Nightwish - Over The Hills And Far Away (OFFICIAL(MP3_128K)
[00:07.79] They came for him one winter's night.
[00:11.29] Arrested, he was bound.
[00:14.78] They said there'd been a robbery,
[00:18.28] His pistol had been found.
[00:29.29] They marched to the station house,
[00:32.53] He waited for the dawn.
[00:36.27] And as they led him to the dock,
[00:39.53] He knew that he'd been wrong.
[00:43.29] "You stand accused of robbery, "
[00:46.79] He heard the bailiff say.
[00:50.28] He knew without an alibi,
[00:53.79] Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.
[00:57.30] Over the hills and far away,
[01:00.80] For ten long years he'll count the days.
[01:04.54] Over the mountains and the seas,
[01:08.04] A prisoner's life for him there'll be.
[01:15.28] He knew that it would cost him dear,
[01:18.54] But yet he dare not say.
[01:22.28] Where he had been that fateful night,
[01:25.78] A secret it must stay.
[01:29.28] He had to fight back tears of rage.
[01:32.53] His heart beats like a drum.
[01:36.04] For with the wife of his best friend,
[01:39.78] He spent his final night of freedom.
[01:43.29] Over the hills and far away,
[01:46.78] He swears he will return one day.
[01:50.27] Far from the mountains and the seas,
[01:54.04] Back in her arms he swears he'll be.
[01:57.53] Over the hills and far away.
[02:07.28] Over the hills and,
[02:09.05] Over the hills and,
[02:10.79] Over the hills and far away.
[02:56.79] Each night within his prison cell,
[03:00.53] He looks out through the bars.
[03:03.78] He reads the letters that she wrote.
[03:07.28] One day he'll know the taste of freedom.
[03:11.05] Over the hills and far away,
[03:14.28] She prays he will return one day.
[03:18.03] As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
[03:21.56] Back in his arms she swears she'll be.
[03:25.04] Over the hills and far away,
[03:28.28] He swears he will return one day.
[03:32.03] Far from the mountains and the seas,
[03:35.54] Back in her arms he swears he'll be.
[03:39.04] Over the hills and far away,
[03:42.53] She prays he will return one day.
[03:46.30] As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
[03:49.79] Back in his arms is where she'll be.
[03:53.28] Over the hills,
[03:54.05] Over the hills and far away.
[03:54.53] Over the hills,
[03:55.05] Over the hills and far away.
