Factories - Damien Dempsey

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 hayfields 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 here the crack

Of his head on the concrete

Doin' drugs and drinking

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 hayfields 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