My Island - Liam Clancy

An ocean of streets surround my island

And the waves of people wash against my door

And the tides of days and nights they go so slowly

And this bothers me for I know there’s so much more.

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Some have islands in the sky

Some have islands in the sea

But my island’s always here

And my dream is to be free.

Sail away, boys, sail away;

Sail away, boys, sail away.

How often I have thought and tried to leave here

Take my girl and beat my feet

And take the good ship chance and take my voyage

And sail all the way across the street.

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Sometimes I think and find that conscience is

The most important thing to a man:

To know you’ve stayed and tried and died to live

On a crowded beach of artifical sand.

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