Stornoway - Farewell Appalachia lyrics

From the cape to the hook With a carpet of leaves underfoot Through the lakes and the pines With my nose and my ears and my eyes ​ And with the warm sun on my shoulders And with the river rushing down I'm walking on a path to higher ground Out of the trees and through the clouds ​ Down the face in the dusk Through the scree at the foot of the bluff And I drank from the brook And I slept in the lee of the wood ​ And in the house where I last held you Our bed was cast adrift all night And you were taking me to higher ground Out of my skin above the clouds ​ And in the canvas of the clear night A billion pins of flickering light And I dream of rising up beside you Among the galaxies and stars When you were taking me to higher ground Out of my skin above the clouds