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There's a land so far away;
I have never been there
A place of lost ancestral days,
where my true love is from
Her dark eyes will fill with clouds,
then I can never go there:
Home to spirits fierce and proud,
Where my true love is from
Waves of sand wash up against
a shore of mountain sides
Her dusty sandals mark in time
the cadence of her stride
A tigress in a tattered cloak;
a queen to a nation of one
My private kingdoms rise and fall
where my true love is from
Where my true love is from
Where no one else can go
Where nameless cities disappeared
centuries ago
Where generations lived and died
beneath that bygone sun
A place in which her heart resides:
where my true love is from
She makes her way through streets of clay,
lined with rosewood trees
An archway invitation
in the fluttering of leaves
A shaded courtyard offering
comfort to my love
Jade fish swim in fountain pools;
lotus float above
Somewhere near the surface
is a future she may see
To think that she's come all this way
just to be with me
and live within this modern world,
a paradise to some
But nothing can compare to where
my true love is from
Where my true love is from
Where no one else can go
Where nameless cities disappeared
centuries ago
Where generations lived and died
beneath that bygone sun
A place in which her heart resides:
where my true love is from

Where My True Love is From