I met this man travelling and he made me sad.
My Uncle’s songed four versions of it.
Your Mother told you to trust a girl with curly hair,
I’ve heard different and see toddlers stop and stare.
Followed round the supermarket, inspectors don’t believe my ticket,
After swimming in the river you shouldn’t have dared.
America was your land of dreams
You said you had a thing for it when you were eighteen
At 30 you wanted Asia, you travelled alone
You said I hurt your feelings when I walked you home.
You had that thing that women sometimes fall for,
Couldn’t swim, deaf in one ear, who knows what more.
A scruffy stray in pet rescue, you needed someone to adopt you
I didn’t have the key, others would have to open the door.
America was your land of dreams
You had a thing for it when you were eighteen
At 30 you wanted Asia, you travelled alone
You said I hurt your feelings when I walked you home.
Girls in the US didn’t want your name,
In Asia and Dublin things were just the same
Smoking joints in Switzerland, playing football in Berlin,
I don’t know what your doing, but I really hope you win.
America was your land of dreams
You had a thing for it when you were eighteen
At 30 you wanted Asia, you travelled alone
You said I hurt your feelings when I walked you home.
