[Verse 1]
All that trouble, all that grief
That's why I had to leave
Staying away too long is in defeat
Why I'm singing this song
Why I'm heading back home
That's what makes the Irish heart beat

[Verse 2]
I'm just like a hobo riding a train
I'm like a gangster living in Spain
Have to watch my back and I'm running out of time
When I roll the dice again
If lady luck will call my name
That's what makes the Irish heart beat

[Bridge]
Well that's what makes it beat
When I'm standing on the street
And I'm standing underneath this Wrigley's sign
Oh, so far away from home
But I know I've got to roam
That's what makes the Irish heart beat

[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
And it was off to foreign climes
On the Piccadilly line
We were standing underneath the, the Wrigley's sign
So far away from home
Well, I know I've got to roam
That's what makes the Irish heart beat

[Verse 3]
Just like a sailor out on the foam
Any port in a storm
Where we tend to burn the candle at both ends
Down the corridors of fame
Like the spark ignites the flame
That's what makes the Irish heart beat

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
But I roll the dice again
If lady luck will call my name
That s what makes the Irish heart beat
Oh, that's what makes the Irish heart beat (One more time)
That's what makes the Irish heart beat