Shimnavale

Wherever you go, there you are

There is no escape from your own heart

Time is marching on and all my plans are a memory

I am stranded here but in my mind I can see

Shimnavale, Shimnavale

Where my poor shipwrecked heart longs to dwell

I was young and foolish then

How I long to return to Shimnavale

I went looking for a better life

Make a fortune, find a pretty wife

Some who left before me

Have returned home broken men

But I’ll be rich before I ever set foot there again

Well I know you have to start somewhere

Now I’m lonelier than I can bear

I felt sure success was waiting here for me to find

Now I’m ready to believe that God has changed his mind

Shimnavale, Shimnavale

I was sure in my heart I would prevail

Now I’m gone beyond the pale

But I’d die a happy man in Shimnavale

Shimnavale, Shimnavale

Where my poor shipwrecked heart longs to dwell

I was young and foolish then

How I long to return to Shimnavale