The bonfires blazed across the city, the smoke swirling into the sky We were standing shoulder to shoulder, Billy McCann and I Our faces ruddy and burning as we stared into the flames But I know now the things that we saw that night were not the same And I see you as I walk away, standing by your barricade It's all over now between us, Billy McCann goodbye So we'll sit up at the bar for the last time the way we used to do
And I'll toast the love that you showed me and the faith I gave to you And we can drive out and watch the sunrise from the top of the Glenshane Pa** And I won't make you answer the questions I've always tried to ask And I see you as I walk away standing by your barricade And though you never will forgive me, Billy McCann goodbye