How Are We Getting Home?
How Are We Getting Home? is a 2004 album by Gaelic Storm. This album features the most original compositions to date by Gaelic Storm, and features a working class theme. The band also introduced a new percussionist and fiddler. "I Miss My Home" is a sing-along about traveling and being homesick for the cobble streets of your town. "Born to be a Bachelor" celebrates single life and also features the electric pipes and didgeridoo. "Punjab Paddy" has Indian undertones and celebrates leaving Ireland behind for exotic India. "Summer's Gone", "Fish and Get Fat , When I Win", "Down Underground" and "Time Drink 'Em Up" are all sung by the guitarist. "Summer's Gone" is about the end of a relationship that shouldn't end, "Fish and Get Fat" is the anthem for all frustrated workers. "When I Win" could also be an anthem for workers, but it is simply for big dreamers. "Down Underground" is a slow song that serves as a tribute to blue collar workers who live and die in the mines. "Time, Drink 'Em Up" is a pub sing along about all the people you might find in a pub. "Stain  the Grout", "Cab Ride to Kingston" and "The Lone-Star Stowaway" are all instrumentals. The first two feature the pipes and the last features the fiddle. "Tear Upon the Rose" is a slow song about the necessary pain of leaving your homeland. "Piña Colada in a Pint Glass", a mainstay live, is the song about a waitress who saves up her money to vacation someplace warm, complete with papaya, rum and coconut. "Short a Couple a' Bob" is reminiscent of the Beggarman in that it is catchy, quick and, tells the tale of a poor, but happy soul. The band 's second foray into the Irish language is about An Cailin Deas Rua (the beautiful red-haired girl). The instruments featured are beautifully played and the lyrics, while telling about an unappreciative girlfriend, are extremely catchy.