Phil Coulter - The Town I Loved So Well - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

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This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights are owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited - www.zoomkaraoke.co.uk

Song lyrics:

IN MY MEMORY
I WILL ALWAYS SEE
THE TOWN THAT I
HAVE LOVED SO WELL

WHERE OUR SCHOOL
PLAYED BALL
BY THE GAS-YARD WALL

AND WE LAUGHED
THROUGH THE SMOKE
AND THE SMELL

GOING HOME IN THE RAIN
RUNNIN' UP THE DARK LANE
PAST THE JAIL AND DOWN
BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN

THOSE WERE HAPPY DAYS
IN SO MANY, MANY WAYS
IN THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL

IN THE EARLY MORNIN'
THE SHIRT FACTORY HORN
CALLED WOMEN FROM CREGGAN
THE MOOR AND THE BOG

WHILE THE MEN ON THE DOLE
PLAYED A MOTHER'S ROLE
FED THE CHILDREN
AND THEN WALKED THE DOG

AND WHEN TIMES GOT TOUGH
THERE WAS JUST ABOUT ENOUGH
AND THEY SAW IT THROUGH
WITHOUT COMPLAININ'

FOR DEEP INSIDE
WAS A BURNING PRIDE
IN THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL

THERE WAS MUSIC THERE
IN THE DERRY AIR
LIKE A LANGUAGE THAT
WE ALL COULD UNDERSTAND

I REMEMBER THE DAY
THAT I EARNED MY FIRST PAY
AND I PLAYED
IN A SMALL PICK-UP BAND

THERE I SPENT MY YOUTH
AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH
I WAS SAD TO LEAVE
IT ALL BEHIND ME

FOR I'D LEARNED ABOUT LIFE
AND I'D FOUND A WIFE
IN THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL

BUT WHEN I RETURNED
HOW MY EYES HAVE BURNED
TO SEE HOW A TOWN COULD
BE BROUGHT TO ITS KNEES

BY THE ARMOURED CARS
AND THE BOMBED-OUT BARS
AND THE GAS THAT
HANGS ON TO EVERY BREEZE

NOW THE ARMY'S INSTALLED
BY THAT OLD GAS-YARD WALL
AND THE DAMNED BARBED WIRE
GETS HIGHER AND HIGHER

WITH THEIR TANKS
AND THEIR GUNS
OH MY GOD
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE
TO THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL

NOW THE MUSIC'S GONE
BUT THEY CARRY ON
FOR THEIR SPIRIT'S BEEN
BRUISED, NEVER BROKEN

THEY WILL NOT FORGET
BUT THEIR HEARTS ARE SET
ON TOMORROW
AND PEACE ONCE AGAIN

FOR WHAT'S DONE IS DONE
AND WHAT'S WON IS WON
AND WHAT'S LOST IS LOST
AND GONE FOREVER

I CAN ONLY PRAY
FOR A BRIGHT, BRAND NEW DAY
IN THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL