Ireland
(c)Kevin Milner

A pretty girl of 17
She went to see him play
A sly smile and curly hair
She knew right away
And she talked to him
Late that night
After the last song by his band
She said I hear the mountains when you sing
I hear Ireland

She went to all the late night bars
To support her man
Most of them to drunk to care
They couldn't understand
And his failures always seemed to find 
A way to bring him down
He said my dear my only chance
Is to get out of this town

Chorus.... and she knew there'd be no diamond ring
For her left hand
She said I hear the mountains
 when you sing
I hear Ireland

She followed him to Nashville
And onto LA
No one seemed to listen there
He couldn't find his way
And she knew that all the work he'd done
Had been done in vain
The music that brought her so much joy
Only caused him pain

Chorus

So he took to the bottle
Or the bottle took to him
He'd smile at her with drunken eyes
She watched his last hopes dim
And as the years went by
She'd hear him cry
In his private hell 
Couldn't they just listen to
The songs he played so well?

Chorus

Break

She watched him go from bad to worse
She knew his time had come
A single tear rolled down her cheek
As he played her one last song
That night he died
She closed his eyes
And she grabbed his hand 
She said I hear the mountains when you sing
I hear Ireland
Yes I hear the mountains when you sing
I hear ireland