’t call, it’s a dangerous journey to the Judgement Hall.

Danger, Danger, Danger Call they’re gonna know it all,

It’s a Danger Danger Danger Call, cause when you get there they’re gonna know it all,

you can’t hide nothin’ in the Judgement Hall!

You might stand or you might fall, you can’t hide nothin’ in the Judgement Hall!

There is no one short, no one tall, no one big and no one small,

You can fool yourself and ignore the call, but you won’t fool no one in the Judgement Hall.

Danger, Danger, Danger Call they’re gonna know it all,

It’s a Danger Danger Danger Call, cause when you get there they’re gonna know it all,

you can’t hide nothin’ in the Judgement Hall!

You might stand or you might fall, you can’t hide nothin’ in the Judgement Hall!

You have the choice, there’s right and wrong, a feather and your heart, it won’t take long,

Let’s hope for you it ain’t too small, cause there ain’t no escaping from the Judgement Hall

Danger, Danger, Danger Call they’re gonna know it all,

It’s a Danger Danger Danger Call, cause when you get there they’re gonna know it all,

you can’t hide nothin’ in the Judgement Hall!

You might stand or you might fall, you can’t hide nothin’ in the Judgement Hall!

DANGER DANGER...

The Judgement Hall

On the Road Too Long

I was headed on the road there was nowhere else to go,

I hitched a ride on a freightline train bound for some place I don’t know,

It’s so hard at times like this not to let your feelings show,

O, Dear Lord, I’ve been on the road too long.

On the road again in the morning, don’t know where I’ll be tonight,

Being so far from the ones you love somehow just ain’t right,

And I’ve found it harder lately to find the strength to fight,

O, Dear Lord, I’ve been on the road too long.

For so many years till now I’ve been singin’ the same old song,

If memories are treasures, I’m not poor,

But being far away from all you love just seems to be so wrong,

Home is where the heart is that’s for sure.

So I’m on the road again and I’m heading back for home,

My wandrin’ days are nearly through, I’m no more inclined to roam,

And I’m longing for the place where I never feel alone,

O Dear Lord, I’ve been on the road too long.

For so many years till now I’ve been singin’ the same old song,

If memories are treasures, I’m not poor,

But being far away from all you love just seems to be so wrong,

Home is where the heart is that’s for sure.

There are roads you have to go, there are seeds you have to sow,

The important things you have to learn can take some time to grow,

The truth about your way in life you’re sometimes last to know,

O Dear Lord, I’ve been on the road too long.

On the Road Too Long

Rain on the Rosses

A cold wind was blowin’ through Crolly as I headed on down to the shore,

And some clouds by Kincasslagh had ambushed the sun so he wasn’t shining no more,

A small bird was heading up northwards so brave and so frail ‘bove the foam,

Like me, a poor windswept traveller, like me, a poor boy headin’ home.

And hearts when they break sometimes shatter and dreams when they die leave just pain,

And I see as I stand in my forefathers’ land that there’s rain in the Rosses again,

There’s rain in the Rosses again.

I walked to the edge of the waters and stood where I once did before,

When a pale yellow moon then had shone sadly down on a couple alone on the shore.

I remember the galaxy shuddered,

The world stopped its spinning below,

And all of my future just shrivelled and died,

As she turned and softly said no.

And hearts when they break sometimes shatter and dreams when they die leave just pain

And hearts when they break sometimes shatter and dreams when they die leave just pain,

And I see as I stand in my forefathers’ land that there’s rain in the Rosses Oooooo

And I see as I stand in my forefathers’ land that there’s rain in the Rosses again,

There’s rain in the Rosses again

There’s rain in the Rosses again.

Had my fill of raw whiskey and coal dust, dredged out of hard Oregon seams,

Slept rough by the bridges of Boston, my head filled with Donegal dreams,

But now I've completed my travels, I lay down my burden at last.

I lie in the small grassy churchyard and I dream till my troubles are passed.

Rain on the Rosses