The Long Way Home Lyrics

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WHEN MY BROTHER PAT WENT TO COURT ON MARY DEMPSEY
WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE'D GO
AS SURE HE NEVER MADE HIS DATE
'COS HE WAS OVER TWO WEEKS LATE
SO I GUESS HIS WATCH WAS RUNNING KIND OF SLOW
NOW MARY SOON TOLD THE NEIGHBOURS
THAT SOMETHING AIN'T RIGHT
WE WERE ALL SENT TO SEARCH NIGHT AND DAY
SURE WE TRIED EVERY PART OF TOWN
BUT NO SIGN OF PATT MCGOWAN
RETURNED UPON THE DOORSTEP WITH THIS TO SAY

I TOOK THE WRONG ROAD OUT OF DUNDALK
MISSED A TURNIN AT DUNGARVAN
ENDED UP IN CORK
WENT FROM GALWAY DUBLIN AND ON TO NEW YORK
OH I GUESS I TOOK THE LONG WAY HOME

NOW OLD FATHER JOHN WENT TO SOUND IN ALL THE CHURCH BELLS
HE COULDN'T MISS ALL THE FUN
THOUGH HE NEVER HAD A SMILE
SURE HE WAS LAUGHING ALL THE WHILE
WHEN WE TOLD HIM 'BOUT THE THINGS THAT PAT HAD DONE
AND THERE WAS NO TELLIN MARY T'WAS ALL A MISTAKE
FOR SHE HAD NO SENSE OF HUMOUR THAT DAY
AND THOUGH SHE DIDN'T MIND THE CRAIC
SHE SWORE SHE'D NEVER TAKE HIM BACK
AFTER LANDING ON HER DOORSTEP WITH THIS TO SAY
I TOOK THE WRONG ROAD OUT OF DUNDALK
MISSED A TURNIN AT DUNGARVAN
ENDED UP IN CORK
WENT FROM GALWAY DUBLIN AND ON TO NEW YORK
SO I GUESS I TOOK THE LONG WAY HOME

HEY WAIT A MOMENT
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEWHERE TO GO
OH, YES THERE IS
WAIT A MOMENT THEN MOVE OFF KIND OF SLOW

WHEN MY BROTHER PAT WENT TO COURT ON MARY DEMPSEY
HE DIDN'T THINK 'FOR HE'D START
FOR NOW ANOTHER PUB IN TOWN
SURE THERE'S TALKS OF PAT MCGOWAN
AND THE ROAD HE TOOK TO WINNIN' MARY'S HEART
NOW MARY DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY FOR LETTING HER DOWN
SHE'S NOT ONE TO SULK EVERY DAY
SO WHEN THE CEILE CAME AROUND
SURE SHE WENT WITH PATT MCGOWAN
HAVING TURNED UPON HIS DOORSTEP
WITH THIS TO SAY

I TOOK THE WRONG ROAD OUT OF DUNDALK
MISSED A TURNIN AT DUNGARVAN
ENDED UP IN CORK WENT FROM GALWAY
DUBLIN AND ON TO NEW YORK
SO I GUESS I TOOK THE LONG WAY HOME

I TOOK THE WRONG ROAD OUT OF DUNDALK
MISSED A TURNIN AT DUNGARVAN
ENDED UP IN CORK
WENT FROM GALWAY DUBLIN AND ON TO NEW YORK
SO I GUESS I TOOK THE LONG WAY HOME
OH I GUESS I TOOK THE LONG WAY HOME