Declan O’Rourke - Arrivals lyrics
[Declan O’Rourke - Arrivals lyrics]
It's really good to see you
So long since you’ve been home
You look so good life has been good to you
But the lines on both our faces
Show how long you've been away
You lose a half a lifetime when
You look the other way
He spends a lot of time these days
Just like an old sleeping lion in the chair
He's still so strong you know it
But the work is here and there
And he’s so proud he'd never let you know
There's so much to talk about
But anyway it's so good to have you home
And I liked standing out here
Watching the people all arrive
All the funny ways that people re-unite
They're so alive! Shrieks of joy
Tears of joy
It would do anyone's heart the world
Of good to come stand here
On random days, and just imagine
That you hadn't seen your own
For years and years and then to realise
Just what you've had all this time
Every minute’s like an hour
The excitement’s hard to take
It's your loved one that you know well
Still, you think of what you’ll say
Precious memories come flooding through
And tough ones too
When I look back now we were so young
You were going away and
You might never return
I sat on the floor in front of your chair
And with an ice pop stick
You fashioned a French roll into my hair
Well I guess that was our way to say goodbye
And then you couldn't make it home
In time when Rosie died
Sippin beer in the sun she'd say
When the playful rum would try to
Wash the bitter tears away
But, I liked standing out here
Watching the people all arrive
All the funny ways that people reunite
They're so alive! Shrieks of joy
Tears of joy
It would do anyone’s heart the world
Of good to come stand here
On random days, and just imagine
That you hadn't seen your own
For years and years and then to realise
Just what you've had all this time
Just what you've had all this time
So long since you’ve been home
You look so good life has been good to you
But the lines on both our faces
Show how long you've been away
You lose a half a lifetime when
You look the other way
He spends a lot of time these days
Just like an old sleeping lion in the chair
He's still so strong you know it
But the work is here and there
And he’s so proud he'd never let you know
There's so much to talk about
But anyway it's so good to have you home
And I liked standing out here
Watching the people all arrive
All the funny ways that people re-unite
They're so alive! Shrieks of joy
Tears of joy
It would do anyone's heart the world
Of good to come stand here
On random days, and just imagine
That you hadn't seen your own
For years and years and then to realise
Just what you've had all this time
Every minute’s like an hour
The excitement’s hard to take
It's your loved one that you know well
Still, you think of what you’ll say
Precious memories come flooding through
And tough ones too
When I look back now we were so young
You were going away and
You might never return
I sat on the floor in front of your chair
And with an ice pop stick
You fashioned a French roll into my hair
Well I guess that was our way to say goodbye
And then you couldn't make it home
In time when Rosie died
Sippin beer in the sun she'd say
When the playful rum would try to
Wash the bitter tears away
But, I liked standing out here
Watching the people all arrive
All the funny ways that people reunite
They're so alive! Shrieks of joy
Tears of joy
It would do anyone’s heart the world
Of good to come stand here
On random days, and just imagine
That you hadn't seen your own
For years and years and then to realise
Just what you've had all this time
Just what you've had all this time