10 The Town I loved so well

In my memory I will always see
the town that I have loved so well
where our school played ball by the gasyard wall
and we laughed through the smoke and the smell
Going home in the rain running up the dark lane
past the jail and down behind the fountain
Those were happy days in so many, many ways
in the town I loved so well.

In the early morning the shirt factory horn 
called the women from Cregan, the moor and the Bog.
While the men on the dole played a mother's role, 
fed the children and than trained the dog.
And when times got tough there was just about enough, 
but they saw it through without complaining; 
For deep inside was a burning pride 
in the town I loved so well.

There was music there in the Derry air 
like a language that we all could understand
I remember the day when I earned my first pay 
as I played in the small pick-up band.
There I spent my youth and to tell you the truth 
I was sad to leave it all behind me
for I`d learned `bout life and I`ve found me a wife 
in the town I loved so well.

But when I returned, how my eyes have burned
To see how a town could be brought to it's knees
By the armoured cars and the bombed-out bars
And the gas that hangs on to every breeze
Now the army's installed by that old gas yard wall
And the damned barbed wire gets higher and higher
With their tanks and guns, oh my god, what have they done
To the town I loved so well

Now the music`s gone but they still carry on
for their spirit`s been bruised, never broken
they will not forget but their hearts are set
on tomorrow and peace once again.
For what`s done is done and what`s won is won
and what`s lost is lost and gone forever
I can only pray for a bright brand-new day 
in the town I loved so well.