Dougie MacLean - Caledonia




I don't know if you can see
the changes that have come over me
In these past few days I've been afraid
that I might drift away
So I've been telling old stories, singing songs
that make me think about where I came from
and thats the reason why I seem
so far away today.

Oh Let me tell you that I love you
that I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're calling me
now I'm going home
and if I should become a stranger
no it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had.

Oh, and I have moved
and I've kept on moving
proved the points
that I needed proving
lost the friends
that I needed losing
found others on the way
Oh and I have tried and kept on trying
stolen dreams yes theres no denying
I've travelled hard with conscience flying
somewhere with the wind.

Now, I'm sitting here
before the fire
the empty room
The forest choir
the flames have cooled
don't get any higher
they've withered now
they've gone
and I'm steady thinking
my way is clear
and I know what
I will do tomorrow
When the hands have shaken.

And the kisses flowed
and I will dissappear.

      Caledónia é a denominação atribuída pelo Império Romano à região setentrional da ilha da Grã-Bretanha, grosso modo correspondente ao território actual da Escócia. Em alguns contextos pode significar o norte da área da Muralha de Adriano. Em outro contexto pode significar o norte da área da Muralha de Antonino. Em inglês e em scots Caledonia é agora um nome romântico ou poético para Escócia, comparável com Hibérnia para a Irlanda e Cambria para País de Gales. A canção é lindíssima

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