Damien Dempsey - Canadian Geese lyrics

Na-na-na Na Na Na-na-na Na Na Down Kilbarrack Road I head for the coast As the northern estates close in They close in on me so blatantly A thickening of the skin Well the inner city folk, they often spoke With a tongue that was more like a fist On the reservation six miles north Of the slums that some still missed Na-na-na Na Na Na-na-na Na Na We walk the train tracks, out to the hay stacks As they swerved towards a greener world Under Badoyle Bridge the gateway ridge Our hay jump dreams unfurled And the Belfast train nearly k**ed my friend Wayne As it sped like a bullet flying Carrying souls and dreams like a time machine Back to 1690 meantime Na-na-na Na Na Na-na-na Na Na Na-na-na Na Na Na-na-na Na Na On the flat of my back, in that field by the tracks Canadian geese flew by In my mind I up and joined with them And we glide out to Ireland's eye We can be free, with a little car key Rivers of tar can take us far There are friends and lovers we have yet to meet And tonight they are watching these same stars I was born to wander and I'm not afraid to be free now My heart grows far fonder for these streets When your face I don't see now Why don't you drop everything tonight? And we can ride to the sea now I'll always return but tell me, Do you dare to be free? Can we snatch victory From the jaws of these streets now? When the walls, they close in And your heart turns to tin Let's escape to the sea now I can see every face Broken ghosts of this place And they hand us the key now Na-na-na Na Na Na-na-na Na Na Na-na-na Na Na Na-na-na Na Na