We lended our heavy hearts, 
motors with broken parts, 
we had a deck of cards it was a start. 
We’d sit out in the sun, 
and wait for our skin to turn, 
you would ask for truth, 
and I would look for something to burn. 
Oh we walked in a hallowed place back then 
the edge of Dublin, the edge of May and June. 
Oh to live in a paper house again, 
where we grew by the light of the moon. 
Often we took the train, 
the sky pacing white to grey, 
when you or I would leave 
and the other would stay. 
We were all that we had 
and breathed in each others words, 
I would ask for truth and 
you’d look for something to burn. 
Oh we walked in a hallowed place back then 
the edge of Dublin, the edge of May and June. 
Oh to live in a paper house again, 
where we grew by the light of the moon. 
You were much younger then, 
younger than I am now, 
I still keep as much an eye as the wires allow, 
I still keep as much an eye as the wires allow. 
Oh we walked in a hallowed place back then 
the edge of Dublin, the edge of May and June. 
Oh to live in a paper house again, 
where we grew by the light of the moon. 
Oh you know what you are to me 
and you know you will always be.