Irish Angel

Lang Jonny

in the fall of the year


she flew across the ocean


to ireland, the land of her fathers


when we said goodbye,


a tear was in her eye


i lost her then and there


my irish angel





the first letter came


she said she liked it there


and how much she wished


i was there with her


she wrote it on a hill in


a gentle irish way


i saw her in my mind


my irish angel





i wrote her back and then


there was no second letter


just the silence of the snow


that fell around me





i let her down i know


the day i let her go


now she's found someone else


my irish angel





the first time i saw her


my heart went in a spin


when they speak of love


they call it falling


it was like i held my breath


til i laid eyes on her agian


so beatiful she was


my irish angel





and when a storming glance


lead to a storming kiss


i thought i knew the


chance that i was taking


in all i never knew


a love as strong as this


or what it was to feel


my own heart breaking





so now i raise the glass


and then i raise another


one to forget


one to remember


it was just a dream


of how things could of been


if i hadn't lost my irish angel