Galway

[Verse 1]

"I want to take you to the west coast of Ireland

To Galway to play in the spray and the sea

I've dreamed about you," yes, that's what he told me

He said, "I will take you if you'll come with me"

[Verse 2]

I laughed and I said, "Now you wait just a minute

There's somebody else I am fighting with now

I've seen my future and you aren't in it

But I'll let you know if it changes somehow"

[Chorus]

We know the winds of time hold a mystery

Who knows the workings of fate and of destiny?

We look back on it and see that it's history

Now

[Verse 3]

A couple months later, I saw him again

He was across the room in a bar in thе crowd

I said hello and he said without warning

"I'll take you to Galway," hе said this out loud

[Chorus]

We know the winds of time hold a mystery

Who knows the workings of fate and of destiny?

We look back on it and see that it's history

Now

[Verse 4]

Somebody else took up my hand that night

He said, "He's too young," as though he had that right

So Mr. Galway, he faded from view

And the other man took up the game for two

[Verse 5]

Months after that, across the whole country

In a hotel hallway I went for some ice

I saw a man and his face was familiar

My eyes met his, and I stared at him twice

[Verse 6]

I said, "Is it you?" And he said, "It is me"

He said, "I am asking again if you're free"

"Well, you won't believe this but I'm to be wed

I said, "I'm so sorry not to share your bed

So I can't join you for the spray and the sea

And the romance of Galway still waiting for me"

[Chorus]

We know the winds of time hold a mystery

Who knows the workings of fate and of destiny?

We look back on it and see that it's history

Now

[Verse 7]

I tease my daughter and sometimes I say

"Your dad could have been Irish but he's not," anyway

Sometimes at night in my dreams I do hear

The gray and the spray of Galway so near

And the roar of the sea

And the things that could be

And I will take you if you'll come with me

Yes, I will take you if you'll come with me