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from RED-LETTER DAY


    REASONS TO LEAVE (HEAVEN ON EARTH)

    Ireland's a dream
    Of hope for what the day will bring
    The land and the sea
    Is what I've come to trust
    All that I am
    Is telling me I should not go
    And all that I know
    Is they're telling me I must

    Reasons to leave
    Are money and finding better work
    Reasons to stay
    Are music and love
    Reasons to leave
    Are fortune and fame for what it's worth
    The reason to stay
    Is heaven on earth

    My brothers are ten
    And sisters I have five
    Four to one bed
    Is room enough to grow
    All that we are
    Is all that I have ever known
    And all that I have
    Will be here when I'm gone

    I've heard about work up in Boston
    Laying tracks down to San Augustine
    Sometimes with an eye for New Zealand
    I lean