Nightwish - Over The Hills And Far Away (OFFICIAL(MP3_128K)

[00:08.14] They came for him one winter's night.

[00:11.39] Arrested, he was bound.

[00:14.89] They said there'd been a robbery,

[00:18.14] His pistol had been found.

[00:29.14] They marched to the station house,

[00:32.64] He waited for the dawn.

[00:36.14] And as they led him to the dock,

[00:39.64] He knew that he'd been wrong.

[00:43.14] "You stand accused of robbery, "

[00:46.64] He heard the bailiff say.

[00:50.14] He knew without an alibi,

[00:53.65] Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.

[00:57.15] Over the hills and far away,

[01:00.65] For ten long years he'll count the days.

[01:04.39] Over the mountains and the seas,

[01:07.89] A prisoner's life for him there'll be.

[01:15.15] He knew that it would cost him dear,

[01:18.39] But yet he dare not say.

[01:22.15] Where he had been that fateful night,

[01:25.64] A secret it must stay.

[01:29.14] He had to fight back tears of rage.

[01:32.64] His heart beats like a drum.

[01:36.14] For with the wife of his best friend,

[01:39.89] He spent his final night of freedom.

[01:43.14] Over the hills and far away,

[01:46.65] He swears he will return one day.

[01:50.39] Far from the mountains and the seas,

[01:53.89] Back in her arms he swears he'll be.

[01:57.64] Over the hills and far away.

[02:07.39] Over the hills and,

[02:08.90] Over the hills and,

[02:10.65] Over the hills and far away.

[02:56.64] Each night within his prison cell,

[03:00.14] He looks out through the bars.

[03:03.90] He reads the letters that she wrote.

[03:07.13] One day he'll know the taste of freedom.

[03:10.64] Over the hills and far away,

[03:14.14] She prays he will return one day.

[03:17.89] As sure as the rivers reach the seas,

[03:21.39] Back in his arms she swears she'll be.

[03:24.89] Over the hills and far away,

[03:28.40] He swears he will return one day.

[03:31.89] Far from the mountains and the seas,

[03:35.38] Back in her arms he swears he'll be.

[03:38.89] Over the hills and far away,

[03:42.39] She prays he will return one day.

[03:45.89] As sure as the rivers reach the seas,

[03:49.40] Back in his arms is where she'll be.

[00:00.00] Over the hills,

[00:00.00] Over the hills and far away.

[00:00.00] Over the hills,

[00:00.00] Over the hills and far away.