Irish Angel - Nils Lofgren

In the fall of the year she flew across the ocean

To Ireland, the land of her fathers

When we said goodbye a tear was in her eye

I lost her then and there, my Irish angel

The first letter came, she said she loved it there

And how much she wished I was there with her

She wrote it on a hill in a gentle Irish rain

I saw her in my mind, my Irish angel

I wrote her back but then there was no second letter

Just the silence of the snow that fell around me

I let her down I know, the day I let her go

Now she’s found someone else, my Irish angel

First time I saw her, my heart went in a spin

When they speak of love they call it falling

It was like I held my breath, 'till I laid eyes on her again

So beautiful she was, my Irish angel

And when a stolen glance led to a stolen kiss

I thought I knew the chance that I was taking

But oh I never knew a love as strong as this

Or what it was to feel my own heart breaking

So now I raise a glass and then I raise another

One to forget, one to remember

And one just to dream of how things could have been

If I hadn’t lost my Irish angel

One just to dream of how things could have been

If I hadn’t lost my Irish angel