When I stand before you shining
In the early morning Sun
When I feel the engines roar

And I think of what we've done

Oh the bittersweet reflection

As we kiss the earth goodbye
As the waves and echoes of the
Towns become the ghosts of time


Over borders that divide the
Earthbound tribes

No creed and no religion
Just a hundred winged souls


We will ride this thunderbird
Silver shadows on the earth
A thousand leagues away

Our land of birth

To Albion's land

Coming home when I see the
Runway lights
In the misty dawn the night

Is fading fast
Coming home far away
As the vapour trails alight

Where I've been tonight
You know I will not stay


Curving on the edge of daylight
'til it slips into the void
Waited in the long night dreaming

'til the Sun is born again

Stretch the fingers of my hand

Cover countries with my span
Just a lonely satellite
Speck of dust in cosmic sand


Over borders that divide the
Earthbound tribes

Flown the dark Atlantic
Over mariners stormy graves


We will ride this thunderbird
Silver shadows on the earth
A thousand leagues away

Our land of birth

To Albion's land

Coming home when I see the
Runway lights
In the misty dawn the night

Is fading fast
Coming home far away
As the vapour trails alight

Where I've been tonight
You know I will not stay


Coming home far away
When I see the runway lights
In the misty dawn the night

Is fading fast
Coming home far away
As the vapour trails alight

Where I've been tonight
You know I will not stay