Flight Of The Earls-Bagatelle

[ti:Flight Of The Earls] [ar:Bagatelle] [al:Twenty Fifth Anniversary Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.72]Flight Of The Earls - Bagatelle [00:03.13] [00:16.18]I can hear the bells of Dublin [00:19.48] [00:20.19]In this lonely waiting room [00:23.24] [00:23.92]And the paper boys are singing in the rain [00:29.15] [00:31.48]Not too long before they take us [00:34.70] [00:35.56]To the airport and the noise [00:38.70] [00:39.56]To get on board a trans atlantic plane [00:44.45] [00:47.12]We've got nothing left to stay for [00:50.35] [00:51.16]We have no more left to say [00:54.04] [00:54.84]And there isn't any work for us to do [00:59.85] [01:02.48]So farewell you boys and girls [01:05.87] [01:06.53]Another bloody flight of earls [01:10.39]Our best asset is our best export too [01:15.16] [01:18.02]It's not murder fear or famine [01:21.21] [01:22.15]That makes us leave this time [01:25.27] [01:25.96]We're not going to join McAlpine's fusiliers [01:30.93] [01:33.55]We've got dreams and we got vision [01:36.86] [01:37.67]We've got education too [01:40.93] [01:41.53]And we just can't throw away these precious years [01:46.68] [01:49.11]So we walk the streets of London [01:52.18] [01:52.92]And the streets of Baltimore [01:56.21] [01:56.89]And we meet at night in several Boston bars [02:02.52] [02:04.71]We're the leaders of the future [02:07.90] [02:08.70]But we're far away from home [02:11.79] [02:12.47]And we dream of you beneath the irish stars [02:17.59] [02:52.23]As we look on at this island [02:55.19] [02:56.19]And the lady in the bay [02:59.36] [03:00.10]And Manhattan turns to face another Sunday [03:05.29] [03:07.70]We just wonder what you're doing [03:11.03] [03:12.00]To bring us all back home [03:14.82] [03:15.80]As we look forward to another Monday [03:20.91] [03:23.21]Because it's not the work that scares us [03:26.66] [03:27.30]We don't mind an honest job [03:30.02] [03:31.00]And we know things will get better once again [03:36.02] [03:38.66]So a thousand times adieu [03:42.07] [03:42.73]We've got Bono and U2 [03:45.82] [03:46.46]And all we're missing is the Guinness and the rain [03:51.66] [03:54.54]So switch off your new computers [03:56.89] [03:58.41]'Coz the writing's on the wall [04:01.51] [04:02.42]We're leaving as our fathers did before [04:07.30] [04:09.77]Take a look at Dublin airport [04:13.14] [04:13.71]Or that boat that leaves north wall [04:16.85] [04:17.44]There'll be no youth unemployment anymore [04:22.43] [04:24.92]Because we're over here in Queensland [04:28.46] [04:29.08]And in parts of New South Wales [04:32.46] [04:33.43]We're on the seas and airways and the trains [04:38.70] [04:41.11]But if we see better days [04:44.37] [04:44.94]Those big aeroplanes go both ways [04:48.37] [04:49.08]And we'll all be coming back to you again