The Black Velvet Band Follow

I've dreamt of the mountains and the sea
I've thought of all that I could be;
I've raised myself a 100 times
Just to see what I could be.

I listened to the storyteller
and I've heard of all, of all he brings;
and I've thought so much about time gone by
I can tell just what he sings.

As you go down
Down to the ground
as you go down,
See what you've found.
Of your own free will
come and drink your fill
as you go down.

From time to time a woman came
saying "Please lord, please just once"
breath life into this broken ground
Show me what I've found.

As you go down
Down to the ground
as you go down,
See what you've found.
Of your own free will
come and drink your fill
as you go down.

You gave me down a different line
taken from another time;
from a shelf so high, so deep and wide
for someone-else's child.

As you go down
Down to the ground
as you go down,
See what you've found.
Of your own free will
come and drink your fill
as you go down.