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The Fureys with Dave Arthur did a popular version of this one about a couple who dream of leaving "the troubles" in Northern Ireland behind to make a new life for themselves.
Steal Away
by Phil Coulter
(Chorus
[G] Steal a- [D] way, let’s [D] steal a- [G] way
There’ll [C] be none [Am] left to [D] stay
For [G] me and [D] you, we’ll [D] start a- [G] new
And [C] darling [D] steal a- [G] way )
Let’s steal away and change our dreams
And hope they’ll never find us
The dreary days, the empty nights
We’ll leave them all behind us
Chorus
We’ll leave behind the city streets
The gloom, the desolation
The rain, the cold, the growing old
O God, it’s a hard old station
Chorus
We’ll leave with just our memories
And make them see beginning
We have to chose to win or lose
Since time has passed away
Chorus
[G] Steal a- [D] way, let’s [D] steal a- [G] way
There’ll [C] be none [Am] left to [D] stay
For [G] me and [D] you, we’ll [D] start a- [G] new
And [C] darling [D] steal a- [G] way )
Let’s steal away and change our dreams
And hope they’ll never find us
The dreary days, the empty nights
We’ll leave them all behind us
Chorus
We’ll leave behind the city streets
The gloom, the desolation
The rain, the cold, the growing old
O God, it’s a hard old station
Chorus
We’ll leave with just our memories
And make them see beginning
We have to chose to win or lose
Since time has passed away
Chorus