Intro: G A Bm Bm X4

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Nothin' happening in my life he said, lying one night in his bed
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He had enough of the job centers, like he had enough of his city and guilds
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Then his mother she cried, and he asked her why, this she said by way of reply
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Your grandaddy fought in the fourteen eighteen, your father too in fourty four
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Now little Mickeys gonna run away and find himself a war
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Now Mickey ain't smart but Mickey ain't dumb, in fact all he wanted was to have a little fun
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He's bored with the streets and the pubs he knows and he don't want to marry the girls he knows
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He's lived all his life in his northern town, his father ain't around
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Mickey's leaving home, Mickey's leaving home, Mickey's leaving home

Break: Bm G A Bm X2

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Now mummas little boy went to Ulster one day, he was lucky he didn't get his legs blown away
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They gave him medals for kicking front doors in, now Mickeys grown up and he ain't laughing
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But when he was a boy, remembers less than two, the stories of the Irish that his telly told him
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But since he went there now he ain't so sure what he's killing for
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I wanna go home, I wanna go home, I wanna go home

Break: Bm G A Bm X4

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Now orders came through the morning that day, Mickey told mumma he's going away
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I'm going to the Falklands, I'll be back some day, please don't cry I'll write you on the way
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Mickey on deck was happy that day, laughing with his mates in the sea and spay
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They landed on a beach in the dark that night, orders were issued and machine guns barked
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Luck ran out there that day, a mine went off and Mickey was blind
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The boy felt arms lift him tenderly, they carried him to the beach then they walked away
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Mickey was lucky there that day, even though he laughs he can't explain it away
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And his mother she cried, and he asked her why, this she said by way of reply
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Your grandaddy fought in the fourteen eighteen, your father too in fourty four
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Now little Mickeys gonna run away and find himself a war
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I wanna go home, I wanna go home, I wanna go home
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I wanna go home, I wanna go home, I wanna go home, take me home
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I wanna go home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
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And I wanna go home, home, home, home, home, home, home, home
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Oh home, I wanna go home, I wanna go home, I wanna go home to you my dear