The Tide Flows into Miltown
Tim O'Brien

I walk into a corner bar, it says Lynch above the door
I had just arrived in Miltown to frolic there once more
I see a Cavan man expatriot who now resides in old Oslo
And he's holdin' to an old friend's hand as his mate sings loud and slow

When they're done we reminisce on Shetland back in ninety seven
Where we met aboard a ferry bound for five days of folk heaven
Siobahn and John start jiggin', push and pulls from box and bow
And Peter reaches for his drum to punctuate the flow

And the tide flows into Miltown, they come from far and near
The tide flows into Miltown, this time every year

I sit next to two I've known since I first came of age
Each Tuesday night in Pigtown we'd play from O'Niell's page
We raise our jars, it's July fourth, so I guess they're Yankees still
Though they've moved back to Cork now, up Military Hill

And the tide flows into Miltown, we come from far and near
The tide flows into Miltown, this time every year

I stayed this time on Spanish Point with a Nashville guy I know
You can swim in quiet water there, in the tide pools down below
But there were too many toasts to raise, to many tunes to play
I only saw that coast while walking home in the dawning of the day

I've seen these folks in Donegal, New York and Tennessee
Since a fleagh in seventy six made a believer out of me
James Kelly made a point back then, said Ã??what's the point of sleepin',
There'll be time for that when we get done with the company we're keepin'?

And the tide flows into Miltown, we come from far and near
The tide flows into Miltown, this time every year
And the tide flows into Miltown, of smiles and tunes and tears
The tide flows into Miltown, bring the wife and kids next year


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  A House of Gold   Another Day   Bending Blades   Blackest Crow   Brother Wind   Circles Around You   Climbin' up a Montain   Climbing Up A Mountain   Cluck Old Hen   Daddy's on the Roof Again   Deep in the Woods   Demon Lover   Don't Be Surprised   Down in the Willow Garden   Drunkard's Hiccups (Jack Of Diamonds)   Easy as Pie [Instrumental]   Edge of the Storm   Evening   Every Tear Has a Reason Why   Fair Margaret and Sweet William   Family History   Fell into Her Deep Blue Eyes   First Days of Fall   Five Rooms   Flora, the Lily of the West   Footsteps So Near   For the Fallen   Forty-Nine Keep On Talkin'   Handsome Molly   Hard Pressed   Hard Times   Hard Year Blues   Hold to a Dream   Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor   How Come I Ain't Dead   Hungry Eyes   I Like the Way You Cook   I'm Not Gonna Forget You   I've Endured   Into the West   Ireland's Green Shore   Ireland's Green Shore [Instrumental]   John Riley   Jonah and the Whale   Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning   Kelly Joe's Shoes   Kick Me When I'm Down   Less & Less   Let Love Take You Back Again   Like I Used to Do   Little Sadie   Lone Tree Standing   Long Black Veil   Long Distance   Lost Little Children   Love and Laughter   Love Is Pleasing   Love on Hold   Maggie's Farm   Me And Dick's Trip To Ireland   Me and Dirk's Trip to Ireland   Melancholy Moon (Not)   Mic Ryan's Lament   Mick Ryan's Lament   Mole in the Ground   More Love   Mountaineer Is Always Free   Music Tree   Nellie Kane   Nice Work If You Can Get It [Outtake]   Norwegian Wood   On the Outside Looking In   One Drop of Rain   One Girl Cried   One Way Street   Out in the Darkness   Out on the Rolling Sea   Queen of Hearts   Raleigh and Spencer   Restless Spirit Wandering   Ribbon in Your Hair   River of Blood   Rock In A Weary Land   Rock in My Shoe   Rod McNeil   Romance Is a Slow Dance   Shadows of Light   She's Runnin' Away   Skillet Good And Greasy   Talkin' Cavan   That's What I Like About You   The Farmer's Cursed Wife   The Foggy Dew   The High Road   The Holy Well   The Perfect Place to Hide   The Second Mouse   Think About Last Night   Travelers   Turn the Page Again   Turning Around   Two Journeys   Two Journeys (Deux Voyages)   Wagoner's Lad   Walk Beside Me   Walk The Way The Wind Blows   Wandering   Wayfarin' Stranger   What Does the Deep Sea Say?   When I Die I'll Live Again   When There's No One Around   When You Come Back Down   Wildewood Drive [Instrumental]   Working On A Building

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