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Intro

Verse 1

I'm just a man but I know that I'm damned

All the dead seem to know where I am

Till it began on the night of my birth

Will be done in a turn of the earth

Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand

I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave it

Every eye on the coast ever more

Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore

(INTRO)

Verse 2

Under the waves and the earth of an age

Lie a thousand old northerner's graves

Deep in the night when the moon's glowing bright

They come rising up into the light

Die if I must let my bones turn to dust

I'm the Lord of the lake and I don't want to leave it

All who sail off the coast ever more

Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore

Bridge

I'm goin' away for a long time

I'm goin' away for a long time

Verse 3

Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand

I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave it

Every eye on the coast ever more

Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore

Die if I must let my bones turn to dust

I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave it

All who sail off the coast ever more

Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore

BRIDGE/OUTRO

I'm goin' away for a long time