Factories

Factories, trains, and houses Playground of my youth The place that left me mute I threw back my shoulders Factories, trains, and houses The place that makes some strong And hurries you along Some grow old very quick there No star ever played the cellar bar Glass and bottle fights We saw some crazy nights But then fights do excite you I'm awoken by a handbrake turn outside I knew lads who died, that sound chills me inside still Howth Junction could take you away And in the hay fields we'd squander the day And from the corner of Holywell road See the sunset over Saint Donaghs See the sunset over us all See the sunset over Saint Donaghs Some boys want to get me Because I hit one back I still can hear the crack Of his head on the concrete Doin' drugs and drinkin' Makes you so depressed And then you think you're blessed When you're dropping a tablet Troubled years and fighting Makes you sad, you know And Mammy had to go Sure it's best in the long run Howth Junction Could take you away And in the hay fields We'd squander the day And from the corner of Holywell road See the sunset over Saint Donaghs See the sunset over us all See the sunset over Saint Donaghs See the sunset over the world