South Anne Street - the Christmas Mix - Ciaran Byrne Christmas Mix

Well, I almost didn't know him, I nearly passed him by
It took us both a moment to get over our surprise
And we hugged each other clumsily and laughed a bit too long
As the shoppers on South Anne Street hurried on

I said I'd heard that he was married and living overseas
He said he'd seen my posters on a billboard near his street
And he'd heard about what happened and we both just looked away
And headed from South Anne Street to McDaid's

Where we drank to ancient love for hours on end
Raised our glasses to remember absent friends
And we drank to chance encounters, too long overdue
On South Anne Street on a Tuesday afternoon
Then it felt just like it used to, like we'd never been apart
Back when we were students on a bench in College Park
And I felt something deep inside of me I really can't explain
In a pub beside South Anne Street in the rain

We drank to ancient love for hours on end
Raised our glasses to remember absent friends
And we drank to chance encounters, too long overdue
On South Anne Street on a Tuesday afternoon

We embraced before we parted to walk into the night
With a complicated sadness at this complicated life
'Cause ships passing in the night occasionally meet
At the corner of South Anne and Grafton Street

And we drank to ancient love for hours on end
Raised our glasses to remember absent friends
And we drank to chance encounters, too long overdue
On South Anne Street on a Tuesday afternoon

And we drank to ancient love for hours on end
Raised our glasses to remember absent friends
Oh, and sometimes if I'm lonely, and I'm walking on my own
I'll detour down South Anne Street going home