That's The Story

Been on the scene for a pretty good while
This man from Longford Town
He's been in every bar around
And now he owns his own

He used to play in a band or two
The pretty whistle player fell for him
He didn't want her he'd sooner drink
Fill up his glass to the brim

(ch) That's The Story, That's the story, That's the story

Good times they had in Queens those days
Never to come again
Now all the Irish are moving back
O when will they return o when

When times are hard as now they are
From Longford to Dromore
Still we're waiting here for you
Just come on through that open door

(ch)

O nothing's changed as you can see
The beerbelly's gotten slightly bigger
Johnny Maloney's still playing round Queens
And Barckow's got a band called Trigger

Twomey works as an elevator guy,
Somewhere on Wall Street
Hanway went to Mullingar
Says he misses the New York heat

(ch)

His banjo's always out of tune
When he plays it at the fairs
But he fell in love with a native girl
Says he misses the New York heat

That's the story the boys in the band
Ten years on or more
He sits at the bar knows he'll never go back
A 'welcome' sign hangs from the door
 (ch x 2)