The Saw Doctors - All The Way From Tuam lyrics

I'm from the town drenched in football and rain That fathered the terrible twins Tom Murphy the footballer, playright and singer He left to spread his wide wings Where the dance-halls once buzzing with shifts and refusals Stand silent, dejected and cold Where they played basketball for a longer duration Than anywhere else in the world We're all the way from Tuam All the way from Tuam With a rock-solid spirit That'll never be broken There's songs to be sung And there's words to be spoken From the town that was built Where the cart-wheel was broken We're all the way from Tuam All the way from Tuam Where we'd spend all our weekends to help pa** the winter Playing soccer above in Parkmore Or we'd travel away for a match into Galway In the swamp or out in Renmore They'd be calling us smokies, the lads from the city. But I did'nt care what they called me Just plank it in lively across for the noodle, sham His jills with the KD's a gomey We're all the way from Tuam All the way from Tuam With a rock-solid spirit That'll never be broken There's songs to be sung And there's words to be spoken I still remember The white star being open We're all the way from Tuam All the way from Tuam Here in the town where the high king once ruled With the wisdom of ages gone by The grey stone cathedral spires are dwarfed By a tall metal tower in the sky Where the travellers are settling, the settled gone travelling The pubs full of gossip and rumour You'll never better the people of Tuam For their power, pa**ion, packets and humour We're all the way from Tuam All the way from Tuam With a rock-solid spirit That'll never be broken There's songs to be sung And there's words to be spoken From the town that was built Where the cart-wheel was broken No matter where you're from Everyone's local And we're all the way from Tuam All the way from Tuam Copyright: Moran/Carton