Verse 1 How can I hope to make you understand Why I do what I do Why I must travel to a distant land Far from the home I love Once I was happily content to be As I was, there I was Close to the people who are close to me Here in the home I love
Bridge Who would see that a man would come That would change the shape of my dreams Helpless now I stand with him Watching all the dreams go dim
Verse 2 Oh what a melancholy choice this is Wanting home, wanting him Closing my heart to every hope but his Needing the home I love There where my heart has settled long ago I must go, I must go Who could imagine I'd be wandering so Far from the home I love