Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt




This glancing life is like a morning star


A setting sun, or rolling waves at sea

A gentle breeze or lightning in a storm


A dancing dream of all eternity




The sand was shimmering in the morning light


And dancing off the dunes so far away


The night held music so sweet, so long

And there we lay until the break of day





We woke that morning at the onward call

Our camels bridled up, our howdahs full


The sun was rising in the eastern sky


Just as we set out to the desert's cry




Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you




The tents grew smaller as we rode away


On earth that tells of many passing days


The months of peace and all the years of war

The lives of love and all the lives of fears





Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you




We crossed the river beds all etched in stone


And up the mighty mountains ever known

Beyond the valleys in the searing heat


Until we reached the caravanserai




Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you


Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you




What is this life that pulls me far away


What is that home where we cannot reside


What is that quest that pulls me onward

My heart is full when you are by my side




Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you