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Nanci Griffith lyrics : "On Grafton Street"

On Grafton Street at Christmas time
The 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 playin'

But I close my eyes and find myself
Five thousand miles away


[Chorus:]
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 light

In front of Bewleys Store
And a young nun offers me a chair
At a table by the door

And I feel compelled to tell her
Of the sisters that we knew
How when they lit their candles

I'd say a prayer for you

[Chorus]


The church bells ring for holy hour
I'm back out in the rain

It's been twenty years or more
Since I last said your name
I hear you live near Dallas now

In a house out on the plains
Why Grafton Street brought you to mind
I really can't explain


[Chorus]


On Grafton Street at Christmas time
The elbows push you 'round
All I carry now are memories

I'm a stranger to this town

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