The Best Of Wishbone Ash

I'm leaving to search for something new,
Leaving everything i ever knew.
A hundred years in the sunshine
Hasn't taught me all there is to know.

In the valley, we will gather there,
Helpless in our surrender.
Tomorrow the plow becomes the sword -
Make us stronger in our danger.

Time will pass away,
Time will guard our secret.
I'll return again
To fight another day.

I'd have to be a warrior -
A slave i couldn't be -
A soldier and a conqueror,
Fighting to be free.
(repeat three times)

I met a man who felt the same way,
That the world had passed him by.
Told me all his troubles,
That the world had made him cry.

Life had kept him waiting,
Regretting his pain inside.
Had to feel underrated,
And hated, besides.

Life had kept him waiting,
Regretting his shame inside.
Had to feel underrated,
And hated, besides.

Sometime world, pass me by again,
Carry you, carry me, away.
(repeat twice)

You shone out of the darkness
The light in your eyes.
I could not help myself
I did not want to try.

Like the singing of the lorelei
Your voice rang clear and true
Mystery and danger was all i got from you.
Oh, you mesmerized me, oh, you tantalized,
Like the singing of the lorelei.

And you knew everything
There was to know about me.

Like the singing of the lorelei
Your voice rang clear and true
Mystery and danger was all i got from you.
Oh, you mesmerized, oh, you tantalized
Like the voice of the lorelei.

There's a light that shines on persephone,
Always a fire in her eyes,
And the last time that i went to her
I could tell things weren't right.

I just don't care to see your years go wasting,
There's no longer magic in your eyes.

In your time, you could outshine everybody else around,
But your off-stage ways might be a bore -
You take a bow, you take a fall.


I came to be here in the footlights,
To live with you through every song,
And your face displays a peaceful field.
I can't believe the curtain has to fall.

Now i know your years were never wasted,
Tonight i saw the magic in your eyes.

Throw down the sword,
The fight is done and over,
Neither lost, neither won.
To cast away the fury of the battle
And turn my weary eyes for home.

There were times when i stood at death's own door
Only hoping for an answer.

Throw down the sword,
And leave the glory -
A story time can never change.
To walk the road, the load i have to carry -
A journey's end, a wounded soul.

There were times when i stood at death's own door
Only searching for an answer.