Black 47 - Fiona's Song Lyrics
When first I came to New York town, my eyes were all aglowTo see the lights on Broadway, the scrapers rimmed with snowI fell in with some Belfast boys, I whiled the nights awayGetting' drunk and stoned on the Boulevard in a bar called Maggie Mae'sOh, the liquor flowed down freely, the grass relaxed my headBy five o'clock in the mornin' I'd be driftin' off to bedWith an arm around my slender waist, two lips attached to mineI'd stare up at the ceiling while some stranger enjoyed his timeBut I'm thinkin' ever thinkin' by dark and by dayI'm thinkin', ever thinkin' 'bout the night I went awayWhen he held me to his firm young breast and whispered, "please don't go"Oh, I wish I was back in his own true arms where the rain and the rivers flowWhy did I ever let you go, what more can I sayMy Mother didn't care for you, the ould one had her wayShe wanted me to marry a girl from the universityBut when I lay in your arms at night I wasn't thinkin' about your degreesI couldn't understand the lack of your concernFor all my tears when you told me you were bound for New York TownAt your wake I stood in the kitchen my eyes abruised and redAnd I clung to you like a baby that last night in your bedBut I'm thinkin' ever thinkin' by dark and by dayI'm thinkin', ever thinkin' 'bout the night I went awayWhen he held me to his firm young breast and whispered, "please don't go"Oh, I wish I was back in his own true arms where the rain and the rivers flowHis tears dried up quite quickly from what it would appearHe was engaged to a girl from UCD in less than 1 full yearWhile I sit on the Boulevard in a bar called Maggie Mae'sAnd wait for some stranger to smile at me and get me to the next dayBut I'm thinkin' ever thinkin' by dark and by dayI'm thinkin', ever thinkin' 'bout the night I went awayWhen he held me to his firm young breast and whispered, "please don't go"Oh, I wish I was back in his own true arms where the rain and the rivers flow
