I'm Going Back lyrics

There was a stand of oak trees beside my father’s house

The wind blew through the leaves, I can hear it now

The smell of hay just stacked in the back field

Glowing gold in the summer heat

In the softness of the rain

I can hear us laugh again

Wake my heart, play "The Bucks of Oranmore"

Shake my mind, put the devil in the bow once more

Fray the hair, bend the note, lift the dancer's feet

I’m going, I’m gone, I’m going back to Ireland

You were the King of Dublin and I was your Queen Maeve

We ran headlong through the fields, we knew every lane

We knew the land had a wisdom of its own

Laying back on ancient stone

We heard the River Shannon sing

And we were never gonna leave

Wake my heart, play "The Bucks of Oranmore"

Shake my mind, put the devil in the bow once more

Fray the hair, bend the note, lift the dancer's feet

I’m going, I’m gone, I’m going back to Ireland

Through the tangled grass near the gorse

We would sit and plot our course

Back when my thoughts were so clear

Back in time when you were here

Wake my heart, play "The Bucks of Oranmore"

Shake my mind, put the devil in the bow once more

Fray the hair, bend the note, lift the dancer's feet

I’m going, I’m gone, I’m going back to Ireland

I’m going back

I’m going back

I’m going back

• Artist:Cathie Ryan
• Album:The Music of What Happens