Lyrics Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention

Wandering Man

See how a wandering man crosses the open plain

Sure foot, inclusive he divines, you know it's not in vain

That he travels

Footprints left in the earth, show how far he's come

A long way from a baby he was born, into this great unknown

That he travels

Deep down in the diamond mines, he could fall and cut his skin

Fooled by a trick of the light, the way that he came in

There's a land beneath the moon, after his damp and cold

A place where everything's been said, but nothing has been told

Back the shadows

He could lift his head and turn to the sun

To bury that borderline

Freedom is only as good as you feel

So grasp and hold this moment in time

Lives on an ancient ground for his company

Casting out the shadows of doubt, wherever he may be

Soldier of the peaceful way, fighting from dusk 'til dawn

Everything's been ripped apart, but nothing has been torn

Except the shadows

He could lift his head and turn to the sun

To bury that borderline

Freedom is only as good as you feel

So grasp and hold this moment in time

Could I be a wandering man, making my way to you

You're on my mind all of the time, in everything I do

All great ventures ever made, needed a place to start

So every step I'm planning today, might take me to your heart

That it travels

So I lift my head and turn to the sun

And bury that borderline

Freedom is only as good as you feel

So grasp and hold this moment in time

Freedom is only as good as you feel

So grasp and hold this moment in time