Over the mountains and out across the sea
On weathered wings 
he soars into the edges of the breeze
Over the water and out across the fields
With eagle eye he watches he's seeing 
what our hearts can never see 
and he speaks to me

CHORUS
From up here I've seen the broken truth 
I have heard that old eternal lie
From way up here I've seen the wasted youth
From up here I've heard the old man cry 
saying who am I


Through the hazels and along the Druthy Burn
On feathered feet she's silent 
as to her young ones she returns
Over the moon and up the Ben A Clay hill
On her lookout rock she watches 
she's seeing what our hearts can never see 
and she speaks to me
CHORUS

Life touches nothing, life teaches what it can
It can hold us all to ransom, the woman and the man
Over the mountains and out across the trees
On weathered wings he soars 
into the silence on the edges of the breeze 
and he speaks to me
CHORUS