I have returned to the northern skies Where the summer had not touched The clouds that pass above Oh and I have returned to the somber grace Of the days too early to come and too early to stay And I have left a million stars And an ocean so lightly so clearly blue And I have left the warmth of the sun And a million adventures not yet begun Oh, for once there was beauty here for me Under these white northern skies and once there was magic here for me under the wide northern skies I saw trees as green and this dark as blue Heartbreak and poetry with deeper roots Now I know this is lonely country And leads me only back to the sea for once there was beauty here for me under the wide northern skies and once there was magic here for me under the wide northern skies I have returned to the northern skies Where the summer had not touched The clouds that pass above I have returned to the somber grace Of the days too early to come and too early to stay for once there was beauty here for me under the wide northern skies and once there was magic here for me under the wide northern skies for once there was beauty here for me under the wide northern skies and once there was magic here for me under the wide northern skies everytime I have everytime