Story Behind The Song

I was headin home the other day and while I was waitin for my flight I noticed this older guy (yeah bout my age)wearin a Thin Lizzy shirt. Well.... I just had to say something. Turns out he was Irish (the accent gave that away). We spoke briefly and he told me that he had met Phil Lynot. Anyway that made my day. So when I got home I wrote this for Phil.