Green Grass Of Home
The old home town looks the same
As I step down from the train
There to meet me is my Mama and Papa
Down the road I look and there runs Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries, it's good to touch
The green, green grass of home
Yes, they've all come to see me, arms reaching, smiling sweetly
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
The old house is still standing
Though the paint is cracked and dry
And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries, it's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Then I wake
And look around me
At the four grey walls that surround me
And I realize
I was only dreaming
For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre
Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak again
I'll touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they'll all come to see me
In the shade of that old oak tree
As they lay me beneath the green, green grass of home
As they lay me beneath the green, green grass of home