From the recording Seize The Moment
Idir mo gra agus mo abhaile
This is a choice every immigrant faces, to bury himself in missing home, or keep home in his heart. It won the 2006 Walton's/Irishfest songwriting competition.
Lyrics
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt">Life was perfect, we said I do<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt">I left my home and made one with you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt">I woke in your country from a distant dream of Ireland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -1in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue">Eidir mo gra agus mo bhaile<span style="mso-tab-count: 4"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size: 14pt">Between my love and my home<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -1in"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue">Eidir saol agus saoirse ta mo chroi tuirseach<span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span style="font-size: 14pt">Between life and freedom my heart is tired<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue">Ag troid me fein nil aon rud eile, eidir na ri ra ach mo gra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span style="font-size: 14pt">I fight myself<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>there is nothing between the trouble but my love<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue">Nil fhios agam ca bhfuil mo bhaile inniu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span style="font-size: 14pt">I don’t know where home is today<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue">Ach tar thios mo chroi gra firinne anseo<span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span style="font-size: 14pt">But underneath my heart true love is here<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt">The right time, the right line doesn’t exist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt">You can’t tell her just what you miss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt">Then in an instant you hear a reel and smell the heather<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt">Chorus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt">You keep your home ‘cause I love our life<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt">I’ll keep mine in my heart and my dreams each night<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt">Look past the difference, love will always be long distance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt">Chorus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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