On Grafton Street Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

On Grafton Street at Christmas time 

The elbows push you 'round 

This is not my place of memories 

I'm a stranger in this town 

And the faces seem familiar 

And I know those songs they're playing 

But I close my eyes and find myself 

Five thousand miles away 

It's funny how my world goes 'round without you 

Oh, you're the one thing I never thought I could live without 

I just found this smile to think about you 

You're a Saturday night, far from the madding crowd 

The buskers sing by candle light 

In front of Bewley's Store 

And a young nun offers me a chair 

At a table by the door 

And I feel compelled to tell her 

Of the sisters that we knew 

How when they lit their candles 

I'd say a prayer for you 

It's funny how my world goes 'round without you 

Oh, you're the one thing I never thought I could live without 

I just found this smile to think about you 

You're a Saturday night, far from the madding crowd 

The church bells ring for holy hour 

I'm back out in the rain 

It's been twenty years or more 

Since I last said your name 

I hear you live near Dallas now 

In a house out on the plains 

Why Grafton Street brought you to mind 

I really can't explain 

It's funny how my world goes 'round without you 

Oh, you're the one thing I never thought I could live without 

And I just found this smile to think about you 

You're a Saturday night, far from the madding crowd 

On Grafton Street at Christmas time 

The elbows push you 'round 

All I carry now are memories 

I'm a stranger to this town