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  • Exile's Lament (I Am Far From Home)
    Added on Jan 22, 2009

    A song written by an Elkinhym bard who spent a long time in Allanak.


    I am far from home, far from home, from which I did roam, I did roam.

     

    I went to the South, to the South, where it is uncouth, it's uncouth.

                                                                                                                          

    I walked in the street, in the street, in the dust and heat, dust and heat.

     

    Once I was in Nak, was in Nak, I want to be back, to be back.

     

    I am far from home, far from home, from which I did roam, I did roam.

     

    Two long months away, months away, from the forest grey, forest grey.

     

    I played for the Fale, for the Fale, and listened to tales, to the tales.

     

    I was so alone, so alone, with friends of my own, friends of own.

     

    I am far from home, far from home, from which I did roam, I did roam.

     

    But it wasn't my home, not my home, nor family own, family own.

     

    Nothing there is art, nothing's art, with a bit of heart, bit of heart.

     

    It is black and dust, black and dust, the tower of rust, tower of rust.

     

    I am far from home, far from home, from which I did roam, I did roam.

    I am far from home, far from home, from

    which I did roam, I did roam.

     

    I went to the South, to the South, where it

    is uncouth, it's uncouth.

                                                                                                                          

    I walked in...


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