Songtext Galway Suzanne Vega

Galway

I want to take you to the west coast of Ireland
To Galway to play in the spray and the sea
I've dreamed about you, yes, that's what he told me
He said, I will take you if you'll come with me

I laughed and I said now you wait just a minute
There's somebody else I am fighting with now
I've seen my future and you aren't in it
But I'll let you know if it changes somehow

We know the winds of time hold a mystery
Who knows the workings of fate and of destiny?
We look back on it and see that it's history
Now

A couple months later, I saw him again
He was across the room at the bar in a crowd
I said hello, and he said without warning
I'll take you to Galway, he said this out loud

We know the winds of time hold a mystery
Who knows the workings of fate and of destiny?
We look back on it and see that it's history
Now

Somebody else took up my hand that night
He said, he's too young, as though he had that right
So Mr. Galway. He faded from view
And the other man took up the game for two

Months after that, across the whole country
In a hotel hallway I went for some ice
I saw a man and his face was familiar
My eyes met his, and I stared at him twice

I said is it you? And he said, it is me
He said I am asking again if you're free
Well you won't believe this but I'm to be wed
I said I'm so sorry not to share your bed
So I can't join you for the spray and the sea
And the romance of Galway there waiting for me

We know the winds of time hold a mystery
Who knows the workings of fate and of destiny?
We look back on it and see that it's history
Now

Now I tease my daughter and sometimes I say
Your dad could have been Irish but he's not. Anyway
Sometimes at night in my dreams I do hear
The gray and the spray of Galway so near
And the roar of the sea
And the things that could be
And I will take you if you'll come with me
Yes I will take you if you'll come with me