Open up the door, she's standin' the smile in her eyes but the gray in her hair Betrays the fact you far from home With your drinkin', smokin', you're whorin' around
Sit down by the fire, put your feet on the Spend the night reminiscin' the hour grows late Always at the end of the day You can always go home, you just stay
Then it's off to the pub for to see old mates Ah, all look older, but nothin' has changed And you drink 'til you're nearly out of your Hey, what are yez all doin', off to bed?
Then you're outside her flat but she's no longer The tears scald your eyes as you of her hair In the photo they you of her wedding day You can always go home, you just stay
Then you see her at Mass with the kids at her And it all comes back in the of an eye The and the laughter, the love and the lies And that dress she wore the night you said,?
Then her says, "It's good to have you back" And she smiles for a moment and squeezes your But you know what she's thinkin', she doesn't to say You can always go home, you can't stay
And you swear to yourself, time and again It was all in the past, she don't anything Now life is full of laughter and bars What did you leave behind, the sun, the moon and the stars?
Then it's up in the mornin' at the crack of With your churnin', she says, "Come on, now, Sean You'll be late for the plane" but that in her voice Betrays the fact that you made your
A long time ago, now no turnin' back last night you had your American wake And the bells are still ringin', can't you hear what say? You can go home, you just can't stay
Say goodbye, say goodbye, say In the wind, the and the pourin' rain One last drink, one last drink, one last At Shannon Airport, then we're here
History around here, catch you again year at Kennedy, landin' at Kennedy, landin' at Kennedy All you is the pain But it's too late, too late 'cause last night you had You had your American