Jonas Tomalty - Travelling Century Lyrics

Travelling Century


On the journey of O'Ryan
Into the westward sun
What future lay on the horizon
Would be a better one
At the tender age of seventeen
With Mary as my bride to be
In the mist of 1843
We cast ourselves across the unknown sea
We all come back to the water
Bring me back to the water
Dreams are stronger than borders
I am a child of the travelling century
We come back to the water
Bring me back to the water
Dreams are stronger than borders
I am a child of the travelling century
The travelling century

And so we ran into the ethers
With apples in our eyes
The farmers and the dreamers
To drive a stake into this life
Through the open door of history
We ran into infinity

We all come back to the water
Bring me back to the water
Dreams are stronger than borders
I am a child of the travelling century
We come back to the water
Bring me back to the water
Dreams are stronger than borders
I am a child of the travelling century
The travelling century

We are the daughters of the gypsies
We are the drifters sons
We are the beauty our history
A part of everyone

We all come back to the water
Bring me back to the water
Dreams are stronger than borders
I am a child, I am a child
(We come back to the water)
Bring me back to the water
Dreams are stronger than borders
I am a child of the travelling century
The travelling century