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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.

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  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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