On Grafton Street at Christmas time   The elbows push you 'round   This is not my place of memories   I'm a stranger in this town      And the faces seem familiar   And I know those songs they're playing   But I close my eyes and find myself   Five thousand miles away      It's funny how my world goes 'round without you   Oh, you're the one thing I never thought I could live without   I just found this smile to think about you   You're a Saturday night, far from the madding crowd      The buskers sing by candle light   In front of Bewley's Store   And a young nun offers me a chair   At a table by the door      And I feel compelled to tell her   Of the sisters that we knew   How when they lit their candles   I'd say a prayer for you      It's funny how my world goes 'round without you   Oh, you're the one thing I never thought I could live without   I just found this smile to think about you   You're a Saturday night, far from the madding crowd      The church bells ring for holy hour   I'm back out in the rain   It's been twenty years or more   Since I last said your name      I hear you live near Dallas now   In a house out on the plains   Why Grafton Street brought you to mind   I really can't explain      It's funny how my world goes 'round without you   Oh, you're the one thing I never thought I could live without   And I just found this smile to think about you   You're a Saturday night, far from the madding crowd      On Grafton Street at Christmas time   The elbows push you 'round   All I carry now are memories   I'm a stranger to this town