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Paint the Town Green Lyrics
And I know you’re missing home
It’s been so long since you’ve left
And that life you had in Dublin
Now ain’t nothin but a dream
To be right there in that moment
You’d give anything to be
It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green
And your friends are on the phone there
We’re so close to Paddy’s Day
And it kills you not to be there
But life got in the way
If I had to break the pig
Spend every penny on your dreams
It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green
Just like home
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
It’s just you and me
It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green
And we travel on the subway
Like a wise man knew his life
She’s a heart set to the river
Where we kissed for the first time
She’s a way into Dublin
Yea wherever we may be
It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green
Just like home
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
It’s just you and me, so right
Tonight I’m gonna paint the town green
Just like home
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
It’s just you and me, so right
Tonight I’m gonna paint the town green
It’s been so long since you’ve left
And that life you had in Dublin
Now ain’t nothin but a dream
You’d give anything to be
It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green
We’re so close to Paddy’s Day
And it kills you not to be there
But life got in the way
If I had to break the pig
Spend every penny on your dreams
It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
It’s just you and me
It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green
Like a wise man knew his life
She’s a heart set to the river
Where we kissed for the first time
She’s a way into Dublin
Yea wherever we may be
It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
It’s just you and me, so right
Tonight I’m gonna paint the town green
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
It’s just you and me, so right
Tonight I’m gonna paint the town green
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This song was essentially written about homesickness. Not so much in the sense of the band from touring, but from those who are immigrants. The song tells the story of an Irish couple where one of the people is missing home on St. Patrick's Day, missing being with her friends and such so in attempts to cheer the person up, the significant other tries to make where they are as close to home as possible. Hence the lines 'paint the town green' and 'turn the city into Dublin, yeah wherever we may be'.
Essentially, the perfect song for Irish expatriates who are missing home around St Patrick's Day. Love it! Such an anthem.