The plain - Strawbs

The plain stretched out before me as far as the slate grey sky

I told her I was leaving with the migrant birds to fly

I said she might expect me with the coming of the spring

When the birds return back home again with new-found songs to sing

I hit out on the highway, high on the rising sun

I felt my spirit rising, my journey was newly begun

The joy of expectation rose in my heart with a song

The courage of conviction carried my journey along

I bathed in the lake of comfort, the milk of my mother’s breast

The son of constant sorrow sank to his knees in the West

I prayed to my God for guidance to find there was no-one but me

There was just the open highway as far as my eyes could see

Throughout my endless journey I have been searching for paradise lost

I now retrace my footsteps with the burden of infinite cost

I see myself returning alone with my head held high

The plain stretched out before me as far as the slate grey sky