I need my conscience to keep watch over me To protect me from myself So I can wear honesty like a crown on my head When I walk into the promised land We've been too long American dreaming And I think we've all lost the way Forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark I'm in love with an American girl Though she's my best friend I love her surreptitious smile That hides the pain within her And we'll go dancing in the rings of laughter And live along by the shores Forlorn in the bounce of rapture As belong for a the rest Yeah-ee, on the lea the rising wind blows Fay-hee, on the lea the rising wind blows How long how long?