I Would Bring You Ireland Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

I would bring you Ireland 

The cool sweet of the Dublin rain 

If you would keep my heart for me 

In the quiet of your Texas days 

And my old friend 

Will you shelter me from pain? 

In return, I'd bring you Ireland 

One day I'll build a tower 

High upon my Texas plains 

I can see from coast to coast 

On hot platinum summer days 

When the dust is still 

And the cotton prays for rain 

And the thirsty passers by 

Wonder why they came 

I dreamed of Amarillo 

On a foreign night in Dublin 

The dust was on my pillow 

When the raindrops started fallin' 

In a hotel window 

Where I could see his rainbow 

And I thought I'd send my heart to you 

'Cause that's the way the wind blows 

And I'll reclaim my heart one day 

We'll sit and watch your children play 

And I will bring you lullabies 

From the Emerald Isles for back porch days 

And my old friend 

We will always meet again 

And I will bring you Ireland 

I will bring you Ireland 

I would bring you Ireland