Flight Of Earls

Flight Of Earls - Paddy Reilly

I can hear the bells of dublin

In this lonely waiting room

And the paperboys are singing

In the rain

Not too long before they take us

To the airport and the noise

To get on board a transatlantic plane

We've got nothing left to stay for

We have no more left to say

And there isn't any work

For us

To do

So farewell ye boys and girls

Another bloody flight of earls

Our best asset

Is our best export too

It's not murder fear or famine

That makes us leave this time

We're not going to join

McAlpine's fusileers

We've got brains and we've got vision

We've got education too

But we just can't throw away these precious years

So we walk the streets

Of London

And the streets

Of baltimore

And we meet at night

In several boston bars

We're the leaders of the future

But we're far away from home

And we dream of you beneath

The irish stars

As we look

On ellis island

And the lady in the bay

And Manhattan

Turns to face

Another sunday

We just wonder what you're doing

For to bring us all back home

As we look forward to another monday

But it's not the work

That scares us

We don't mind

An honest job

And we know things will get better

Once

Again

So a thousand times adieu

We've got bono and u2

All we're missing is the guinness

And the rain

So switch off

Your new

Computers

'Cause the writing's on the wall

We're leaving

As our fathers did before

Take a look

At dublin

Airport

Or the boat that leaves north wall

There'll be no youth

Unemployment

Anymore

Because we're over here in queensland

And in parts

Of new south wales

We're on the seas the airways

And the trains

But if we see

Better days

Those big airplanes go both ways

And we'll all be coming back

To you again

Yes

We'll all be coming back

To you again