Dublin's Not the Same Without You

I remember our first bus ride the 67 into town
You couldn't understand the Irish translations that robot voice was handing down
You came here for the summer to escape your country for a while
You didn't plan on meeting me
But you gave me your Polish smile
I bought us Jagerbombs in a pub near Westmoreland Street
We knocked them back had the craic and that's how two cultures meet

And now
Dublin's not the same without you
The grey cobblestones beneath my feet
Dublin's not the same without you
The fruit sellers on Moore Street
Dublin's not the same without you
And I don't know if it ever will be
Dublin's not the same without you
It's just another city

Our first kiss was on the steps of some grand Georgian house
And the things we did after that I'd rather not song about
That day we went to Howth and walked all along the pier
And as I looked out at the waves for once everything was clear
I was standing in a place I'd been many times before
But for the first time in my life I found myself not needing more
Then you met my parents and it was awkward in so many ways
But after you went home they said something in me changed

And now
Dublin's not the same without you
The grey cobblestones beneath my feet
Dublin's not the same without you
The fruit sellers on Moore Street
Dublin's not the same without you
And I don't know if it ever will be
Dublin's not the same without you
It's just another city

I left you at the airport
With tears in my eyes
I walked out of the terminal
To a classic grey Irish sky
And I'm glad for all we had
But I'm sad for what it cost
Because now this place holds nothing
But a great sense of loss

Because
Dublin's not the same without you
The grey cobblestones beneath my feet
Dublin's not the same without you
The fruit sellers on Moore Street
Dublin's not the same without you
And I know that it never will be
Dublin's not the same without you
It's just another city