Strawbs - The Plain lyrics

rate me

The plain stretched out before me as far as the slate grey sky<br />

I told her I was leaving with the migrant birds to fly<br />

I said she might expect me with the coming of the spring<br />

When the birds return back home again with new-found songs to sing.<br />

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I hit out on the highway, high on the rising sun<br />

I felt my spirit rising, my journey was newly begun<br />

The joy of expectation rose in my heart with a song<br />

The courage of conviction carried my journey along.<br />

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I bathed in the lake of comfort, the milk of my mother's breast<br />

The son of constant sorrow sank to his knees in the West<br />

I prayed to my God for guidance to find there was no-one but me<br />

There was just the open highway as far as my eyes could see.<br />

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Throughout my endless journey I have been searching for paradise lost<br />

I now retrace my footsteps with the burden of infinite cost<br />

I see myself returning alone with my head held high<br />

The plain stretched out before me as far as the slate grey sky.