Why I Want to Go

[bnewman]

The song of a younger, spunkier Galadriel, setting out from the West to Middle Earth.

lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

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/: C Am G C / F - G - :/

 

My uncle's words were rash and spoke in haste

Yet still it seems an awful waste of space

To linger here behind these darkened walls

While to my heart the world beyond them calls

 

/ F - G Am / " / 1st / F G C - /

 

For just one chance to walk that untamed land

And rule a realm there at my own command

I'd leave the only sacred ground I know

Oh, how I want to go

 

My heart's desire is a world of trees

Though I know none shall ever shine like these

Yet through their shade shall not the stars shine through

That, seeing them, I might remember You?

 

You never told us it would be a crime

To live a life within the stream of time

To seek a country that can change and grow

That's why I want to go

 

Though I know not what journey we begin

I cast my lot with all my reckless kin

I want to feel the wind caress my hair

To wander free and see what waits out there

 

I have so much to see, so much to learn

Shall I regret that I cannot return?

Or shall I love the land I find there so

I'll be glad I chose to go?

 

If I stay here, there's no way I can know

That's why I want to go