Boston Rose

[Verse 1]
Now the Autumn leaves are falling
And the tourists have all gone
And the children, they have all gone back to school
My life is as it was before
I work eight hours a day
And the company's still making all the rules

[Pre-Chorus]
And there's a girl in Massachusetts
South of Boston town she says
And her lovely face is with me all the day
I met her down in old Tralee
Golden hair upon her head
And I won her heart
But she stole mine away

[Chorus]
Goodbye my Boston beauty
Farewell my Boston rose
I'll wait for you
I'll think of you
No threat to you, I'll pose
Goodbye my Boston beauty
Farewell my Boston rose
I wish that you were here
But I know that's the way life goes

[Verse 2]
There's a song we sang all Summer
In the bars of Dublin town
I can hear it on the factory radio
And the feelings I remember
When I hear that simple tune
Make me wonder if it really happened so...

[Pre-Chorus]
For we laughed and loved together
Until the Summer days were gone
And she had to fly across the ocean wide
So goodbye my Boston varsity
Until we meet again
And I'll keep a fire burning deep inside

[Chorus]
Goodbye my Boston beauty
Farewell my Boston rose
I'll wait for you
I'll think of you
No threat to you, I'll pose
Goodbye my Boston beauty
Farewell my Boston rose
I wish that you were here
But I know that's the way life goes

[Verse 3]
Some nights when I'm drinking
And my friends are gathered 'round
And just for fun someone brings up you name
Well I laugh there with the rest of them
But I can't hear a sound
I love you, but to them it's all the same

[Pre-Chorus]
At nights when I'm alone, my love
You come into my mind
And visions flash upon that inward eye
And I watch the moon, there, up above
And I leave the Earth behind
And I call to you as I go sailing by

[Chorus]
So goodbye my Boston beauty
Farewell my Boston rose
I'll wait for you
I'll think of you
No threat to you, I'll pose
Goodbye my Boston beauty
Farewell my Boston rose
I wish that you were here
But I know that's the way life goes

[Outro]
I wish that you were here...
So farewell my Boston rose...