Story Behind The Song
The melody and first line of this song came complete in a flow. An old song of mine reworked in open tuning. Listen for the Latin flavor of the solo behind the last lyrics.
Song Description
"I Must Go" describes a man who must of necessity leave what he loves to seek his fortune. A personal song, yet with echoes of the historical emmigrant experience.
| Song Length |
2:39 |
Genre |
World - Celtic, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Composed |
Subject |
Long, Race/Ethnicity |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Bound for clearer sailing
I will brave the roughest waves
These days fortune smiles upon us only faintly
Take up arms against a sea of troubled waters
The times are forcing me away
Janey you're the one for me
I've told it to you lately
But to plunder time's long chance
I'm bound for leaving
Pretty eyes of blue
May cry a thousand tears of mourning
They cannot match the ocean that I'm sailing
I must go
Skies and seas so black
And land so brown and drab
They're like the peasants' sack cloth
Like those endless fears
So many never to come back
Oh let them go we can do naught
We too have nothing
Still your love for me is stronger
Than this sea of doubt
My love for you is greater
Than this ocean of doubt