THEY CAME FOR HIM
ONE WINTER'S NIGHT
ARRESTED, HE WAS BOUND
THEY SAID THERE'D BEEN
A ROBBERY
HIS PISTOL HAD BEEN FOUND
THEY MARCHED HIM TO
THE STATION HOUSE
HE WAITED FOR THE DAWN
AND AS THEY LED HIM
TO THE DOCK
HE KNEW THAT HE'D BEEN WRONGED
"YOU STAND ACCUSED OF ROBBERY"
HE HEARD THE BAILIFF SAY
HE KNEW WITHOUT AN ALIBI
TOMORROW'S LIGHT WOULD
MOURN HIS FREEDOM
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
FOR TEN LONG YEARS HE'LL
COUNT THE DAYS
OVER THE MOUNTAINS
AND BLUE SEAS
A PRISONERS LIFE
FOR HIM THERE'LL BE
HE KNEW THAT IT WOULD
COST HIM DEAR
BUT YET HE DARED NOT SAY
WHERE HE HAD BEEN
THAT FATEFUL NIGHT
SECRET IT MUST STAY
HE HAD TO FIGHT THE
TEARS OF RAGE
HIS HEART BEAT LIKE A DRUM
FOR WITH THE WIFE OF
HIS BEST FRIEND
HE SPENT HIS FINAL
NIGHT OF FREEDOM
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
HE SWEARS HE WILL
RETURN ONE DAY
FAR FROM THE MOUNTAINS
AND BLUE SEAS
BACK IN HER ARMS
HE SWEAR HE'LL BE
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
OVER THE HILLS AND
OVER THE HILLS AND
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
EACH NIGHT WITHIN
HIS PRISON CELL
HE LOOKS OUT THROUGH THE BARS
HE READS THE LETTERS
THAT SHE WROTE
ONE DAY, HE'LL KNOW THE
TASTE OF FREEDOM
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
SHE PRAYS HE WILL
RETURN ONE DAY
AS SURE AS THE RIVERS
REACH THE SEAS
BACK IN HIS ARMS
HE SWEARS SHE'LL BE
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
HE SWEARS HE WILL
RETURN ONE DAY
OVER THE MOUNTAINS
AND THE SEAS
BACK IN HER ARMS
IS WHERE HE'LL BE
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
SHE PRAYS HE WILL
RETURN ONE DAY
AS SURE AS THE RIVERS
REACH THE SEA
BACK IN HIS ARMS IS
WHERE SHE'LL BE
OVER THE HILLS
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
OVER THE HILLS
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY