Waiting on a day that’ll never come
I’ll think of you till my time is done
The fading memory of your face
Sparks again, at your resting place
A glimpse of things that might have been
A distant memory I have seen
I know you’ll never be alone
But what about me as I walk on home
Waiting on a day that’ll never come
 
I wonder if you see me here
Smile with joy or shed a tear
What do you make of what I’ve done
Proud of who I have become?
The weight I bear is a heavy load
The bittersweet pain that I never show
Weak I feel, strong I appear
I’ll keep the faith that you hold so dear
Waiting on a day that’ll never come
 
So I will dream amongst the stars
Reach out a hand, but you seem so far
The crisp clear night turns into day
Clarity obscured by haze
Though many years have been and gone
You’re still the reason for my song
And as I sing it starts to rain
I realise I will grow again
I know I’ll never be alone
So think about me as I walk on home
Waiting on a day that’ll never come
Waiting on a day that’ll never come

Drawn by the sea
I can’t escape it’s call
Drawn by the sea
The waves crash through my dreams
Drawn by the salt in the veins
 
My father and his father
They worked upon the sea
They laughed and cried, lived and died
Captives to their freedom
I’ve seen my course, my destiny
I’ll fight it while I can
Kick against the pricks of fate
Lay roots down on the land
 
But war changes everything
And all is swept away
Wants and wishes, hopes and fears
Dashed upon the rocks x2
 
Our end is inevitable
I’ll face it like a man
I swam against the ocean’s tides
But I’ll go out on my feet

The morning was chill and the dew was fresh
A day of new starts and promises
Awake with the dawn, as quiet as the mist
The land it speaks to me, in a voice that only I hear
 
Just leave me alone, just let me be
I can’t keep up with you anyway
You’re speaking too fast and moving too quick
I can not hear your words
I can’t give you what you need
 
You can beat me and strike me and loose my teeth
You can push me to the ground
I still won’t know what you’re looking for
And I still won’t make a sound
I still won’t make a sound
 
I lie on my back and the sun comes up
My spirit soars with the wind
There’s so much beauty in this world
I could not ask for more
I long to show you the view
 
The evening was cool and the slightest breeze
Awakens me from my reverie
My ribs are bruised and my eye is closed
But I start back down the hill
I will forgive you – yes I will
The twilight is chill and the moon is full
A time of new starts and promises
I sleep with the dusk, as quiet as the stars
The night it speaks to me, in a voice that only I hear

Blow the world down
Take the weight off your feet
Close your eyes and take a deep breath
Let your mind wander down paths you know well
Come a little closer to me
Won’t you lean, won’t you lean
Why don’t you lean on me?
Won’t you lean, won’t you lean
Come a little closer to me
 
Tell me again just how it went down
If you need to just hit out and scream
I’ll be here for you, I ain’t going noplace
‘cos there’s no place that I’d rather be
 
Light up the room with that smile on your face
Light up my heart with your truth
In good times and bad you won’t be alone
I will always be here for you

Have you ever looked down the wrong end of a telescope?
Everything seems so clear
But 100 miles away down a dark dark corridor
Nothing has changed but you’re disconnected
I’m holding on – holding on
Everything feels like it’s just out of reach
Time slows down like you’re walking uphill
Everyone else at the speed of light
Move your head and the world lags behind
And now you know how it feels to be [Am]me x2
 
A sliding door turn
or kaleidoscope change
Life can rise from ashes to flame
The silver lining but a breath away
Tomorrow becomes a brighter day
And I’m holding on, holding on
Everything feels like it’s just within reach
The hurricane wind more like a breeze
You have to let go when you hold on too tight
or the world tries to bring you down to your knees
And now you know
Now you know
How it feels to be me

Sleep tight, baby don’t dream
Sleep tight, I’ll be here when you wake
But baby don’t dream
Baby don’t dream
 
Close your eyes and snuggle down
Close your eyes, and breathe
Baby don’t dream
Baby don’t dream
 
Baby don’t wake up
Baby don’t get up
I don’t want to hear you knocking on my door
Baby don’t wake up
Baby don’t get up
Don’t want to hear those footsteps padding ‘cross the floor
Cos you need your sleep
And so do I
So do I
 
Sleep tight, baby don’t dream
Sleep tight, I’ll be here when you wake
But baby don’t dream
Baby don’t dream

You’re not my flesh and bone, but I’ll bleed for you
You’re not my blood, but you’re mine
You were chosen, you were wanted,
from before the dawn of time
There’s no mistake here – you’re gonna be fine
Some of those doors were built to keep you out
Some of those walls to keep you in
Read between the silver linings, keep working on the code
There’s no mistake here – you’re on the right road
 
Don’t forget the path behind
Where you come from – that’s part of your song
Sing it when you’re able, be a guiding light
There’s no mistake here – you’re winning the fight
 
Open hands and open heart
Recognise the treasure and dare to belong
Sing of how those chains were broken,
and how you’re dancing on
There’s strength in weakness, and you are strong
You were chosen, you were wanted,
from before the dawn of time
There’s no mistake here – you’re gonna be fine

Risking your neck for sugar and tea
You killed a man wearing your name
In a life and death struggle for liberty
James, James, what’ll you do now?
Your family still starves and your wife is alone
You’re not to be hanged, they’re taking it slow
To a chain-gang in Tasmania you’ll go.
 
Van Diemen’s land for 30 months
You might as well be dead
How could you live with no glimpse of hope
Can you stand up, get up, keep working on
And the chains they chafe, but not half as sharp
As the memories of what you left
Family and friends, alive or dead?
And what you would give for the rain on your face
And the green grass of home x2
 
James, James, what have you done?
There’s no choice left now but breaking the law
But you’re going to get what’s coming to you
There’s not much justice for the hungry and poor
James, James, what’ll you do now?
They’ll take you from court and they’ll throw you below
You’re not to be hanged, they’re taking it slow
To a chain-gang in Tasmania you’ll go.
 
James, James, what have you done?
A warden is down and the camp is aflame
There’s nowhere to hide, and nowhere to run
But you stood up to be counted all the same
James, James, what’ll you do now?
Your end’s surely coming but we’ll never know
You’re not to be hanged, they’re taking it slow
To a chain-gang in Tasmania you’ll go.

I was wondering why life has got to be so hard
Fighting against the setbacks of another
Watching the circle come round
Shaped by the sins of my mother?
And who my father would be I don’t know
Gone like snow, driven by the wind
To I don’t know where
And I don’t care
 
I was wondering, how you felt knocked down on your back
Fighting so helplessly but you knew
You could never give in and acquiesce
Without a protest so you bleed anew
And when I suffered the same I realised
That it hurt you far more than me
While I’ll be alright
You lost your fight
 
But there’s absolutely no way that your story’s going to end like this
The good and the strong, the gentle and true
The loving, the caring, like a vine they grew
Two steps forward one step back
Down through the generations,
the years culminated in you
Take that growth, extrapolate
Trust in yourself, trust in your fate
In something bigger than you
And there’s absolutely no way that your story’s going to end like this
You’re a miracle
Breaking that circle x2

Oh, come along, come along, let’s go to buryin’
Way over, over in the new buryin’ ground
 
Sinners, don’t you hear my Lord a-callin’
Way over, over in the new buryin’ ground
 
Oh, the hammer keep a-ringin’, ringin’ on somebody’s coffin
Way over, over in the new buryin’ ground
 
Oh, the hearse keep a-rollin’, rollin’ somebody to the graveyard
Way over, over in the new buryin’ ground
 
The preacher keep a-preachin’, preachin’ somebody’s funeral
Way over, over in the new buryin’ ground

Wade in the water
Wade in the water children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna trouble the water
 
Who’s that young girl dressed in white
Wade in the water
Must be the children of the Israelite
Oh, God’s gonna trouble the water
 
Who’s that young girl dressed in red
Wade in the water
Must be the children that Moses led
God’s gonna trouble the water
 
Who’s that young girl dressed in blue
Wade in the water
Must be the children that’s coming through
God’s gonna trouble the water
 
Wade in the water
Wade in the water children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna trouble the water

Hold on just a little while longer
Everything will be alright
 
Sing on just a little while longer
Everything will be alright
 
Pray on just a little while longer
Everything will be alright
 
Fight on just a little while longer
Everything will be alright
 
Sing on just a little while longer
Everything will be alright

I’ll be so glad when the sun goes down
Ain’t all that sleepy but I wanna lie down
I wanna lie down, I wanna lie down
I ain’t all that sleepy baby but I wanna lie down
I wanna lie down, I wanna lie down
 
Oh what’s it gotta matter, baby, I can’t see
No the silent drive was bold, He was down on me
He was down on me
No the silent drive was bold, He was down on me
He was down on me
 
Yes drop your corner lad, You ain’t got your own mind
You won’t be worried when the sun goes down
You will never be worried When the sun goes down
I hope I won’t, Let the Lord get
You won’t be worried when the sun goes down
The sun goes down, the sun goes down
I need you living when, when I was free
I’m in a wall of trouble, you oh right to me
Oh right to me, oh right to me
I’m in a wall of trouble baby, you oh right to me

I feel like going on
I feel like I’m going on
Though trials come on every side
I feel, feel like going on

I was standing at the foot of the cross
I heard a voice, calling out my name
Lay your burden down

When the storms of life are raging, stand by me
When the world is tossing me Like a ship upon the sea
Thou who rulest wind and water, stand by me
 
In the midst of tribulation, stand by me x2
When the hosts of hell assail, and my strength begins to fail
Thou Who never lost a battle, stand by me
 
In the midst of fault and failures, stand by me x2
When I do the best I can, and my friends all misunderstand,
Thou Who knowest all about me, atand by me
 
In the midst of persecution, Stand by me x2
When my foes in battle array, undertake to stop my way
Thou Who savèd Paul and Silas, stand by me
 
When I’m growing old and feeble, stand by me
When my life becomes a burden, and I’m nearing chilly Jordan
O Thou Lily of the Valley, stand by me

I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger
Traveling through this world below
There’s no sickness, no toil, nor danger
In that fair land to which I go
 
I know dark clouds will gather ’round me
I know my way is hard and steep
But beauteous fields arise before me
Where God’s redeemed, their vigils keep
 
I’m going there to see my father
And all my loved ones who’ve gone on before
I’m just going over Jordan
I’m just going over home
 
I’m going there to see my mother
She said she’d meet me when I come
So, I’m just going over Jordan
I’m just going over home
I’m just going over Jordan
I’m just going over home

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind but now I see
 
Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear
And Grace my fears relieved
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed
 
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
T’was Grace that brought me safe thus far
And Grace will lead me home
And Grace will lead me home

When the sun comes back and the first quail calls
Follow the drinkin’ gourd
For the old man is waiting just to carry you to freedom
Follow the drinkin’ gourd
 
Well the river bank makes a mighty good road,
Dead trees will show you the way
Left foot, peg foot, travelin’ on
Follow the drinkin’ gourd
 
Well the river ends, between two hills
Follow the drinkin’ gourd
There’s another river on the other side
Follow the drinkin’ gourd
The old man is waiting to carry you to freedom
Follow the drinkin’ gourd

Jesus on that mainline
Tell Him what you want
Call Him up and tell Him what you need
 
Well, the line ain’t never busy
Tell Him what you want
Call him up And tell Him what you need
 
If you’re sick and want to get well
Tell Him what you want
Call Him up and tell Him what you need
 
If your soul’s in danger
\Tell Him what you want
You can call Him up and tell Him what you need
 
Jesus on that mainline
Tell Him what you want
Call Him up and tell Him what you need

You take our crops, and they burn our fields
You take the tithe and they loot the coin
You took our sons and you marched them to war
They took our daughters and sold them as slaves
You’re all living for power, for wealth and a name
We’re just trying to live
We’re just grist for the mill
 
Grist for the mill
‘Tween the hammer and the cross
The river keeps running
The wheel keeps on turning
The mill-stones keep grinding us down
We’re just grist for the mill
 
Don’t care much for kings, for priests or for lords
Don’t care who takes when there’s none left to give
You want our loyalty but what does that mean
When there’s been no harvest and no planting of seed
Hunger’s our enemy, a fight to the death
Without mercy or recourse or plea
We’re just grist for the mill
 
Grist for the mill
‘Tween the hammer and the cross
The river keeps running
The wheel keeps on turning
The mill-stones keep grinding us down
We’re just grist for the mill

The rhythm of the hammer is the meter of life
The glow of the metal and the trace of a spark
The flames in the furnace the joy in my veins
But the fire in my heart is you
 
The snow outside is falling
A shroud of silence on barren fields
There’s no birds in the air with the threat of a storm
But the sweat of the work is keeping me warm
And the thought of you is life
 
Always you
 
Oh those lazy nights I spend them with you
Heat of the forge becomes the warmth of the hearth
Drifting in the silence, you make it so easy
To escape from the drive of the flames
Remember what the hours are for
 
The air is tense with rumours and fear
So I’m melting down my work
I’m beating ploughshares to swords and shears into spears
As if metal could stave off hate and despair
Let the weak say I am strong
I’ll be strong for you
 
Always you

They came one cold November morn
Gleaming and glinting in the watery sun
The breath of their horses could have been dragon’s fire
Flags unfurled high above the mire
 
We watched them with our heads bowed low
Close as we dared, kneeling in the snow
Showing no interest, they looked neither left not right
Gods and heroes heading for some glorious fight
 
My father spat on the ground as he turned to me
An expression haunting his face that I’d never seen before
They’re no different to us, lad, no matter how much they beat you down
They were born into privilege and trained to fight from birth
But they’ve never fought the land, and never fought the cold
And it’s just by chance that they were born there and we were born here
Another day, another time, another sky
It could have been me, it could have been us
 
They came like a living stream
Hungry and blooded, eyes a silent scream
Flowing from the East, a trail of the damned
Heralding the coming of the Northmen to our land
 
We watched them as they begged for food
Helplessly we shrugged, what else could we do?
The little that we had we shared, just a drop in the rain
They might not be the lucky, the ones that remain
 
My father spat on the ground as he turned to me
An expression haunting his face that I’d never seen before
They’re no different to us, lad, no matter how much you think they are
You were born into family and you’ve been loved from birth
You’ve never felt the whip and never seen the blade
And it’s just by chance that they were born there and we were born here
Another day, another time, another sky
It could have been you, it could have been us

It’s been nearly twenty years since we were wed
And we’ve never spent a night apart
You’re the first face I see each morning
It’s as if we share one heart
 
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Keep the fire burning, say a prayer for me
I’ll be home before you know, I’ll be home before you know
 
I’ve never seen the need to leave your side
I’ve never been beyond these few farms
But when our lord calls the muster, we must answer
I must leave and pick up my arms
 
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Keep the fire burning, say a prayer for me
I’ll be home before you know, I’ll be home before you know
 
I won’t be going alone along this path
My brother will be marching by my side
We’ll be there for each other, I promise you
Back to back we will fight
 
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Keep the fire burning, say a prayer for me
I’ll be home before you know, I’ll be home before you know

Who’m I gonna be when the sun goes down?
What am I gonna do when they come for us?
Will I run or will I hide
Or will I fight with tears in my eyes?
Will I curse or will I pray?
Will I freeze, or seize the day?
Who’m I gonna be when the sun goes down?
 
Who’m I gonna be when the sun goes down?
What’m I gonna do when the moment comes?
On my feet or on my knees
Will I rise or will I fall?
Will I live or will I die?
Will I live or just survive?
Who’m I gonna be when the sun goes down?

Hearts are racing
Palms are damp
Churning inside
But I’m feeling alive
Here we come
Over the hill
Hammering on our shields
And I’m feeling alive
 
And the shield wall held
And the foemen fell
And the joy of the battle was fierce
And our hearts were wild
 
Panic and fear
Terror and dread
My luck’s held out for the first few men
As I block and thrust again and again
The rhythm of the hammer is the meter of life
The glint of the metal and trace of a spark
The flames in the furnace the joy in my veins
And I’m feeling alive
 
And the shield wall held
And the foemen fell
And the joy of the battle was fierce
And our hearts were wild

He played the old songs from before we were born
Tales full of laughter and ballads we mourn
Songs near forgotten and songs we knew well
Songs with a history and songs with a tale
With a smile on his face and a tear in his eye
He sang the old songs till the end of the night
 
He brought out the songs that most left behind
Beautifully aged and weathered by time
We’re nought without roots, just floating adrift
But his memory was keen and his bowing was swift
With a smile on his face and a tear in his eye
He sang the old songs till the end of the night
 
Separate we came, together we left
Cheering the heroes, the weak and oppressed
Music unites us in passion and song
He wove us together and made us belong
With a smile on our faces and tears in our eyes
We sang the old songs till the end of the night

We boast of our courage when tempered with mead
In our halls we are heroes, famed for our might
They’ve cut down our lord, an earl on the earth
Now we have a choice, to stand or take flight
My line is from Mercia, I’ll take up the fight
 
Here we stand, and we will not move
We’ll defend our homeland in the name of our Lord
Though you could be bought with silver and gold
We’ll give you tribute of spears and sword
Dying in battle will be your reward
 
I give you my promise, that I will not flee
I will not be shamed upon my return
We shall avenge the fall of our friend
And take up our weapons, both point and iron
Steadfastly fighting, with anger I burn
 
Here we stand, and we will not move
We’ll defend our homeland in the name of our Lord
Though you could be bought with silver and gold
We’ll give you tribute of spears and sword
Dying in battle will be your reward

Instrumental

The abyss of unknowing
How can we mourn when you’re not there?
Our hope is the keenest edge
The missing grace so hard to bear

What if I told you
You could find your way back?
That sometimes a person can change?
There’s a light in the window
We’re holding out hope
Don’t matter how long it burns
 
But remember this
The farther you go
The harder it is to turn
It’s a longer path back than the way that you came
Taking the long road home
 
I know that you’re out there
So many miles away
I believe you can hear my voice
My love is a beacon guiding your path
Just follow the long road home

I stoke up the fire, and stare beyond the flames
A chill in my heart, that the warmth can’t drive away
What-ifs and maybes, the guilt and the shame uneasily joust in my thoughts
Family and love, honour and pride, the churn of a life how heavy it weighs
 
A knock at the door when none should be abroad
At this time of night, only trouble stalks the land
The lightning cracks and the thunder rolls, like a scene from the tale of a bard
I pad to the door and nervously crack it open, and there you stand
 
These bones may be old, but there’s a fire in our soul
Though we may not match up, to the power of our youths
We’ve grown along the way
Certainties melt like snow
Wisdom is questions, life is questions
 
I still can’t believe that you’ve finally found a way home
The years were dark, and you’d wandered all alone
Missing in action, we’d left you for dead, we’d mourned you with a song
White as a ghost, with faraway eyes, you stood there cold as a stone
 
I’ll stoke up the fire and we’ll talk of days gone by
Those glory days spent in old campaigns
Memories burnished by time, they glow with the years
History reaches out it’s bony hands and takes the reins
 
These bones may be old, but there’s a fire in our soul
Though we may not match up, to the power of our youths
We’ve grown along the way
Certainties melt like snow
Wisdom is questions, life is questions
 
I’ll stoke up the fire and we’ll talk of days gone by

Walking down a dirt road just 20 miles in
And before we rest there’s 3 towns more
The sun is going down and my legs are going stiff
And I’m wondering what we’ve let ourselves in for
 
The threads of our lives are weaving round those we meet
All pilgrims on this ancient trail
A common destination no matter where we start
As we write another chapter in this tale
 
I’m gonna throw my boots away when I reach Santiago
I’m gonna sit right down and never get up
Wake, walk, eat and sleep – my mind has found stillness
But I’m going to throw my boots away
 
It’s easy to find peace on the top of a mountain
Or on a path through sunflower fields
Got to grab a little bit and keep it in my heart
As I head back to the urban battlefields
 
I’m gonna throw my boots away when I reach Santiago
I’m gonna sit right down and never get up
Wake, walk, eat and sleep – my mind has found stillness
But I’m going to throw my boots away
 
Buen Camino!

You earned your swallow after 5000 miles
With a wind-weathered tan and the salt in your hair
But the distance to come is what tugs at the heart
The dreaming and longing of a 1000 yard stare
 
It starts with a press gang in a Liverpool inn
Awaken to find yourself put out to sea
But this prison and captors are not what they seem
The ocean’s your mistress, but you’re finally free
 
Here be dragons!
In the empty spaces of the map
The great unknown expanses
Over the horizon at the edge of the world
Here be dragons
Looming large at the back of your mind
Growing, growing, growing
Here be dragons
 
Gale force winds they can shriek at your heart
Monsoon storms they can turn the sky black
We’re taking in water and the rudder is lost
Though the sails are in tatters, there’s no turning back
 
Typhoons and whirlpools and St. Elmo’s fire
Sent many a man to a watery grave
Serpents and kraken and lights in the sky,
But the greatest adventure is o’er the next wave
 
Here be dragons!
In the empty spaces of the map
The great unknown expanses
Over the horizon at the edge of the world
Here be dragons
Looming large at the back of your mind
Growing, growing, growing
Here be dragons

Take your time, we can take it slow
I just wanted to let you know that I love you
Not going to push, but I’ll be here
You’ve no idea how dear you are to me
 
Hold me again, like a warm
blanket in winter but I warn you
every time I’m falling deeper
And I find I’m struggling to breath
I’m holding my breath
 
Just say hi, my heart beats faster
My soul is full of laughter when you smile
I feel like crying yet I’m laughing inside
Waiting for you to decide where we go
 
Hold me again, like a warm
blanket in winter but I warn you
every time I’m falling deeper
And I find I’m struggling to breath
I’m holding my breath

Haul now with all your strength
You know this river, the breadth and the length
Haul now with all of your might
You know these currents by day or by night
 
The river’s long, but the night is young
The moon is bright and strong
They’re waiting at the Peldron Rose
We’ll make it back by dawn
 
The pond it holds a hidden well
To hide the contraband
Backy and brandy lowered down
Till the revenue men are gone
 
Bravery has got its risks
The gallows creak a curse
There’s nothing like a good hanging
To give a man a thirst
 
The king and crown are rich enough
Still they turn us over
But we’d rather go out young and drunk
Than 93 and sober!
 
Old Williams lies in a shallow grave
An acorn in his mouth
The mighty oak that from him grew
Stretches out from North to South
 
In death he reaches out his arms
And gives us all his shade
We pour a glass down on his roots
So his memory won’t fade

Millen played “Road to the Isles” as we sailed to Normandy’s beach
Wading through the surf we died to the “Highland Laddie” ‘s refrain
Over the screams of mortars and men, the sound of courage remains
Armed with nothing but madness and luck, the piper marches on all the same
 
Pipers had long been a thing of the past, too easy to pick off as sport
You can only boost a soldier’s morale if you manage to play and not die
Lord Lovat’s defiance of the English war rules was typically devil-may-care
You and I are both Scottish, my lad, and that ruling just doesn’t apply
Over the screams of mortars and men the sound of courage remains
Armed with nothing but madness and luck, the piper marches on all the same
 
The only time that the bagpipes fell quiet was under sniper fire at de Caen
Lovet stalked and despatched him with ease and ordered the bagpipes to play
The pipes took shrapnel on the Pegasus Bridge as Millen walked down the length
Head held high, with his heart in his mouth, I watched him live through that day
Over the screams of mortars and men, the sound of courage remains
Armed with nothing but madness and luck, the piper marches on all the same
 
Millen played “Road to the Isles” as we sailed to Normandy’s beach
Wading through the surf we died to the “Highland Laddie” ‘s refrain
Over the screams of mortars and men, the sound of courage remains
Armed with nothing but madness and luck, the piper marches on all the same
 

Sun beating down
No breath of wind
Drooping sails and a deck like burnished bronze
Not a bird in the sky
No waves upon the sea
Just the creaking of the timbers
The lazy rattle of dice
 
Praying for the gentlest breeze
A touch across my face
The ringing of the captain’s bell
Or the rolling of the deck
There’s nothing left that can be done
Save rail against the empty skies
The fate of this voyage is not in our hands
We wait and wait and wait
 
Smooth horizon breached
By whale’s blow
Our quarry is safe
Out the range of the boats
40 barrels of oil
just out of reach
Maybe we’ll see you again
Farewell for now my friend
 
Praying for the gentlest breeze
A touch across my face
The ringing of the captain’s bell
Or the rolling of the deck
There’s nothing left that can be done
Save rail against the empty skies
The fate of this voyage is not in our hands
We wait and wait and wait

After 39 days on the lower deck, this desperate voyage takes its toll
The stench and heat of the darkness are enough to separate body from soul
We’ve got to believe that on these Western shores we can rebuild our lives with our hands
While the sheep and cattle they replaced us with roam free in our home land
 
The English stripped us our tartan and banned the music of the clans
When they collected our swords and bought up the farms, our fathers had to take a stand
Two thousand were slain on Culloden Moor by the butcher, Duke of Cumberland
But you’re a Scot, and to turn us out, you’ll be forever damned!
 
We’re sailing to Canada
Glengarry County bound
You’ve burned our bridges for us
Your indifference scorched the ground
We’re sailing to Canada
Glengarry County bound
 
Now we’re living in Nova Scotia – New Scotland is our home
Our children were born as natives here, no other life they’ve known
When the sunlight strikes the mountain range and sparkles on the dew
I can almost smell the heather but the burning thatch cuts through
 
We’re sailing to Canada
Glengarry County bound
You’ve burned our bridges for us
Your hatred scorched the ground
We’re sailing to Canada
Glengarry County bound

Dead silence fell
I’m a servant of the Secret Fire
Wielder of the flame of Anor
Dark fire won’t avail you here
 
Flame of Udun
Go back to the shadow
You cannot pass
 
Sword was shattered
Staff was splintered into dust
Together falling in the darkness
I smote his ruin on the mountain side
 
Flame of Udun
Go back to the shadow
You cannot pass
 
It was not the end
I felt light in me again
I have been sent back
Until my task is done
And I come back to you
At the turn of the tide
 
Darkness took me
Strayed out of thought and time
Stars wheeled overhead
I wandered far on roads I will not tell
 
Flame of Udun
Go back to the shadow
You cannot pass
 
It was not the end
I felt light in me again
I have been sent back
Until my task is done
And I come back to you
At the turn of the tide

These are only mortal men
No different to you and I
Standing on the shoulders of giants
They reached up and challenged the sky
 
Metal wings and tail of fire
They rose into the night
What power pushed away the earth?
Babel’s tower was never so high

Way back in time before memories
We lived in the fields of our birth
We nurtured the soil and the forests and trees
In return we lived off the earth
 
What is seen is not all there is
There are two realms intertwined
A spiritual world just out of sight But rarely far from mind
 
Closer still when the solstice came
Along ley lines and cairns of power
The mysteries of the spirit world
Came abroad for barely an hour
 
Brief shadows seen and the legends grew
A little perspective of our place in this scene
The balance of nature and spirit life
Respect for the space in-between
 
When the twilight comes and the worlds collide
That boundary between death and dark and life and light
The green man glimpsed in his ancient home
Out of the corner of the eye just out of sight – the green man
 
And now the chainsaws scream out their songs of hate
Commuters their willing slaves
The cranes they’ll run up a pirate’s flag
The bulldozers dig their unmarked graves
 
Shrines to money’s indifference
It’s gone further than anyone planned
Profit runs without boundaries
Spewing out concrete covering this land
 
When the twilight comes and the worlds collide
There’s nowhere left to roam
The green man cries from a far-off wood
Remembering his long-lost home – the green man
 
A wise man once prophesied to me
That we’ll rip up the roads and tear the buildings down
The forests will grow green and the streams will run clear
There’ll be healing and harmony all around
 
When the twilight comes and the worlds collide
There might be just enough space to roam
The green man can be glimpsed in a far-off wood
Walking back through his long-lost home – the green man