I left the shores of England
For the coast of Main
I lost my living
Need a brand new name

Ran from my troubles
I escaped the law
I can’t go back now
It’s just been too long

Sometimes I sit around the fire
In the dark and I’m asking why
Did it have to be like this
Did the dreams all have to die

But I wonder, as I wander
Could it be I’ll never see
The shores of England
Across the water
The cliffs of Dover
Rise from the sea

The new world like the old one
Is not all she claims to be
Nothings ever easy
Nothings ever free

Though I miss my homeland
Far across the sea
I can’t go back now
There’s nothing there for me

Sarah, in the evening dim
The moonlight scars your face
It’s always hard to hold you
In such disgrace

But I wonder as I wander
Could it be we’ll never see
The shores of England
Across the water
The cliffs of Dover
Rise from the sea

Iron glows under billow blows
And bring that hammer down
Sweat days in the forge room
Freeze nights on the ground

It’s not the cost it’s just what’s lost
That hangs around my soul
Can you forgive me
Lord I feel so old

But I wonder, as I wander
Could it be, I’ll never see
The shores of England
Across the water
The cliffs of Dover
Rise from the sea

But I wonder, as I wander
Could it be I’ll never see
The shores of England
Across the water
The cliffs of Dover
Rise from the see

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