Bainbridge Avenue

There’s a hot sun shining on the roadway I'm going home and its 8AM I've been out all night with the boys from home I seem to spend a lot of time with them One of them comes from my home town But the rest are from far and near Following their Daddy’s footsteps Trying to make themselves a new life out here And there’s a cool wind blowing down the alley tonight We're going out and its 10pm We'll be out all night with the girls from home We seem to spend a lot of time with them We'd give anything to be in Ireland But there's nothing for us there but tears And does anyone in Glockamara ever wonder How are things with us out here? The ups and downs of a big old town It hits you like a freight train here You’ve gotta learn to stand on your own two feet But it’s hard sometimes with all the beer There' s always somebody standing behind you Immigration or Internal Revenue And I'm slowly going downhill Walking up Bainbridge Avenue Some of us are going to a night class To get a qualification or two Because we just can 't walk in to the Police Department Like our old folks used to do In my home town they can't field & football team Cause the whole bloody leagues over here So we help each other keep our act together And watch our people march every year The ups and downs of a big old town It hits you like a freight train here You’ve gotta learn to stand on your own two feet But it’s hard sometimes with all the beer There' s always somebody standing behind you Immigration or Internal Revenue And I'm slowly going downhill Walking up Bainbridge Avenue At home we're just not wanted but we don't really mind They're only five short hours ahead but a hundred years behind Two guys in my house work on Wall Street Cause they did their homework back home And one of my sisters works for IBM So, it's a good life out here for some And the bars in the village are open all night We go there to hear the music play So we stay here on the streets of New York City So, the Earls can fly home one day The ups and downs of a big old town It hits you like a freight train here Gotta learn to stand on your own two feet But it's hard sometimes with all the whiskey and beer There's always somebody standing behind you Immigration or Internal Revenue And I’m slowly going downhill Walking up Bainbridge Avenue Yeah, we're slowly going downhill Walking up Bainbridge Avenue