The Buffalo Skinners - I'm Away lyrics

We were born down in a northern town Where the smoke rolls on the wind And we promised that we'd would stay That boyhood promise i'll break Myself I will never forgive But the roads here are dark They're cold and they're marked With every fear and secret I keep And I've stayed here too long I wish that I was gone Down that unknown street And on the last night I'll pack a shirt and my tie And take only the things that I need I'll put a record on Spin a leaving song And take what sleep I can find I'm away old friend, I'm away I'm away old friend, I'm away Of the ties that do bind There's one I'll leave behind It has been the girl of my youth If she asked it of me I think I'd let these troubles be And stay with her for a time She'd never ask of such things For she knows that it would bring Heartache somewhere down the line So I will say my goodbyes Through dark English eyes And by gone come August time I'm away my love, I'm away I'm away my love, I'm away There's a travelling band It's will has become my command Who knows where this road will take us Heaven knows that it may break us And it will be so easy to get lost So when the band is torn down And the barmaid sounds the bell The bell for closing time And when the lights come back on And the boys are all gone There'll be some silence for a while And I'll thing of you then My first ever friend You that had a way with words And I'll think of that girl My northern dove with curls And hope she found the man that she deserves I'm away in the night, I'm away I'm away in the night, I'm away