40 Shades of Green Songtext
von Johnny Cash

I close my eyes and picture the emerald of the sea
From the fishing boats at Dingle to the shores of Dunadee
I miss the River Shannon and the folks at Skipparee
The moor lands and the meadows
With their forty shades of green


But most of all I miss a girl in Tipperary town
And most of all I miss her lips as soft as eiderdown
Again I want to see and do the things we′ve done and seen
Where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar
And there's forty shades of green

I wish that I could spend an hour at Dublin′s churning surf
I'd love to watch the farmers drain the bogs and spade the turf
To see again the thatching of the straw the women glean
I'd walk from Cork to Lairn to see their forty shades of green

But most of all I miss a girl in Tipperary town
And most of all I miss her lips as soft as eiderdown
Again I want to see and do the things we′ve done and seen
Where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar
And there′s forty shades of green