One handful of rags to remind me
I've come so far
To be a stranger
In a stranger's land
My life, my loves are all behind me

Don't be surprised
If you only see me cry
Till I go home

Eyes full of dust
A heart full of nothing
A family gone
Being here a living life
Was our only sin
Just pawns in a game
Cast out to the four winds

Don't be surprised
At the distrust in my eyes
Till I go home

Don't be surprised
At the distrust in my eyes
Till I go home

And now what will I do
If I see my babies
Will they recognise
Unconditional love in their father's eyes?
What foreign tongue will form their phrases?

Don't be surprised
If this heart inside me dies
Before I go home