Long Way To The Light

I'm sitting in my bedroom

Overlooking Findhorn Bay

Cluny Hill in the distance

Summer on the way

Blue skies and sailing boats

Like a picture in a book

I can't believe I got here

Or how long it took

Living one step at a time

Putting one foot in front of the other

It sure feels right

Healing on my mind

Been a long way

Been a long way to the light

I'd made it to Manhattan

Built myself a nest

I meant to get right back to doing

Exactly what I do best

Plugging in an electric guitar

Leading a band

Well, if you want to give God a laugh

Tell him your plans

Summer in the city

Wilting in the heat

Buzzing up and down to Bearsville

And back to Hudson Street

I learned meditation

And how to visualize

Just breathing, being still

Never felt more alive

Living one step at a time

Putting one foot in front of the other

It sure feels right

Healing on my mind

Been a long way

Been a long way to the light

I spent the fall in transit

Circling the moon

Like a cat on a hot tin roof

Like a fiddle without a tune

I found what I was searching for

In Mrs. Caddy's book

I had to go there straightaway

Have myself a look

I flew back to Scotland

Anticipation in my bones

The old country welcoming me

Like a prodigal coming home

I knelt and kissed the tarmac

In the wild Atlantic rain

Felt the fiery Gaelic blood

Rising in my veins

Living one step at a time

Putting one foot in front of the other

It sure feels right

Healing on my mind

Been a long way

Been a long way to the light

I spent the night in Glasgow

Flew to Inverness

I found the place and at the first

I was not impressed

Nobody said hello

The faces left me cold

Back then how was I to know

All that would unfold?

I entered the Sanctuary

Heard the voice of a girl

Sending out a circle of light

Clear across the world

I shuddered in the Power

Like a seedling in a storm

I've been traveling to this place

Since the moment I was born

I flew back to New York City

Singing the big city blues

The sand of Findhorn Bay

Still clinging to my shoes

Tried to restart my life

But the life I knew was gone

I had to let go everything

But that's another song

Living one step at a time

Putting one foot in front of the other

It sure feels right

Healing on my mind

Been a long way

Been a long way to the light

A long way to the light

So I'm sitting in my bedroom

Overlooking Findhorn Bay

Cluny Hill in the distance

Summer on the way

I'm watching the sailing boats

Bobbing to and fro

Time to hit the road

The only way I know

Living one step at a time

Putting one foot in front of the other

It sure feels right

Healing on my mind

Been a long way

Been a long way to the light