TRAVIS JOHN (Kate Power)

Under a foreign sky, my fate awaits me
There but for God go I; do not forsake me

I am a boy full of promise, full of freedom
And now the joy is dead and done
I am gone

Before the western sea, my home was in the valley
There with my family, I took to manhood early

I was the one my brother called, my mother looked to me
her fine, strong son
And now the joy is dead and done
I am gone

Finding my way to go, the call that I should answer
My country's own hero, like music to the dancer

I am a boy full of promise, full of freedom
And now the joy is dead and done
I am gone

Under a weeping willow tree you planted roses
There in my memory,where my eternal ghost is

I was a boy full of promise, full of freedom
And now the joy is dead and done
I am gone

© 2003 Katidoo Publishing (BMI)

return to the music page