Far From The Home I Love

How can I hope to make you understand
Why I do what I do
Why I must travel to a distant land
Far from the home I love
Once I was happily content to be
As I was, where I was
Close to the people who are close to me
Here in the home I love
Who could see that a man could come
Who would change the shape of his dreams
Helpless now I stand with him
Watching older dreams grow dim.

Oh, what a melancholy choice this is
Wanting home, wanting him
Closing my heart to ev'ry hope but his
Leaving the home I love
There where my heart has settled long ago
I must go, I must go, I must go
Who could imagine I'd be wand'ring so
Far from the home I love
Yet there with my love, I'm home.

How can she think we wouldn't understand
Why she does what she does
Why she must travel to a distant land
Far from the home she loves
Once she was happily content to be
As she was, where she was
Safe in the bosom to her family
Here in the home she loves
Who could see that a man could come
Who would change the shape of my dreams
Helpless now she stands with him
Watching older dreams grow dim
Oh, what a melancholy choice this is
Wanting home, wanting him
Closing her heart to ev'ry hope but his
Leaving the home she loves.

There where her heart has settled long ago
She must go, she must go, she must go
Who could imagine she'd be wand'ring so
Far from the home she loves
Yet there with her love, she's home.