Ralph McTell - From Clare to Here

There's four who share this room

and we work hard for the craic

And sleeping late on Sundays

well I never get to Mass

It's a long, long way from Clare to here

It's a long way from Clare to here

It's a long, long way and it grows further day by day

Oh it's a long, long way from Clare to here

When Friday comes around

Terry's only into fighting

My ma would like a letter home

but I'm too tired for writing

It's a long, long way from Clare to here

It's a long way from Clare to here

It's a long, long way and it grows further day by day

Oh it's a long, long way from Clare to here

It almost breaks my heart

when I think of Josephine

I told her I'd be coming home

with pockets full of green

Oh it's a long, long way from Clare to here

It's a long way from Clare to here

It's a long, long way and it grows further day by day

Oh it's a long, long way from Clare to here

And the only time I feel alright is

when I'm into drinking

It sort of eases the pain of it

and levels out my thinking

Oh it's a long, long way from Clare to here

It's a long way from Clare to here

It's a long, long way and it grows further day by day

Oh it's a long way from Clare to here

I sometimes hear a fiddle play

or maybe it's a notion

I dream I see white horses dance

upon that other ocean

It's a long, long way from Clare to here

It's a long way from Clare to here

It's a long, long way and it grows further day by day

Oh it's a long, long way from Clare to here

It's a long way from Clare to here.

• Artist:Ralph McTell
• Album:ht Side Up