As I walked with some friends one September night
We met some girls from Ireland and we talked beneath a streetlight
We all went to my friend’s place; I couldn’t take my eyes from her face
This girl sitting next to me
I picked up a guitar and played and we all sang to the sounds I made
I never saw her take her eyes off me
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But soon we’d have to part
I was besotted from the start
She left me with a broken heart
She took me by the hand and asked for a certain song
We both sang it together, gazing at each other for so long
As we shared our first kiss nothing else seemed to exist
And we held each other so closely
But she was going home tomorrow; it made me feel so much sorrow
I wanted her to always be with me
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We were together such a short while
Before she returned to the Emerald Isle
I wondered if she would remember me
Far away across the Irish Sea
Will I ever see her again?
How will I cope between now and then?
And does she feel the same way as me?
I love her
That bitter time had come; we went out to be alone
We held each other closely and kissed goodbye by the light of the moon
I looked back over my shoulder; I wanted to go back and hold her
But I knew I’d never let her go
She looked back and we waved; I realised how much I craved
To be with her forever I loved her so
But we had had to part
I was besotted from the start
She left me with a broken heart
I must see her again some day
I know I will
She’s the girl of my dreams, yeah
My Irish dream girl
© 1994 Paul Curtis