I don't know if you can see
The changes that have come over me
In these last few days I've been afraid

That I might drift away
So I've been telling old stories, singing songs
That make me think about where I came from

And that's the reason why I seem
So far away today


Oh, but let me tell you that I love you
That I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're calling me

And now I'm going home
If I should become a stranger
You know that it would make me more than sad

Caledonia's been everything
I've ever had


Now I have moved and I've kept on moving
Proved the points that I needed proving
Lost the friends that I needed losing

Found others on the way
I have kissed the ladies and left them crying
Stolen dreams, yes there's no denying

I have traveled hard with coattails flying
Somewhere in the wind


(Chorus)

Now I'm sitting here before the fire

The empty room, the forest choir
The flames that could not get any higher
They've withered now they've gone

But I'm steady thinking my way is clear
And I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands are shaken and the kisses flow

Then I will disappear