I was thinking of home as the bus pulled away 

Take me to the Cape and you knowing what I had to do 

And the sun it beat down all along the highway 

As I thought about the day when I told you I would stay 

I was trying just to find the words to tell you 

That I had to go and leave it all behind 

I had to go back to the land where I had come from 

I'd lost what I came to find had to leave it all behind 

And the lights of old Boston still shine on you now 

Where you'll be what they want you to be 

Yeah the lights of old Boston still shine on you now 

And you know in your heart in your heart you must be free 

Goodbye my girl don't you know I hate to leave you 

Goodbye my girl and I hate to see you cry 

Goodbye my girl don't you know I hate to leave you 

But it's better this way to say goodbye 

You were smiling when you met me at the station 

And I wondered if you'd cry when I told you I would die 

If I had to stay one more week in this nation 

It's the land of the free but not where I want to be 

And you asked me if I loved you more than Ireland 

And to tell the truth the answer it was no 

Cause I just knew that I could never make this my land 

In the home of the brave I would only find a grave 

As I got aboard the plane my heart was breaking 

As I left you there in pain with no words that could explain 

Why I had to make to make the journey I was making 

Had to leave you alone but then how could you have known 

All the things I was feeling deep inside me 

As I sat there I wondered how 

I could love a country more than I could love you 

As the plane took off and flew I just knew that it was true