The Town I Loved So Well-Flying Cows of Ventry

[ti:The Town I Loved So Well] [ar:Flying Cows of Ventry] [al:Celtic Ruminations] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Town I Loved So Well (我曾深爱的小镇) - Flying Cows of Ventry [00:17.46]In my memory i will always see [00:25.61] [00:26.56]The town that i have loved so well [00:34.53]Where our school played ball by the gas yard wall [00:42.06] [00:42.94]And they laughed through the smoke and the smell [00:49.47] [00:51.33]Going home in the rain running up the dark lane [00:59.32]Past the jail and down behind the fountain [01:05.59] [01:07.85]Those were happy days in so many many ways [01:15.67] [01:16.46]In the town i loved so well [01:22.19] [01:24.59]In the early morning the shirt factory horn [01:32.15] [01:33.14]Called women from creggan the moor and the bog [01:40.59] [01:41.16]While the men on the dole played a mother's role [01:49.37]Fed the children and then walked the dog [01:55.14] [01:57.98]And when times got tough there was just about enough [02:06.13]And they saw it through without complaining [02:13.28] [02:14.52]For deep inside was a burning pride [02:22.92]In the town i loved so well [02:30.67] [02:31.26]There was music there in the derry air [02:38.80] [02:39.67]Like a language that we all could understand [02:47.89]I remember the day that i earned my first pay [02:55.61] [02:56.34]When i played in a small pick up band [03:01.49] [03:04.56]There i spent my youth and to tell you the truth [03:12.79]I was sad to leave it all behind me [03:21.00]For i learned about life and i found a wife [03:28.79] [03:29.63]In the town i loved so well [03:36.18] [04:11.20]But when i returned how my eyes have burned [04:18.96] [04:19.66]To see how a town could be brought to it's knees [04:27.80]By the armoured cars and the bombed out bars [04:35.42] [04:36.20]And the gas that hangs on to every breeze [04:42.23] [04:44.32]Now the army's installed by that old gas yard wall [04:52.61]And the damned barbed wire gets higher and higher [04:59.99] [05:01.08]With their tanks and their guns [05:05.39]Oh my god what have they done [05:08.77] [05:09.67]To the town i loved so well [05:15.89] [05:17.88]Now the music's gone but they carry on [05:25.54] [05:26.25]For their spirits been bruised never broken [05:34.27]They will not forget but their hearts are set [05:42.64]On tomorrow and peace once again [05:49.33] [05:51.01]For what's done is done and what's won is won [05:59.02]And what's lost is lost and gone for ever [06:06.91] [06:07.60]I can only pray for a bright brand new day [06:15.92]In the town i love so well