Well I almost didn't know him

I nearly passed him by

It took us both a moment

To get over our surprise

And we hugged each other clumsily

And laughed a bit too long

As the shoppers on South Anne Street hurried on

I said I'd heard that he was married

And living overseas

He said he'd seen my posters

On a billboard near his street

And he'd heard about what happened

And we both just looked away

And headed from South Anne Street to McDaid's

Where we drank for ancient love for hours an end

Raised our glasses to remember absent friends

And we drank to chance encounters too long overdue

On South Anne Street on a Tuesday afternoon

And it felt just like it used to

Like we've never been apart

Like back when we were students

On a bench in College Park

And I felt something deep inside me

I really can't explain

In a pub beside South Anne Street in the rain

And we drank for ancient love for hours an end

Raised our glasses to remember absent friends

And we drank to chance encounters too long overdue

On South Anne Street on a Tuesday afternoon

We embraced before we parted

To walk into the night

With a complicated sadness

At this complicated life

Oh, ships passing in the night

Occasionally meet

At the corner of South Anne and Grafton Street

And we drank for ancient love for hours an end

Raised our glasses to remember absent friends

And we drank to chance encounters too long overdue

On South Anne Street on a Tuesday afternoon

And we drank for ancient love for hours an end

Raised our glasses to remember absent friends

Oh and sometimes if I'm lonely and I'm walking on my own

I'll detour down South Anne Street going home