Thin Lizzy - A Song For While I'm Away

Lyrics & Information

From the Vagabonds of the Western World album. I don't usually do this for my other videos but since this is a song I dearly love I decided to put up some photos to accompany it. I hope you enjoy and that it reminds you of the special people close to your hearts.

Lyrics :-

In these words I wrote and play and sing for you
Do not convey the love I brought and bring to you
For this is a song for while I'm away
To say all the things I'd love to say

You are my life, my everything, you're all I have
You are my hopes, my dreams, my world come true
You're all I have
Please heed me now these words I have to say

Now I'm headed for the border
You see this song it ends right at the start
I swore when I was younger
No one would win my heart

And far away hills look greener still
But soon they'll all slip away
It's then I'll be returning
And I'll be coming home to stay

You are my life, my everything, you're all I have
You are my hopes, my dreams, my world come true
You're all I have
Please heed me now these words I have to say

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Thin
• Lizzy
• Song
• For
• While
• Im
• Away

[drchelliebell]

superb job. iv known this song from a phil lynott poetry book i got years ago, and this is my first time actually hearing it as a song. stunning.

[sbyrne1]

Cheers glad you enjoyed it. Also I have heard of those poetry books. They are out of print but oh jeez to get my hands on one would be out of this world. I hear there were around 3 in print at one time. I wish I was hearing this song for the first time ;). Take care buddy!

[johnnylynott]

this is the song i always play to my wife.

i love her nearly as much as i love thin lizzy.

[59jimmyb]

first heard this back in 1976 off the remembering part 1 album..loved it then and still do now..so many memories..brilliant song from brilliant songwriter..rip phil..grew up with and loved your music..

[59jimmyb]

@johnnylynott nice one!

[corsablanca]

Great vid nicely done to go with a great song,

[mrsenko9]

love the retro guiness shirt phil

[jaddajn1]

this one's for us oona

[AlvaroClouds311]

ja, :'( with these words, I said goodbye to the only woman I ever loved in my life, a very special song for me.

[tamzintwaite1]

Phil launched this poetry book at the Montrose Hotel in Dublin early in the 70s and gave me a copy which I still have, very precious.

[youhambach101]

I was married to a guy in a band who was on tour all the time - I wish he had said any of these lines to me -

[NOVAS78]

this song a got my girl

[Bashuas]

Nice pics! thanks! Xx