(myles goodwyn) Published by slalom publishing co. - bmi In a foreign land beneath a foreign sky They speak of mama laye They don't believe she died The people raise their eyes They said they'd sing a song They ask the spirit world Cause they know where she's gone She's never far away, mama laye, no She's never far away, mama laye, no, no no They say she never sleeps She never close her eyes She speaks the magic tongue She's slowly hypnotized She's never far away, mama laye, no She's never far away, mama laye, no, no no She's never far away, mama laye, no She's never far away, mama laye, mama laye They are as grains of sand And then they are as one They pray to mama laye The father, mother, son They say she's never far away, mama laye, no She's never far away, mama laye, no She's never far away, mama laye, no, no no She's never far away, mama laye, mama laye She's never far away, mama laye, no She's never far away, mama laye, no She's never far away, mama laye, no, no no She's never far away, mama laye, mama laye