Night Ride Across the Caucasus - Loreena McKennitt

I'm a soldier of freedom in the army of the man Ah we are the chosen, we're the partisan alright Well the cause it is noble and the cause it is just We are ready to pay with our lives if we must Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side Now I'm a soldier of fortune, I'm a dog of war And we don't give a damn who the killing is for Yeah it's the same old story with a different name Death or glory, it's the killing game Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side Oh nothing gonna stop them as the day follows the night Right become a wrong, the left become the right And they sing as they march with their flags unfurled Today in the mountains, tomorrow the world Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side Gonna ride across the river deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side

Say goodbye to the storms in the night Say goodbye to this beautiful sight Because we pieced it all together when it just felt right We pieced it all together when it just felt right Every turn it took, we followed Every turn it took, we followed This compass led us to A land we call home After years of hope I'm writing home to let them know We made it to the coast, just look at where we are The skies are clear and blue, I told you (I told you) And we saw what we wanted and we chased it all (We chased it all) We chased it all We sailed across the ocean with a boat we built As we're navigating through the storms we pass along the way We saw what we wanted and We chased it all We chased it all Every turn it took, we followed We put our lives on the line After years of hope I'm writing home to let them know We made it to the coast, just look at where we are The skies are clear and blue, I told you We sailed across the ocean with a boat we built As we're navigating through the storms we pass along the way We saw what we wanted and We chased it all We chased it all I'm writing home to let them know 'Cause look at where we are The fog has cleared and we can see the shore from miles away From miles away We sailed away We sailed across the ocean with a boat we built We sailed away with her, away with her Say goodbye to the storms in the night Say goodbye to this beautiful sight Because we pieced it all together when it just felt right We pieced it all together when it just felt right Say goodbye to the storms in the night Say goodbye to this beautiful sight 'Cause we pieced it all together when it just felt right We pieced it all together when it just felt right Part the seas, we've been searching through our sleep Part the seas, this land will bring us to our knees

Too soon, wanted more time Could've held out, but your clock was ticking No easing in, straightened out lines Alone with your thoughts 'Cause your friends are still in Night clubs and back rooms Baggies in the bathrooms Nothing's changed but you Saying nothing's missing Thoughts are drifting away from you Morning sun fills the void Now you see there never was a point Over and over and over again Till you can no longer pretend you are sane Try but you couldn't get any more sure And the ending still will never change Over and over and over again Till you can no longer pretend you are sane Try but you couldn't get any more sure And the ending still will never change Tomorrow night'll go on without you Go on without you there Tomorrow night'll go on without you Till dawn and no one will care You can't know, it's a move in the dark Hesitation leaves you hung on the lip Unclench your teeth Peel off the smile See no one there, and you release your grip Night clubs and back rooms Baggies in the bathrooms Nothing's changed but you Saying nothing's missing Thoughts are drifting away from you Led the beast to the cliff One more step and a long way down The morning sun fills the void Now you see there never was a point Over and over and over again Till you can no longer pretend you are sane Try but you couldn't get any more sure And the ending still will never change Over and over and over again Till you can no longer pretend you are sane Try but you couldn't get any more sure And the ending still will never change

I wish I was in Carrighfergus Only for nights in Ballygrant I would swim over the deepest ocean Only for nights in Ballygrant But the sea is wide, and I can't get over And neither have I wings to fly Or if I could find me a handsome boatsman To ferry me over to my love and die Now in Kilkenny, it is reported They've marble stones there, as black as ink With gold and silver, I would transport her But I'll sing no more now, 'til I get a drink I'm drunk today, but then I'm seldom sober A handsome rover from town to town Oh-oh, but I am sick now, my days are over Come all you young lads, and lay me down I wish I was in Carrighfergus Only for nights in Ballygran

This glancing life is like a morning star A setting sun, or rolling waves at sea A gentle breeze or lightning in a storm A dancing dream of all eternity The sand was shimmering in the morning light And dancing off the dunes so far away The night held music so sweet, so long And there we lay until the break of day We woke that morning at the onward call Our camels bridled up, our howdahs full The sun was rising in the eastern sky Just as we set out to the desert's cry Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you The tents grew smaller as we rode away On earth that tells of many passing days The months of peace and all the years of war The lives of love and all the lives of fears Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you We crossed the river beds all etched in stone And up the mighty mountains ever known Beyond the valleys in the searing heat Until we reached the caravanserai Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you What is this life that pulls me far away? What is that home where we cannot reside? What is that quest that pulls me onward? My heart is full when you are by my side Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you

White are the far-off plains And white the fading forests grow The wind dies out amongst the tides And denser still the snow A gathering weight on roof and tree Falls down scarce audibly The meadows and far-sheeted streams Lie still without a sound Like some soft minister of dreams The snowfall hoods me around In wood and water, earth and air A silence is everywhere Save when at lonely spells Some farmer's sleigh is urged on With rustling runner and sharp bells Swings by me and is gone Or from the empty waste I hear A sound remote and clear The barking of a dog To cattle, is sharply pued Borne, echoing from some wayside stall Or barnyard far afield Then all is silent and the snow Falls settling soft and slow The evening deepens and the grey Folds closer Earth to sky The world seems shrouded, so far away Its noises sleep, and I As secret as yon buried stream Plod dumbly on and dream And dream And dream I dream And I dream

Alas my love, you do me wrong To cast me off discourteously And I have loved you oh so long Delighting in your company Greensleeves was my delight Greensleeves, my heart of gold Greensleeves was my heart of joy And who but my Lady Greensleeves I have been ready at your hand To grant whatever thou would'st crave I have waged both life and land Your love and goodwill for to have Greensleeves was my delight Greensleeves was my heart of gold Greensleeves was my heart of joy And who but my Lady Greensleeves Thy petticoat of sendle white With gold embroidered gorgeously Thy petticoat of silk and white And these I bought thee gladly Greensleeves was my heart of gold Greensleeves was my heart of joy Greensleeves was my heart of joy And who but my Lady Greensleeves