Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Runrig
Canonical path: /runrig/the-old-boys
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Old Boys
Read The Old Boys lyrics by Runrig on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Old Boys
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The old Boys
Are all leaving
Leaving one by one
Where young birds go flying
Spread your wings and run
But over the fields
By the drystone walls
An eagle will come no more
Welcome
Were the headlands
St Valery behind
No medals worth wasting
On memories of sand
But sweet is the breeze
Over Raasay
The morning awaits you there
What kind
Of heroes
Here for us now
Where leaders, stone preachers
Minnows on flow
But low hang the lights
Over Viewfield
And this night will day see no more
(Chorus)
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