On the first day on January Eighteen ninety-two They opened ellis Island And they let the people through And the first to cross the treshold Of that Isle of hope and tears Was Annie Moore from Ireland Who was only fifteen years Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears Isle of Freedom, Isle of Fears But it's not the Isle you left behind That Isle of Hunger, Isle of Pain Isle you'll never see again But the Isle of home is always on your mind In a little bag she carried All her past and history And her dreams for the future In the Land of Liberty And courage is the passport When your old world disappears But there's no future in the past When you're fifteen years Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears Isle of Freedom, Isle of Fears But it's not the Isle you left behind That Isle of Hunger, Isle of Pain Isle you'll never see again But the Isle of home is always on your mind When they closed down Ellis Island In Nineteen Fourty-Three Seventeen million people Had come there for Sanctuary And in springtime when I came here And I stepped onto it's piers I thought of how it must have been When you're fifteen years Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears Isle of Freedom, Isle of Fears But it's not the Isle you left behind That Isle of Hunger, Isle of Pain Isle you'll never see again But the Isle of home is always on your mind Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears Isle of Freedom, Isle of Fears But it's not the Isle you left behind That Isle of Hunger, Isle of Pain Isle you'll never see again But the Isle of home is always on your mind

'Twas on the Isle of Capri that I found her Beneath the shade of an old walnut tree Oh, I can still see the flowers blooming 'round her Where we met on the Isle of Capri She was as sweet as a rose at the dawning But somehow fate hadn't meant it for me And though he sailed with the tide in the morning Still my heart's in the Isle of Capri Summertime was nearly over Blue Italian sky above I said, "Lady, I'm a rover Can you spare a sweet word of love?" She whispered softly, "It's best not to linger" And then as I kissed her hand I could see She wore a lovely meatball on her finger 'Twas goodbye at the Villa Capri Summertime was nearly over Blue Italian sky above I said "Lady, I'm a rover Can you spare a fine word o'love?" She whispered softly "It's best not to linger" And then as I kissed her hand I could see She wore a plain golden ring on her finger 'Twas goodbye on the Isle of Capri 'Twas goodbye on the Isle of Capri 'Twas goodbye on the Isle of Capri

I'm about to break A frozen soul Can't let things flow my way But your smile Gives me warmth when you're near In my silence I hope you hear me Call your name And I'm about to break Like the morning sun Burning up the grey And I I can feel your summer light Dissolving me Serenity sublime And I called your name In the dark Of the night

Remind me That I'm not on a plane yet Not a thousand miles away 'Cause my mind already is Head in the clouds No feet on the ground Feeling our world Slip in time The way you say my name Brings me back to reality Wash away the pain Of tomorrow's memory I'm lost again Wash away the pain Of tomorrow's memory If we rise higher now Way above the clouds The sun won't ever dive Behind our violet skies If we rise higher now The way you say my name I'm lost again Way above the I'm lost again The way you say my name Brings me back to reality

Stuck inside this place Lost between the thoughts within my head Instead of you they lie with me in bed Can't go on like this Not this way Not holding on to much You know that I'm afraid to lose what's left Can't pick and choose which words are best unsaid Can't go on like this On and on for you Hit me right back Hit me right back one more time No matter how hard Can't seem to draw the line No matter hard No matter how hard I try To get away, you're on my mind to stay I still hear your familiar song When quiet comes my way While it never meant to hurt me still it plays Feeling bittersweet Slowly fading You're somewhere else right now Don't want to be some face you used to know Why can't I just accept what comes and goes And find what's best for me Why am I waiting Hit me right back Hit me right back one more time No matter how hard Can't seem to draw the line No matter hard No matter how hard I try To get away, you're on my mind to stay