Newbridge Town

Crossing the bridge in the morning light

Making our way to school

The swans on the river made a pretty sight

Making our way to school

Later playing in the park

There were orchards we raided in the dark

Thinking back how good things were those days.

We'd go for a drive around the Curragh Plains

On a Sunday afternoon

And run among the bushes playing games

All afternoon

And when the evening came along

We would go home singing songs

And thinking back how good things were those days

Growing up in Newbridge town.

Liffey flowing gently passing by

And carried me away

Never knowing how everything could change

Since leaving Newbridge town.

Down on the strand where the river turns

And lovers love renew

We'd watched them walking and holding hands

Where flowers and bushes grew

But it all looks different now

It all seems altered now

Or is that the way things look through grown-up eyes

Looking at Newbridge town.

Liffey flowing gently passing by

And carried me away

Never knowing how everything could change

Since leaving Newbridge town.