Far Away Boys Lyrics - Swagger - Flogging Molly

Well, I worked on a railroad, for tuppins a day 

I drank down one penny, the other I'd save 

I hammered my hammer, for God knows how long 

Well, into madness, with each setting sun 

I put my hair down, and I dreamt you were here 

With me by the old tree, where no one could care 

Far away boys, far away boys, away from you now 

I'm lying with my sweetheart, in her arm's I'll be found 

Then the sun belched upon me, you were no longer here 

Lying in you place was my hammer and my gear 

So I stamped out the fire that kept us both warm 

The ashes were falling, like the snowdrops of old 

We came to a mountain, dynamite and she'll blow 

A big hole in that rock, like the one in my soul 

We burried four workmen, they dug themselves well 

From four empty coffins, to four early graves 

"They're only paddies just paddies, don't dig them too deep 

You'll need all your strength boys, they're replaced easily" 

With the heat I was melting into your sweet lips 

Ah, your kiss takes me back, takes me back from all this 

Far away boys, far away boys, away from you now 

I'm lying with my sweetheart, in her arm's I'll be found 

Someone said it was Christmas, not a tree was in sight 

The only thing growing was my will to die 

'Till the gaffer said "Men, your work here is done" 

He said "I'll see you in hell, on that train we died for" 

Never again, will I smell your sweet drink 

But a piss-stained old gutter where, your lips used to be 

Far away boys, far away boys, away from you now 

I'm lying with my sweetheart, in her arm's I'll be found 

Far away boys, far away boys, away from you now 

I'm lying with my sweetheart, in her arm's I'll be found