[00:17.46]In my memory I will always see[00:20.73]The town that I have loved so well[00:33.51]Where our school played ball by the gas yard wall[00:41.55]And we laughed through the smoke and the smell.[00:46.23]Going home in the rain running up the dark lane[00:57.48]Past the jail and down behind the fountain[01:07.44]Those were happy days in so many many ways[01:13.71]In the town I've loved so well.[01:24.75]In the early morning the shirt factory horn[01:29.73]Called women from Craigeen the Moor and the Bog[01:39.60]While the man on the dole played the mother`s role[01:46.02]Fed the children and then trained the dogs.[01:53.67]And when times got rough there was just about enough[02:01.86]But they saw it through without complaining[02:06.87]For deep inside was a burning pride[02:17.94]In the town I've loved so well.[02:25.86]There was music there in the Derry air[02:34.26]Like a language that we all could understand[02:42.42]I remember the day that I earned my first pay[02:50.49]When I played in the small pick-up band.[02:58.56]There I spent my youth and to tell you the truth[03:06.87]I was sad to leave it all behind me[03:14.61]For I`d learned about life and I've found a wife[03:23.07]In the town I've loved so well.[04:03.24]But when I returned how my eyes have burned[04:08.67]To see how a town could be brought to its knees[04:21.84]By the armored cars and the bombed-out bars[04:28.23]And the gas that hangs on to every breathe.[04:36.06]Now the army`s installed by that old gas yard wall[04:47.10]And the damned barbwire gets high and higher[04:52.38]With their tanks and their guns, oh my god what have they done[04:58.53]To the town I've loved so well.[05:08.64]Now the music`s gone but they carry on[05:16.83]For their spirit`s been grossed never broken[05:26.67]They will not forget but their hearts are set[05:33.21]On tomorrow and peace once again.[05:40.80]For what`s done is done and what`s won is won[05:50.73]And what`s lost is lost and gone forever[05:59.22]I can only pray for a bright brand-new day[06:05.52]In the town I've loved so well.