Tom Paxton - Ireland lyrics

I met you on the beach in June The bonfire burning bright Friend of friends I'd known for years Another summer night You made room beside you there Your toes dug in the sand That distant summer when I found you and you Found Ireland The bonfire died, I drove you home Sometime around three or four We sat outside and talked and talked Another hour or more When you got up to go inside I had our summer planned That's when you said that you were leavin' that night For Ireland I hung around the beach that week But nothing felt the same And tryin' to get started Was another losin' game And why I felt so out of things I could not understand I only knew that you were gone; you were In Ireland I sold my car in Providence To buy a roundtrip fare And off I flew to Ireland And hoped I'd see you there They knew in O'Donoghue's Where you'd sung with the band That distant summer when I found you and you Found Ireland They said you'd gone to Galway Then you'd hitched to Donegal McGrory's up in Culdaff Was where you could hear it all Arlo was on the stage When I slipped in and took your hand That distant summer when I found you and we Found Ireland I fell in love with Ireland I fell in love with you And when you said you felt the same, well What else could I do Now all these years of lovin' you Has all been some sweet command It's summer now and once again we'll go Find Ireland It's summer now and once again we'll go Find Ireland