The Hills Keep Calling

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Woke to the sound of a tin whistle far away

Counting the years like stones along the bay

My mother braided ribbons in my hair

Said the road remembers everyone who leaves it there

I packed a lantern and a photograph

Pre-Chorus

And the hills kept calling

The hills kept calling me home

Chorus

So carry me over the water

Carry me over the sea

Carry me over the water

Back where I'm supposed to be

Oh the light is low and tender

And the sky is turning green

Carry me over the water

Home

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Verse 2

The ferry hums a song I used to know

Gulls write my name in circles down below

Every goodbye I buried in a field

Bloom again like clover when the frost is healed

And I am older than the girl who ran

Pre-Chorus

But the hills keep calling

The hills keep calling me home

Chorus

So carry me over the water

Carry me over the sea

Carry me over the water

Back where I'm supposed to be

Oh the light is low and tender

And the sky is turning green

Carry me over the water

Home

Bridge

Sing it slow sing it sweet sing it softly

For the ones who never made the trip

Sing it low sing it clear sing it for me

Hold the melody and let it slip

Breakdown

(Fly home) Fly home

(Fly home) Fly home

Chorus

Carry me over the water

Carry me over the sea

Carry me over the water

Back where I'm supposed to be

Oh the light is low and tender

And the sky is turning green

Carry me over the water

Home

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Home