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