Open up the door, she's standin' the smile in her eyes but the gray in her hair Betrays the fact you strayed far from With drinkin', your smokin', you're whorin' around
Sit by the fire, put your feet on the grate Spend the night reminiscin' the hour grows late remember at the end of the day You can always go home, you can't stay
Then it's off to the pub for to see old mates Ah, they all look older, but has changed And you drink 'til nearly out of your head Hey, what are yez all doin', snakin' off to
Then you're outside her but she's no longer there The tears scald eyes as you think of her hair In the photo they sent you of her day You can go home, you just can't stay
Then you see her at Mass the kids at her side And it all back in the blink of an eye The tears and the laughter, the love and the And that she wore the night you said, Goodbye
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 just stay
And you swear to yourself, time and again It was all in the past, she don't mean Now your life is of laughter and bars What did you leave behind, just the sun, the and the stars?
Then up in the mornin' at the crack of dawn With stomach churnin', she says, "Come on, now, Sean You'll be late for the plane" but that crack in her Betrays the fact that you made your
A time ago, now there's no turnin' back 'Cause night you had your American wake And the bells are still ringin', can't you hear they say? You can go home, you just can't stay
Say goodbye, say goodbye, say In the wind, the river and the pourin' One last drink, one last drink, one last At Shannon Airport, then we're here
History here, catch you again next year Landin' at Kennedy, landin' at Kennedy, landin' at All you is the pain But it's too late, it's too late 'cause last you had You had your American