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Dust In My Eye

from An Irish Life by Tommy Keyes

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lyrics

I’m standing in Terminal Two, handing your suitcase to you
Moments to wait till you’re called to the gate
I know there’s no reason to cry
It’s only some dust in my eye

Soon I’ll be driving alone while your plane takes you far from your home
I know you’ll be here at the end of the year
And some day you’ll come back for good
You’ve always been sure that you would

It’s not like when thousands were sailing before
From a land that held nothing for them
Their families cried bitter tears on the shore
Knowing they’d never see them again

The world’s so much smaller today and though you’re two oceans away
You smile on the screen, saying how your week’s been
You’re happy, it’s easy to tell
I should be happy as well

Standing in Terminal Two, sharing these moments with you
Soon you’ll be gone but it won’t be for long
And though it’s not really goodbye
I can’t help the dust in my eye.

credits

from An Irish Life, released July 29, 2016
Tommy Keyes: keyboards, vocals
Dick Farrelly: guitars, bass
Gerard Farrelly: drums, percussion
Richie Buckley: sax
Ellen O’Mahony: backing vocals

Written by Tommy Keyes
Produced by Dick Farrelly
Engineered by Michael Heffernan at Sun Studios, Temple Lane, Dublin 2
Assistant Engineer: Michael Brady

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After an absence of nearly 40 years, Tommy Keyes returns with a stockpile of great songs that defy categorisation. Rock? Pop? “It’s 1970s singer-songwriter music”, he says, “because that’s what I am.”

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