I have carried all my hopes and dreams
To this new land with my own two hands
I have followed the sun away from Ireland
Now like the red man, here I stand

You hear whispers of the homeland call
Love is less kind than the twilight
And the passion for me once in your green eyes
Like the sunlight fades from sight

Twilight eyes, I can taste the salty tears of goodbye
I can feel the cold north sea
You'll be sailing with the tide
To the island in your emerald twilight eyes