Chris Rea
"Shamrock Diaries" lyrics

Shamrock Diaries

In waves of people you can lose your feet
You've got to stay hard to the ground
It gets so easy now to lose your way
When you're ever outward bound

A church bell ringing in the fading light
Stops you dead like a cold steel wall
The ghost of yesteryears is toughing you
And as sure as God you'll fall

And I see you
And I see me
I see it all
Like it used to be

And all the reasons why it started out
Hit you hard with every bell
The choir practice in the empty hall
Is a sound you know so well

Like something lost inside your overcoat
You find it later by mistake
You lost it all a thousand years ago
And you pray it's not too late

And I see you
And I see me
I see it all
Just like a diary

And I see you
And I see me
I see it all
Like it used to be

I'm gonna write it in a diary
Now I remember everything
Yeah, I remember how it used to be
With every note
That choirboy sings

And I see you
And I see me
I see it all
Like it used to be

Oh, I see you
And I see me
I see it all
Like a diary