When you go will
you send back
a letter from America?
Take a look
up the railtrack
from Miami to Canada
Broke off from my work
the other day
I spent the evening
thinking about
all the blood
that flowed away
Across the ocean
to the second chance
I wonder how it got on
when it reached the
promised land
When you go will
you send back
a letter from America?
Take a look
up the railtrack
from Miami to Canada
I've looked at the ocean,
tried hard to imagine
The way you felt
the day you sailed
From Wester Ross
to Nova Scotia
We should have held ya
We should have told ya
but you know our
sense of timing.
We always wait too long
When you go will
you send back
a letter from America?
Take a look up
the railtrack
from Miami to Canada
Lochaber no more
Sutherland no more
Lewis no more
Skye no more
Lochaber no more
Sutherland no more
Lewis no more
Skye no more
Lochaber no more
Sutherland no more
Lewis no more
Skye no more
I wonder my blood
will ever return
To help us
kick the life back
to a dying
mutual friend, 'cos
Do we not love her?
Do we not say
we love her?
Do we have
to roam the world
to prove how much
it hurts?
When you go will
you send back
a letter from America?
Take a look
up the railtrack
from Miami to Canada
Bathgate no more
Linwood no more
Methil no more
Irvine no more
Bathgate no more
Linwood no more
Methil no more
Irvine no more
Bathgate no more
Linwood no more
Methil no more
Irvine no more
Bathgate no more
Linwood no more
Methil no more
Irvine no more