Not My Way Home - Nanci Griffith

On Grafton Street at Christmas time

The elbows push you 'round

This is not my place of memories

I’m a stranger in this town

And the faces seem familiar

And I know those songs they’re playin'

But I close my eyes and find myself

Five thousand miles away

It’s funny how my world goes round without you

Oh you’re the one thing I never thought

I could live without

I just found this smile to think about you

You’re a Saturday night

Far from the madding crowd

The buskers sing by candle light

In front of Bewleys Store

And a young nun offers me a chair

At a table by the door

And I feel compelled to tell her

Of the sisters that we knew

How when they lit their candles

I’d say a prayer for you

It’s funny how my world goes round without you

Oh you’re the one thing I never thought

I could live without

And I just found this smile to think about you

You’re a Saturday night

Far from the madding crowd

The church bells ring for holy hour

And I’m back out in the rain

It’s been twenty years or more

Since I last said your name

And I hear you live near Dallas now

In a house out on the plains

Why Grafton Street brought you to mind

I really can’t explain

It’s funny how my world goes round without you

You’re the one thing I never thought

I could live without

And I just found this smile to think about you

You’re a Saturday night

Far from the madding crowd

On Grafton Street at Christmas time

The elbows push you 'round

All I carry now are memories

I’m a stranger to this town