There & Back Again Lyrics

Diggin' through my room, I found

Parchment and leather bound

My fate, both signed and notarized

Fourteenth share, expenses paid

All there and prearranged

I'd long be gone by supper time

And it was a long, long walk but

At least I'd been

There and back again

Trekkin' through the pass, we found

Ourselves a wooden town

Beneath the fallin' mountainside

Stumbled into sunken caves

With clever words, I paid

My fare to reach the other side

And it was a long, long fall but

At least I'd been

There and back again

And I saw wonders that my younger heart had dreamt of

Earned my keep of precious minerals and stones

Traveled east and laid my eyes on ancient kingdoms

Yet a simpler part of me still ached for home

And diggin' through my room, I found

Parchment and leather bound

My story, signed and notarized

When I set off, I left him there

My nephew and my heir

An envelope for him to find

And he had a long, long walk but

At least he'd been

There and back again