Before we shared a room we worked hard for the crack
Sleeping in on Sundays we never got to Mass
It's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way
Get's further by the day
And It's a long way from Clare to here


When Friday night, it comes around we're into is fighting
My Ma would like a letter home but I'm too tired for writing
And It's a long way from Clare to here
And It's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way
It get's further by the day
It's a long way from Clare to here


It almost breaks my heart when I think of my family
I told them I'd be coming back with pockets full of green
It's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way
Get's further by the day
It's a long, way from Clare to here


The only time I feel alright is when I'm into drinking
It helps to ease my pain and levels out my thinking
It's a long way from Clare to here
And It's a long way from Clare to here
Oh It's a long, long way
It get's further by the day
It's a long way from Clare to here


I dreamt I heard a fiddle play, maybe it's a notion
I thought I saw a white horse running on the ocean
It's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare to here
Oh It's a long, long way
It get's further by the day
It's a long, way from Clare to here
Ah It's a long long way
Gets further by the day
It's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare to here