Take Me Away - Paul Brady

Once upon a time

In a different state of mind

You could say that this boy

Really needed you

Stuck on dead end street

Dancing to the dark ancestral beat

And you come up

With such a different point of view

(And you said)

«Way beyond the edge

Past the dark and dreary window ledge

There are many wild and wondrous things

An Irish boy can do (if he wants to)

So you’d be best to take this road instead

Remember what the gipsy woman said

And you will surely find out

What the future has in store for you

(And I said)

Take me away

'Cos I’m graduating

Make it today

I’m so tired of waiting

Soon through my very skin

Signals started streaming in

Songs and stories

From a far and distant land

And they came to me turn and turn about

I only had to stretch my fingers out

For me to see

The mystery at my command

Then one day you said

These were only visions in my head

And I would be a fool to think

That this could be reality

And for a while you stopped me in my tracks

I almost made my mind up to turn back

In case your words

Might waken all the prisoners inside of me

(But still I said)

Take me away

'Cause I’m graduating

Make it today

I’m so tired of waiting

Give this boy an inch

This boy’ll end up with a mile

One day he might flinch

The next day when you turn around

He’s flying

Watch him flying

Once he sees the light

From underneath the door

There’s no one can stop

This boy from coming back for more

He’s flying

There’s no denying