I wrote her name and address on the back of a cigarette pack
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I didn’t know then that I’d never be goin’ back
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the ferry was leaving when we pulled up to the quay
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When we reached Hollyhead I was as sick as I could be
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I didn’t choose this way they made me go
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I was a week on the job and I wanted to go back home
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What I wouldn’t do for a glimpse of the Christmas tree
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hear all your voices callin’ me
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if I go back home again I’ll just be hanging 'round
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Maybe next year if my ship doesn’t run aground
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I should've listened to my brother Moran when he said
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I was a fool, but it's too late now and I didn’t make the rules
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Oh, God, please have mercy on me
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I’m all alone in another man's city
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I’m not askin’ for much just wanta go back home
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see Mam and Dad and the boys, oh, God!
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I should've listened to my brother Moran when he said
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I was a fool, but it's too late now and I didn’t make the rules
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Oh, God, please have mercy on me
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I’m all alone in another man's city
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I’m not askin’ for much just wanta go back home
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See Mam and Dad and the boys, oh, God!
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Just see Mam and Dad and the boys, oh, God!
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