So Far Away

So far away

There's a land

That gave me life

That made me free

That made me proud

And someday

I will return

Home to the land

Where I'll lay me down

Where is home? I hear you say

So far away, so far away

I hear your voice from afar

It haunts me whenever I stray

But I must follow a star

So far away

So far away

In the song

Upon the breeze

And in the roar

Of rolling waves

Like the roots

Of ancient trees

That run so deep

In the earth I crave

Where is home? I hear you say

So far away, so far away

I hear your voice in my heart

I miss you much more

than I can say

But I must follow a star

So far away

So far away

(Four times)

[Maori chant]

Toitu he kianga

whatungarongaro he tangata

(people are transistent things

but the land endures)

(Twice)

Where is home? I hear you say

So far away, so far away