Northern Skies

                                  "I have returned to the northern skies"



I have returned to the northern skies,

Where the summer had not touched

The clouds that pass above.

Oh, and I have returned to the somber grace

Of the days too early to come, and too early to stay.



Oh I have left a million stars,

And an ocean light, and clearly blue.

I have left the warmth of the sun

And a million adventures not yet begun.



[Chorus]

For once, there was beauty here for me

Under the wide Northern skies

And once, there was magic here for me

Under the wide Northern skies



I saw trees as green and as dark as blue

I break in poetry the deeper roots

And now I know, this is lonely country

And it leads me only, back to the sea



[Chorus]



I have returned, to Northern skies

Where summer hasn't touched

The clouds that pass above

I have returned, to the somber grace

Days too early to come, too early to stay



[Chorus]



And once there was beauty here for me

Under the wide Northern skies

And once there was magic here for me

Under the wide Northern skies



Mmm, mmm

Mmm, mmm

Mmm, mmm



I have returned

Mmm, mmm

I have returned

Ohh, ohh

I have returned

Mmm, mmm