Will have Irish Music in the upcoming chapters so don't be discouraged if you don't know any of the songs!
The Crash:
I was driving along the interstate when my favorite song came onto the radio and I turned the music up.
They say mother Earth is breathing
With each wave that finds the shore
Her
soul rises in the evening
For to open twilight's door
Her
eyes are the stars in heaven
Watching oer us all the while
And
her heart it is in Ireland
Deep within the emerald isle.
I started singing to the song tapping my hands on the steering wheel, laughing at myself, having fun, keeping my eyes on the road at all times.
We
are forty against hundreds
In someone else's bloody war
We
know not why were fighting
Or what were dying for
They will
storm us in the morning
When the sunlight turns to sky
Death is
waiting for its dance now
Fate has sentenced us to die.
What did my parents have to worry about? I was the safest driver they knew. They knew that I wouldn't do anything stupid while I was on the road. But driving from Los Angeles to Glenoak, California was a long drive and they knew that I would be responsible.
(Chorus)
Ireland
I am coming home
I can see your rolling fields of green
And
fences made of stone.
I am reaching out wont you take my hand
I'm
coming home Ireland.
That was why I was leaving today, to be able to be in Glenoak by tomorrow afternoon and have the whole weekend to share with Ruthie.
Oh
the captain he lay bleeding
I can hear him calling me
These men
are yours now for the leading
Show them to their destiny
And as
I look up all around me
I see the ragged tired and torn
I tell
them to make ready
cause were not waiting for the morn.
I slowed down and turned the music down when I saw that the traffic was also slowing down. What now?
(Chorus)
Ireland
I am coming home
I can see your rolling fields of green
And
fences made of stone.
I am reaching out wont you take my hand
I'm
coming home Ireland.
Why did everything have to go so slow when I wanted everything to be fast?
Now
the fog is deep and heavy
As we forge the dark and fear
We can
hear their horses breathing
As in silence we draw near
There
are no words to be spoken
Just a look to say good-bye
I draw a
breath and night is broken
As I scream our battle cry.
I was still singing to the song when I heard something from behind me.
(Chorus)
Ireland
I am coming home
I can see your rolling fields of green
And
fences made of stone.
I am reaching out wont you take my hand
I'm
coming home Ireland.
I turned around and saw a semi coming straight for me.
I am home Ireland.
I screamed and then everything went black.