Nanci Griffith - On Grafton Street Lyrics
On Grafton Street at Christmas timeThe elbows push you 'round.This is not my place of memories -I'm a stranger in this town.The faces seem familiar,And I know those songs they're playing.But I close my eyes and find myselfFive thousand miles away.It's funny how my world goes 'round without you -You're the one thing I never thought I could live without.I just found this smile to think about you;You're a Saturday night far from the madding crowd.The buskers sing by candle lightIn front of Bewley's Store,And a young nun offers me a chairAt a table by the door.And I feel compelled to tell herOf the sisters that we knew,How when they lit their candlesI'd say a prayer for you.It's funny how my world goes 'round without you -You're the one thing I never thought I could live without.I just found this smile to think about you;You're a Saturday night far from the madding crowd.The church bells ring for holy hour,I'm back out in the rain.It's been twenty years or moreSince I last said your name.I hear you live near Dallas nowIn a house out on the plains;Why Grafton Street brought you to mindI really can't explain.It's funny how my world goes 'round without you -You're the one thing I never thought I could live without.I just found this smile to think about you;You're a Saturday night far from the madding crowd.On Grafton Street at Christmas timeThe elbows push you 'round.All I carry now are memories -I'm a stranger to this town.
