{"id":1475,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/flight-of-the-earls"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"flight-of-the-earls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/flight-of-the-earls\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight of the Earls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

I can hear the bells of Dublin in this lonely waiting room
\nAnd the Paper-boys are singing in the rain
\nNot be long before they take us to the Airport and the noise
\nTo get onboard a Trans-Atlantic plane<\/p>\n

We’ve got nothing left to stay for,we have no more left to say
\nAnd there isn’t any work for us to do
\nSo farewell you boys and girls another bloody flight of Earls
\nOur best asset is our best export too<\/p>\n

It’s not murder,fear or famine that makes us leave this time
\nWe’re not going to join McAlpines fusiliers
\nWe’ve got brains and we’ve got vision,we’ve got education too
\nBut we just can’t throw away these precious years<\/p>\n

So we walk the streets of London and the streets of Baltimore
\nAnd we meet at night in several Boston bars
\nWe’re the leaders of the future but we’re far away from home
\nAnd we dream of you beneath the Irish stars<\/p>\n

As we look on Ellis Island and the lady in the bay
\nAnd Manhattan turns to face another Sunday
\nWe just wonder what you’re doing to bring us all back home
\nAs we look forward to another Monday<\/p>\n

Because it’s not the work that scares us,we don’t mind an honest job
\nAnd we know things will get better once again
\nSo a thousand times adieu,we’ve got Bono and U2
\nAll we’re missing is the Guiness and the rain<\/p>\n

So switch off your new Computers cos the writing’s on the wall
\nWe’re leaving as our fathers did before
\nTake a look at Dublin Airport or the boat that leaves North Wall
\nThere’ll be no Youth unemployment anymore<\/p>\n

Because we’re over here in Queensland and in parts of New South Wales
\nWe’re on the seas and airways and the trains
\nBut if we see better days those big airplanes go both ways
\nAnd we’ll all be coming back to you again<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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