N17 Lyrics - Singles - Saw Doctors

Well I didn't see much future 

When I left the Christian brothers school 

So I waved it goodbye with a wistful smile 

And I left the girls of Tuam 

And sometimes when I'm reminiscing 

I see the prefabs and my old friends 

And I know that they'll be changed or gone 

By the time I get home again 

Chorus: 

And I wish I was on that N 17 

(Stone walls and the grasses green) 

Yes I wish I was on that N 17 

(Stone walls and the grasses green) 

Travelling with just my thoughts and dreams 

Well the ould fella left me to Shannon 

Was the last time I travelled that road 

and as I turned left at Claregalway 

I could feel a lump in my throat 

As I pictured the thousands of times 

That I travelled that well worn track 

And I know that things would be different 

If I ever decide to go back 

Chorus: 

Now as I tumble down highways 

Or filthy overcrowded trains 

There's no one to talk to in transit 

So I sit there and daydream in vain 

And behind all these muddled up problems 

Of living on a foreign soil 

I can still see the twists and turns on the road 

From the square to the town of the tribes 

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