It's now forty years since the last time I stepped Through a door that's no more in a house that’s gone Said farewell to all in Turf Lodge and the falls Set sail from the Quay in the chill mist of dawn As the ship sailed away I remember that day Through the mist in my eyes said all my goodbyes The cries of the gulls in the skies seemed to say Hurry back to your home Belfast town
The years, they’ve gone, I've come back again To see my old town, the places I’d known A kid from the Falls, made good in New York I'd trade it all in for the years back again My town has changed where the bombs re-arranged The places I knew, burned down all around The kids of today have no fun in their play Where's your laughter today Belfast Town
Bobby McCracken was sweet on the ball For Sandy Row Rovers in navy and red. They beat us ten nil, I remember it still At the end, took his hand as a friend, now he's dead. He dared to cry halt to the carnage and the woe To pray for the dead, to seek for peace instead They buried all the bits the found after the bomb One more name on your list, Belfast Town
I'm leaving today ne’er to come back no more The pain is too strong, memories too clear My friends and relations all dead now or gone Will you weep Belfast Town for the days that are o'er When peace comes round again and the hatred has all gone You can take back my bones to rest there in your clay There's a bond that unites the Shankill and the Falls It's white bones 'neath your clay Belfast Town There's a bond that unites the Shankill and the Falls It's white bones 'neath your clay Belfast Town.