I’ve been walking for a long time
this whole mountain left to climb -
but in the hare and the tortoise it says
everything takes time
But in the distance, someone further up ahead -
is there a fast way to get there
that maybe I could find?

’Cuz I’m looking for those Golden Secrets
Leg up the ladder, I don’t know I don’t know
There’s just got to be an easier way to get there
without the bother, I don’t know I don’t know
I just need those Golden Secrets, that’s all

I’ve been knocking at the same door
I’ve been trying oh so long
but in the mouse and the lion it says
everything takes time
But in the distance, knocking at a different door -
do they know something I don’t know
that maybe I should try?

’Cuz I’m looking for those Golden Secrets
Leg up the ladder, I don’t know I don’t know
There’s just got to be an easier way to get there
without the bother, I don’t know I don’t know
I just need those Golden Secrets, that’s all

But in the canyon of time
where cheap tricks go to die
flash in the pan, silver bullet never got the chance to fly
Can’t go over, can’t go under
guess I’ve got to go through — ooh, ooh

What if the golden secrets are not so secret
after all they’re in all the songs and stories, that’s all

What if I just keep on going
feel the sunshine through the trees
like the dog and his reflection I know
everything takes time
Back in the distance, someone else is searching now -
you win some and you lose some
but I’ll get there in the end - oh

On we go, steady and slow
settle into the rhythm of my own two feet, oh
this I know - we’ll let the wild winds blow
It might not be the fast way, but it’s the way I know
It might not be the fast way, but it’s the way I know
Well, it might not be the fast way
but it’s the way I know

Face the horizon, look out over the sea
My destination’s clear
follow the west wind, it will show me the way
Cast off the anchor, lift my sails to the wind
I’ll sail the emerald sea
new beginnings, just the west wind and me

West of the sun, East of the moon
the best is yet to come - oh what if it’s true?

I’ll follow the wind
face the horizon
wherever the wind blows,
you’ll find me there
I’ll follow the wind
a new tomorrow
wherever the wind blows,
you’ll find me there

I’ll follow the wind
face the horizon
wherever the wind blows,
you’ll find me there
I’ll follow the wind
a new tomorrow
wherever the wind blows,
you’ll find me there

New constellations shine like gossamer wings
I’m bound for distant shores
old mother west wind, come to carry me
toward new horizons - I will follow the wind
Skim over starry skies
across the ocean, into the heart of it all

West of the sun, East of the moon
the best is yet to come - oh what if it’s true?

I’ll follow the wind
face the horizon
wherever the wind blows,
you’ll find me there
I’ll follow the wind
a new tomorrow
wherever the wind blows,
you’ll find me there

I’ll follow the wind
face the horizon
wherever the wind blows,
you’ll find me there
I’ll follow the wind
a new tomorrow
wherever the wind blows,
you’ll find me there

wherever the wind blows,
you’ll find me there

Oh! Rhythm of the wild
forgotten mysteries illuminate the forest floor
Oh! Hear these ancient stones
following every sound, and I can hear the thunder roar

Time after time I’m beginning again
Day after day I am making the climb
Step after step I find a way through the wild again
And the road’s getting clearer in my mind

I’m walking into the mystery
I’m walking into the mystery
I’m walking into the mystery
I’m walking right into the mystery

Out here among the stars
I can’t explain it now, but it’s a tale as old as time
Oh! Door is opening now
take in the candlelight before the embers blaze to life

Time after time I’m beginning again
Day after day I am making the climb
Step after step I find a way through the wild again
And the road’s getting clearer in my mind

I’m walking into the mystery
I’m walking into the mystery
I’m walking into the mystery
I’m walking right into the mystery

Oh! Brighter than the sun
this is the chance to roam, I’m going further than before
Time passes swiftly when
the dreaming never ends and I leave my answers at the door

I’m walking into the mystery
I’m walking into the mystery
I’m walking into the mystery
I’m walking right into the mystery

I’m walking right into the mystery

A winter sun is rising in the sky
persimmon clouds, and gentle lilac skies
It’s reawakening the frozen land
it feels like a renaissance
a time for something new
oh it feels like a renaissance

Like a renaissance
Feels like a renaissance

With summer sun I’m called to wandering again
Losing sleep and chasing waterfalls
In the cities and in the people I see
learning more than I could ever hope to tell
and it feels like a renaissance

Like a renaissance
Feels like a renaissance

When leaves are falling in the autumn time again
returning home again with all these memories
Slowing down and reading stories by the fire
learning to lean into the midnight of the year
and it feels like a renaissance

Like a renaissance
Feels like a renaissance

In the evening
under the lavender moon
when the ocean is forget-me-not-blue
Will you go?
Will you go?

Then we will all go together
to see the lavender moon
Where the ocean pulls the tides in
and the earth spins again
Wish I could stay here forever
under the lavender moon
and tell the ones who’ve gone before us
Please remember me
remember me
remember me

In the moonlight
a thousand years are here with me
The rolling ocean
under the lavender moon
Will you go?
Will you go?

Then we will all go together
to see the lavender moon
Where the ocean pulls the tides in
and the earth spins again
Wish I could stay here forever
under the lavender moon
and tell the ones who’ve gone before us
Please remember me

Then we will all go together
to see the lavender moon
Where the ocean pulls the tides in
and the earth spins again
Wish I could stay here forever
under the lavender moon
and tell the ones who’ve gone before us
Please remember me
remember me

remember me
remember me
remember me

Oh when the daylight fades to twilight
twilight into night
I never passed the time so swiftly as
I have with you tonight
And when they’ve called out the closing
it’s like no time has flown
and when the chance it comes to meet again
I’ll see you down the road

Until we meet once again, my friend
I’ll see you down the road
whether it be so near or far away
I’ll see you down the road
whether it be so near or far away
I’ll see you down the road

And when the darkness fades to dawning
dawning into sun
when e’ere I think of times together shared
I’ll smile when day is done
And may the sun shine down upon you
warm without and warm within
and though the road be long and winding oh
I know we’ll meet again

Until we meet once again, my friend
I’ll see you down the road
whether it be so near or far away
I’ll see you down the road
whether it be so near or far away
I’ll see you down the road

Until we meet once again, my friend
I’ll see you down the road
whether it be so near or far away
I’ll see you down the road
whether it be so near or far away
I’ll see you down the road

Until we meet once again, my friend
I’ll see you down the road
whether it be so near or far away
I’ll see you down the road
whether it be so near or far away
I’ll see you down the road

I’m never far from the edge of another future
another knowing, another me
In the greatest unknown, but I’ve been here before
it’s a moment, a moment in time

It’s ancient and timeless
Through mountains and through valleys
The voice is calling for you on and on

It’s a moment in time
It’s a moment in time
It’s a moment in time
It’s a moment in time

And like the seasons will turn, just like the river
ever flowing, flow to the sea
It’s here then it’s gone, always changing
it’s a memory, a moment in time

It’s ancient and timeless
Through mountains and through valleys
The voice is calling for you on and on

It’s a moment in time
It’s a moment in time
It’s a moment in time
It’s a moment in time

Oh time…

Another path is ahead to discover
should I step forward, or step away?
I’m not the same throughout time, all the paths left behind
were just a moment, a moment in time

It’s ancient and timeless
Through mountains and through valleys
The voice is calling for you on and on

It’s ancient and timeless
Through mountains and through valleys
The voice is calling for you on and on

It’s a moment in time
It’s a moment in time
It’s a moment in time
It’s a moment in time

I’m never far from the edge of another future
another knowing, another me

Oh Danny boy
the pipes, the pipes are calling
from glen to glen and down the mountainside
the summer’s gone, and all the roses falling
It’s you, it’s you
must go and I must bide

But come ye back
when summer’s in the meadow
or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow
and I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy
I love you so

But when ye come, and all the flowers dying
if I am dead, as dead I well may be
you’ll come and find
the place where I am lying
and kneel and say an Ave there for me

And I shall hear
though soft you tread above me
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be
for you will bend and tell me that you love me
and I shall sleep in peace
until you come to me

A whistling gypsy came over the hill
down through the valley so shady
he whistled and he sang til the green woods rang
and he won the heart of a lady

She left her father’s castle gate
she left her handsome young lover
she left her servants and her estate
to follow the gypsy rover

When the whistling gypsy sings
when the whistling gypsy plays
when the whistling gypsy sings
I’ll run away

Her father mounted his fastest steed
to search the valleys all over
he searched for his daughter with great speed
and the whistling gypsy rover

He came upon a castle fine
down by the river so shady
and there was music and there was wine
for the gypsy and his lady

When the whistling gypsy sings
when the whistling gypsy plays
when the whistling gypsy sings
I’ll run away

He is no gypsy my father she said
but lord of all these lands over
with him I’ll stay til my dying day
in love with the gypsy rover

You called and I ran
wild as the wind that runs across the moor
all we need is each other
with the eagles we will soar

You are the call, I am the answer
You are the wish and I am the way
You the music, I the dancer
You are the night and I am the day
You are the night and I am the day

You and I, we’re like two rivers
run and fall down to the sea
When we meet, we’re lost forever
Lost forever, you and me

You are the call, I am the answer
You are the wish and I am the way
You the music, I the dancer
You are the night and I am the day
You are the night and I am the day

Lay your head upon my pillow
let your heart beat close to mine
with no past and no tomorrow
lost forever, you and me

You are the call, I am the answer
You are the wish and I am the way
You the music, I the dancer
You are the night and I am the day
You are the night and I am the day

Where is the honest truth, where is the open soul
where is the simple smile?
a friendly word or two for the passing stranger
who may rest a while

Across the Arlick face the amber sun beats down
upon the vivid green
I hear it wide and loud, feel it wild and proud
the way it’s always been

My fathers they have walked this road
and now I know
yes, didn’t they know?
There is no great and heavy load
and now I know
yes, didn’t they know?

Fa la la la - we stand on solid ground
On solid ground
Fa la la la - we stand on solid ground
On solid ground

My fathers they have walked this road
and now I know
yes, didn’t they know?
There is no great and heavy load
and now I know
yes, didn’t they know?

Fa la la la - we stand on solid ground
On solid ground
Fa la la la - we stand on solid ground
On solid ground

It’s the land, it is our wisdom
It’s the land, it sees us through
It’s the land, it feeds our children
It’s the land — you cannot own the land
the land owns you

My fathers they have walked this road
and now I know
yes, didn’t they know?
There is no great and heavy load
and now I know
yes, didn’t they know?

Fa la la la - we stand on solid ground
On solid ground
Fa la la la - we stand on solid ground
On solid ground

The water is wide, I cannot cross o’er
and neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
and both shall row, my love and I

A ship there is, and she sails the sea
she’s loaded deep, as deep can be
but not so deep as the love I’m in
I know not if I’ll sink or swim

Oh love is handsome, and love is fine
the sweetest jewel when first it’s new
but love grows old and waxes cold
and fades away like morning dew

Must I go bound, while you go free
Must I love a man who does not love me
Must I be born with so little art
As to love a man who’ll break my heart

The water is wide, I can’t cross o’er
and neither have I wings to fly
give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
And both shall row, my love and I

Sleep my child and peace attend thee
all through the night
Guardian angels God will send thee
all through the night

Soft the drowsy hours are creeping
hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loving vigil keeping
all through the night

While the moon her watch is keeping
all through the night
while the weary world is sleeping
all through the night

O’er thy spirit gently stealing
visions of delight revealing
breathes a pure and holy feeling
all through the night

Should old acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear
for auld lang syne
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet
for auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
for auld lang syne
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet
for auld lang syne

And here’s a handy my trusty friend
and here’s a hand ‘o thine
and we’ll take a cup of kindness yet
for auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear
for auld lang syne
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet
for auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear
for auld lang syne
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet
for auld lang syne

I courted a sailor for six months and many
I courted a sailor now he is far from me
I courted a sailor for six months and many
I courted a sailor now he is far from me

On a fine summer evening
he said his heart was grieving
On a fine summer evening
these words he said to me

I’m bound for the waves, the waves, dearest Annie
I’m bound for the waves - the waves upon the sea
I’m bound for the waves, the waves, dearest Annie
I’m bound for the waves - the captain calls me

My heart has been yours now for six months and many
My heart has been yours now and will always remain
My heart has been yours now for six months and many
My heart has been yours now and will always remain

Take with you my ring
and my heart you’ll always bring
Take with you my ring
when you sail away to sea

I’m bound for the waves, the waves, dearest Annie
I’m bound for the waves - the waves upon the sea
I’m bound for the waves, the waves, dearest Annie
I’m bound for the waves - the captain calls me

I’ve married my sailor for six months and many
I’ve married my sailor, now he is safe with me
I’ve married my sailor for six months and many
I’ve married my sailor no more he’ll say to me

I’m bound for the waves, the waves, dearest Annie
I’m bound for the waves - the waves upon the sea
I’m bound for the waves, the waves, dearest Annie
I’m bound for the waves - the captain calls me

I’m bound for the waves, the waves, dearest Annie
I’m bound for the waves - the waves upon the sea
I’m bound for the waves, the waves, dearest Annie
I’m bound for the waves - the captain calls me

Gentle men it is my duty
to inform you of one beauty
though I’d ask of you a favor
not to seek her for a while
Though I own she is a creature
of character and feature
No words can paint the picture of
the Queen of all Argyll

Oh if you could have seen here there
Boys if you had just been there
The swan was in her movements and the morning in her smile
All the roses in the garden
would bow and ask her pardon
for not one could match the beauty of
the Queen of all Argyll

On that evening that I mentioned
I passed with light intention
through a part of our dear country
know for beauty and for style
In the place of noble thinkers
of scholars and great drinkers
but above them all for splendor shone
the Queen of all Argyll

So my lads I needs must leave you
my intention’s not to grieve you
nor indeed would I deceive you oh
I’ll see you in a while
I must find some way to gain her
to court her and to claim her
I fear my heart’s in danger from
the Queen of all Argyll

Oh if you could have seen here there
Boys if you had just been there
The swan was in her movements and the morning in her smile
All the roses in the garden
would bow and ask her pardon
for not one could match the beauty of
the Queen of all Argyll

By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
Michael they have taken you away
For you stole Trevelyn’s corn
so the young might see the morn
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay

Low lie the fields of Athenry
where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
we had dreams and songs to sing
It’s so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters Mary, when you’re free
Against the famine and the crown
I rebelled, they struck me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity

Low lie the fields of Athenry
where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
we had dreams and songs to sing
It’s so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry

By a lonely harbor wall she watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she’ll live to hope and pray
for her love in Botany bay
It’s so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry

Low lie the fields of Athenry
where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
we had dreams and songs to sing
It’s so lonely ‘round the fields of Athenry

Well my name is Jane Stewart, I’m a Cannington lass
And today I have come a long way
So be easy and free when you’re walking with me
I’m a girl you don’t meet every day

I’ve got acres of land and men I command
I’ve always a penny to spare
So be easy and free when you’re walking with me
I’m a girl you don’t meet every day

If you come close to me I will sing just for thee
I have done so on many a day
So be easy and free when you’re walking with me
I’m a girl you don’t meet every day

Are you going to Scarborough fair?
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
remember me to one who lives there
he once was a true love of mine

Tell him to make me a cambric shirt
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
without no seam, nor needle work
then he’ll be a true love of mine

Tell him to find me an acre of land
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
between salt water and the sea strand
then he’ll be a true love of mine

Are you going to Scarborough fair?
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
remember me to one who lives there
he once was a true love of mine

On Raglan road on an Autumn day
he saw her first and knew
that her dark hair would weave a snare
that he might someday rue
He saw the danger and yet he passed
along the enchanted way

And he said let grief be a falling leaf
at the dawning of the day
And he said let grief be a falling leaf
at the dawning of the day

On Grafton street in November they
tripped lightly along the ledge
of a deep ravine where can be seen
the worth of passion’s pledge
the Queen of hearts still making tarts
and him not making hay

He loved too much and such by such
is happiness thrown away
He loved too much and such by such
is happiness thrown away

He gave her gifts of the mind
he gave her the secret sign
that’s known to artists who have known
true gods of sound and stone
and word and tint without stint
he gave her poems to say

With her own dark hair and her own name there
like clouds o’er fields of May
With her own dark hair and her own name there
like clouds o’er fields of May

On a quiet street where old ghosts meet
he sees her walking now
away from him so hurriedly
his reason must allow
that he has loved not as he should
a creature made of clay

When the angel woos the clay he’ll lose
his wings at the dawn of day
When the angel woos the clay he’ll lose
his wings at the dawn of day
At the dawning of the day