Lyrics: Tom Basden
Music: Tom Basden
Oh, would you like to hear a story
About a man who's tired of life?
Rejected money, love and glory
To escape the city strife
He found an empty wild meadow
To make a home among the trees
To lose his past, to lose his shadow
Face the sun and find his peace
But in the evening he hikes up the mountain
To see the city lights
Hears music whispering around him
And remembers his old life
And though he has his isolation
He has no peace of mind
And his brain still fixatΠ΅s on
The one he lΠ΅ft behind
And in the evening he climbs up the mountain
To see the harbour lights
Sees the dancing, people carousing
And pictures her new life
And in his dreams he is kissed
By the woman so missed
But when he wakes he insists
He was right to resist what couldn't exist
Among the trees, among the water
He sees faces from the past
And hears the voice, always calling
Of the love that he lost
And in the evening he climbs up the mountain
To see the harbour lights
Sees the dancing, people carousing
And pictures her new life