Intro: F  C Em F C Em F

F          C     Em    F
Like an ancient day and I'm on trial
F            C      Em         F
Let them seize the way, this once was an island
  G        C      F    C
And I could not stay for I believed them
G          C      F     C
Left for the lights always in season

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F     C       Em       F
Impassable night in a crowd of homesick
F        C      Em             F
Fully grown children, you'll leave the lights
  G          C       F         C
Your family may not wait, Sir, keep on believing
  G           C      F     C
Our parents rue the day, they find us kneeling


G               C      F        C
Let them think what they may, for they've good reason

G          C      F     C
Left for the lights always in season

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