How can I hope to make you understand Why I do What I do Why I must travel to a distant land Far from the home I love Once I was happily content to be As I was Where I was Close to the people who were close to Here in the home I love Who could see that a man would come who would change the shape of dream Helpless now I stand with him Watching older dreams grow dim O what a melancholy choice this is Wanting home Wanting him Closing my heart to every hope but his Leaving the home I love There where my heart has settled long ago I must go I must go Who could image I'd be wandering so Far from the home I love Yet There with my love I'm home!