I'm Going to Go Back There Someday (Into the West)

[bnewman]

This classic from The Muppet Movie always makes me think of the Elves sailing into the West, so I updated it a little.

lyrics adapted by Benjamin Newman

from "I'm Going to Go Back There Someday" by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher

listen to this song

This looks familiar, vaguely familiar,

Almost unreal, yet, it's too soon to feel yet.

Close to my soul, and yet so far away.

I'm going to go back there someday.

 

Sun rises, night falls, sometimes the Sea calls.

Is that a song there, and do I belong there?

I've never been there, but I know the way.

I'm going to go back there someday.

 

Come and go with me, if you need to rest,

We'll both be completely at home in the West.

We'll meet at the Havens, when the wind's in the trees;

Together we'll sail 'cross invisible seas

 

There's not a word yet for old friends who've just met.

Ring-bearers, Elf-friends, is this how the quest ends?

You can just visit, but I plan to stay.

I'm going to go back there someday.

I'm going to go back there someday.