The Brothers Four - In Person / Cross-Country Concert [box] (1999) by The Brothers Four (보컬) on maniadb.com

Once there were greenfields
Kissed by the sun
Once there were valleys
Where rivers used to run
Once there were blue skies
With white clouds high above
Once they were part of
An everlasting love
We were the lovers who strolled
Through greenfields.

Greenfields are gone now
Parched by the sun
Gone from the valleys
Where rivers used to run
Gone with the cold wind
That swept in through to my heart
Gone with the lovers
Who let their dreams depart
Where are the greenfields that we
Used to roam.

I'll never know what made you run away
How can I keep searching when dark clouds hide the day
I only know there's nothing here for me
Nothing in this wild world left for me to see.

But I'll keep on waiting
'Til you return
I'll keep on waiting
Until the day you learn
You can't be happy
When your heart's on a roam
You can't be happy
Until you bring it home
Home to the greenfields and me
Once again.

(Harry Belafonte and Lord Burgess)

This is my island in the sun
Where my people have toiled since time begun
I may sail on many a sea
Her shores will always be home to me.

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand.

When morning breaks the heaven on high
I lift my heavy load to the sky
Sun comes down with a burning glow
Mingles my sweat with the earth below.

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand.

I see woman on bended knee
Cutting cane for her family
I see man at the water side
Casting nets at the surging tide.

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand.

I hope the day will never come
That I can't awake to the sound of drum
Never let me miss carnival
With calypso songs philosophical.

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand.

Sad the time, I'll ever miss
The gay colored skirts as they turn and twist
Let me always hear soft guitars
And a maiden's voice 'neath a thousand stars.

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand.

Lyrics for the Swedish version:
(Swedish lyrics by Bo Goran Edling)

Det fanns en tid for lange sen
Da jag seglade pa Caribien
Det var den forsta resan ditut
Dar sol och sommar ej kan ta slut.

De tusen oars land
Formade av en vanlig hand
Dar fanns du och jag langtar nu
Till att ater vandra pa samma strand.

Det fanns en tid for lange sen
Da jag traffade den som blev min van
Hon var sa skon som nagon kan bli
Och djupt foralskade det var vi.

De tusen oars land
Formade av en vanlig hand
Dar fanns du och jag langtar nu
Till att ater vandra pa samma strand.

Det fanns en tid for lange sen
Da jag reste min vag fran dig igen
Men alla minnen haller mig kvar
Hos dig och lyckliga unga dar.

De tusen oars land
Formade av en vanlig hand
Dar fanns du och jag langtar nu
Till att ater vandra pa samma strand.

Det fanns en tid for lange sen
Du ska veta att jag har saknat den
aren har gatt, nu reser jag dit,
Till on dar solen gor sanden vit.

De tusen oars land
Formade av en vanlig hand
Dar fanns du och jag langtar nu
Till att ater vandra pa samma strand.

Lyrics for the Dutch version:

O eiland in de zon, waar ik liep
Aan mijn vaders hand
Niets bindt mij met zo'n sterke band
Als jouw wouden, beken en palmenstrand.

Geef mij m'n eiland in de zon
Waar ik vroeger zo zorg'loos spelen kon
'k Zwerf soms duizend mijlen van huis
Maar voel m'alleen op m'n eiland thuis.

Ik hoor tam-tams; ze dreunen door 't woud
Waar een der stamman een dansfeest houdt
Ik zie vrouwen en hoor hun lied
Bij het snijden van het suikerriet.

Lyrics for the German version:
(German lyrics by Kurt Feltz)

Ich gruss´ meine Insel im Sonnenlicht,
das sich silbern und hell im Morgen bricht.
Ich gruss´ der Heimat flimmernden Sand,
die braune Hutte am Meeresstrand.

Wo meine Sonne scheint
und wo meine Sterne steh'n,
da kann man der Hoffnung Glanz
und der Freiheit Licht in der Ferne seh'n.

Ich denk´ an Last und Pein und Not,
an den Ruf der Trommel im Abendrot;
ich denk´ an dich und dein Schattenbild,
das sich in goldene Traume hullt.

Wo meine Sonne scheint
und wo meine Sterne steh'n,
da kann man der Hoffnung Glanz
und der Freiheit Licht in der Ferne seh'n.

Ich seh´ sie knie´n im hohen Rohr
Und hore von fern der Freiheit Chor.
Ich seh´ die Hand, die zum Himmel weist
Und fuhle den Schmerz der Heimweh heisst.

Wo meine Sonne scheint
und wo meine Sterne steh'n,
da kann man der Hoffnung Glanz
und der Freiheit Licht in der Ferne seh'n.

Ich hoffe, dass bald die Stunde schlagt,
da mich ein Schiff zu der Insel tragt;
warten auch Last und Not und Pein,
dort will ich still und zufrieden sein.

Wo meine Sonne scheint
und wo meine Sterne steh'n,
da kann man der Hoffnung Glanz
und der Freiheit Licht in der Ferne seh'n.

(Shel Silverstein)

Well, they're buildin' the gallows outside this jail.
I've got 25 minutes to go.

And the whole towns waiting just to hear me wail.
There's 24 minutes to go.

Well, they give me some beans for my last meal.
23 minutes to go.

And nobody asked me how I feel.
22 minutes to go.

So, I sent for the Gov'nor and the whole darned bunch.
21 minutes to go.

And I call up the Mayor, but he's out to lunch.
I got 20 more minutes to go.

Then, the Sheriff said, "Boy, I wanna watch you die."
You've got 19 minutes to go.

So I laughed in his face... and I spit in his eye.
I got 18 minutes to go.

Then I called up the Warden to hear my plea.
I've got 17 minute to go.

He said, "Call me back in a week or three.
You've got 16 minutes to go.

Now, my lawyer says he's sorry that he missed my case.
I've got 15 minutes to go.

Well, if you're so sorry, come and take my place.
I got 14 minutes to go.

Now, here comes the padre to save my soul.
With 13 minutes to go.

And he's talkin' about burnin', but I'm so cold.
I've got 12 minutes to go.

Now they're testin' the trap. And it chills my spine.
11 more minutes to go.

And the trap and the rope, ah they works just fine.
I've got 10 minutes to go.

Well, I'm a-waitin' for the pardon, gonna set me free
With 9 minutes to go.

But this ain't the movies, so forget about me.
I got 8 minutes to go.

Now I'm climbin' up the ladder to the scaffold there
With 7 minutes to go.

Now I'd better watch my step or else I'll break my leg.
I got 6 minutes to go.

With my feet on the trap and my head in the noose
5 minutes to go.

Won't someone come and cut me loose.
I got 4 minutes to go.

I can see the mountains, see the sky.
3 minutes to go.

And it's too darned pretty for a man don't wanna die.
I got 2 minutes to go.

I can hear the buzzards, hear the crows.
1 minute to go.

And now I'm swingin' and here I gooooooooo...