Oh the roads I've put behind me Ever rising like the dawn The loves I've put behind me I never trusted blindly And the low roads that I've taken Every bone was achin' And the pleasure all was gone The best years of my life were spent In Barrowlands and Borderlands The best years of my life were spent in Galway And the friends I've had around me Said I'd make it through Took me how they found me When the whiskey nearly drowned me And the ones who came to cheer me Why they hardly knew I'd play for those who'd hear me I'd like to play for you