Lyrics of N17

Well i didn't see much future
When i left the christian brothers school
So i waved it goodbye with a wistful smile
And i left the girls of tuam
And sometimes when i'm reminiscing
I see the prefabs and my old friends
And i know that they'll be changed or gone
By the time i get home again

Chorus:
And i wish i was on that n 17
(stone walls and the grasses green)
Yes i wish i was on that n 17
(stone walls and the grasses green)
Travelling with just my thoughts and dreams

Well the ould fella left me to shannon
Was the last time i travelled that road
And as i turned left at claregalway
I could feel a lump in my throat
As i pictured the thousands of times
That i travelled that well worn track
And i know that things would be different
If i ever decide to go back

Chorus:

Now as i tumble down highways
Or filthy overcrowded trains
There's no one to talk to in transit
So i sit there and daydream in vain
And behind all these muddled up problems
Of living on a foreign soil
I can still see the twists and turns on the road
From the square to the town of the tribes

Chorus x2