The Best Years of My Life

Oh the roads I’ve put behind me
Ever rising like the dawn
The loves I’ve put behind me
I never trusted blindly
And the low roads that I’ve taken
Every bone was achin'
And the pleasure all was gone
The best years of my life were spent
In Barrowlands and Borderlands
The best years of my life were spent in Galway
And the friends I’ve had around me
Said I’d make it through
Took me how they found me
When the whiskey nearly drowned me
And the ones who came to cheer me
Why they hardly knew
I’d play for those who’d hear me
I’d like to play for you