All The Way From Tuam

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I'm from the town drenched in football and rain
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That fathered the terrible twins
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Tom Murphy the footballer, playwright and singer
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He left to spread his wide wings
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Where the dance-halls once buzzing with shifts and refusals
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Stand silent, dejected and cold
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Where they played basketball for a longer duration
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Than anywhere else in the world

CHORUS: 
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We're all the way from Tuam
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      All the way from Tuam
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With a rock-solid spirit
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That'll never be broken
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There's songs to be sung
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And there's words to be spoken
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From the town that was built
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Where the cart-wheel was broken
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We're all the way from Tuam
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      All the way from Tuam 
    
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Where we'd spend all our weekends to help pass the winter
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Playing soccer above in Parkmore
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Or we'd travel away for a match into Galway
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In the swamp or out in Renmore
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They'd be calling us smokies, the lads from the city.
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But I did'nt care what they called me
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Just plank it in lively across for the noodle, sham
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His jills with the KD's a gomey

 CHORUS:
We're all the way from Tuam
All the way from Tuam
With a rock-solid spirit
That'll never be broken
There's songs to be sung
And there's words to be spoken
I still remember
The white star being open
We're all the way from Tuam
All the way from Tuam

INTERLUDE: 
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Here in the town where the high king once ruled
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With the wisdom of ages gone by
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The grey stone cathedral spires are dwarfed
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By a tall metal tower in the sky
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Where the travellers are settling, the settled gone travelling
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The pubs full of gossip and rumour
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You'll never better the people of Tuam
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For their power, passion, packets and humour

CHORUS:
We're all the way from Tuam
All the way from Tuam
With a rock-solid spirit
That'll never be broken
There's songs to be sung
And there's words to be spoken
From the town that was built
Where the cart-wheel was broken
No matter where you're from
Everyone's local
And we're all the way from Tuam
All the way from Tuam

OUTRO
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