Testo di Long Journey Home

If on every ocean the ship is a throne And for each mast cut down another sapling is grown Then I could believe that I'm bound to find A better life than I left behind But as you ascend the ladder Look out below where you tread For the colors bled as they overflowed Red, white and blue Green, white and gold So I had to leave from my country of birth As for each child grown tall Another lies in the earth And for every rail we laid in the loam There's a thousand miles of the long journey home But as you ascend the ladder Look out below where you tread For the colors bled as they overflowed Red, white and blue Green, white and gold