Debra Cowan - The Night Owl Homeward Turns lyrics

The night owl homeward turns As the dawn sweeps the sky We must rise and gather up our flock Push tears from our eyes We will tread the secret pathways The ancients did roam For now comes the last time we'll call this place home And their longboats have been spied Gathering on the strand Where they hover like a pack of dogs awaiting command With their iron and their fire They will cut through the spray And the word is that this time Their intention's to stay All the young men's talk is brave They must make a stand With their courage flowing from a jug Old swords in their hands How easy they embrace the old gods of war And their blood flows the moral defending the shore The night owl homeward turns As the dawn sweeps the sky We must rise and gather up our flock Push tears from our eyes We will tread the secret pathways The ancients did roam For now comes the last time we'll call this place home