I am going to Ireland on a ship I'm going far away    I am going to Ireland one of these days    I am going to jump right in    And take a swim in my river in my Ireland       How can we know where we are going    When we don't know where we have been       We learn history from textbooks in school    Written by the rich and the men that rule    While our grandparents sit in nursing homes    And our history is lost and we are lost and lost we'll roam       How can we know where we are going    When we don't know where we have been       Lover won't you come to my window tonight    Sing me that song in summer moonlight    Because I don't know much about love and romance    My parents were victims of circumstance       How can we know where we are going    When we don't know where we have been       I am going to Ireland on a ship I'm going far away    I am going to Ireland one of these days    I am going to jump right in    And take a swim in my river in my Ireland