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 'TIL 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 THE SEAS
A PRISONER'S LIFE
FOR HIM THERE'LL BE
HE KNEW THAT IT
WOULD COST HIM DEAR
BUT YET HE DARE NOT SAY
JUST WHERE HE'D BEEN
THAT FATEFUL NIGHT
A SECRET IT MUST STAY
HE HAD TO FIGHT BACK
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 THE SEAS
BACK IN HER ARMS
AGAIN 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
AGAIN SHE'LL BE
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
HE SWEARS HE WILL
RETURN ONE DAY
AS SURE AS THE RIVERS
REACH THE SEAS
BACK IN HIS ARMS
IS WHERE SHE'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 HER ARMS
IS WHERE HE'LL BE
OVER THE HILLS...
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
OVER THE HILLS...
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY...