"Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift", Bob Dylan, "Subterranean Homesick Blues".

"But to work til you're dead for a room and a bed is not the reason I left Mullingar", P. Cooksey, "The Reason I Left Mullingar".

"I could have been someone, well so could have anyone", Shane McGowan, "Fairytale of New York".

"On a quiet street where old ghosts meet, I see her walking now...", P. Kavanagh, "Raglan Road".

"And the drunk on the bus told me how to get rich, I was glad we weren't going too far", L. Reilly, "Summer in Dublin".