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Moonshine

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Moonshine

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Walking out on a stormy day

The cold wind, the fine sea spray

Looking out over Galway Bay

The troubled sky all dark and grey

Far from these shores there stands liberty

So let it be

But every while I would remember

The day we drank

Moonshine in the rain

And raised our glasses to the wind

The day that we dreamed we could be free

Riding on wings of liberty

So here's one more for our friends

And here’s one for our children

Feeling the cold rain on our fingertips

And moonshine on our lips

So we paid our dues

And we packed our rags

Made it thought Ellis Island's ranks

Across the waves to America

Hearts and souls to the stripes and the stars

Far from our shores we found liberty

So let it be

But every while I would remember

The day we drank

Moonshine in the rain

And raised our glasses to the wind

The day that we dreamed we could be free

Riding the wings of liberty

So here's one more for our friends

And here’s one for our children

Feeling the cold rain on our fingertips

And moonshine on our lips

So we made our way

Through the Cumberland Gap

Appalachia, never looking back

Through the wind and rain

And the cold and pain

But nothing evermore would feel the same

All of this life we strive to be free

So let it be

But every while I would remember

The day we drank

Moonshine in the rain

And raised our glasses to the wind

The day that we dreamed we could be free

And riding on wings of liberty

So here’s one more for our friends

And here's one for our children

Feeling the cold rain on our fingertips

And moonshine on our lips

Moonshine in the rain

And raised our glasses to the wind

The day that we dreamed we could be free

Riding on wings of liberty

So here's one more for our friends

And here's one our children

Feeling the cold rain on your fingertips

And liberty on our lips

On our lips!

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