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Flight of Earls by Liam Reilly

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I can hear the bells of Dublin in this lonely waiting room

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And the paperboys are singin' in the rain

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Not too long before they take us to the airport and the noise

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To get on board a transatlantic plane

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We've got nothin' left to stay for, We had no more left to say

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And there isn't any work for us to do

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So farewell ye boys and girls; Another bloody Flight of Earls

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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 visions; 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 to bring us all back home
As we look forward to another Monday

Because 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 missin' 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 any more

Because we're over here in Queensland, And in parts of New South Wales
We're on the seas and airways and the trains
But if we see better days, Those big airplanes go both ways
And we'll all be comin' back to you again!

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