I have returned to the northern skies   Where the summer hasn't touched the clouds that pass above   And I have returned to the somber grace    Of days too early to come and too early to stay      And I have left a million stars and an ocean light and clearly blue   And I have left the warmth of the sun   And a million adventures not yet begun      For once there was beauty here for me under these white northern skies   And once there was magic here for me under the white northern skies      I saw trees as green and as dark as blue   I'd break them poetry deep as roots   And now I know this lonely country   It leads me only back to the sea      For once there was beauty here for me under these white northern skies   And once there was magic here for me under the white northern skies      I have returned to the northern skies   Where the summer had not touched the clouds that pass above   Oh   I have returned to the somber grace    Of the days too early to come and too early to stay      For once there was beauty here for me under these white northern skies   And once there was magic here for me under the white northern skies      And once there was beauty here for me under these white northern skies   And once there was magic here for me under the white northern skies      Mmm   Mmm   Mmm   Mmm   Mmm      Mmm   Mmm   Mmm   Mmm   Mmm      Mmm   Mmm   Mmm   Mmm   Mmm      Mmm   Mmm   Mmm   Mmm   Mmm      Mmm   Mmm   Mmm   Mmm   Mmm      Mmm   Mmm   Mmm      Mmm   Mmm   Mmm      I've returned      Mmm   Mmm   Mmm      Mmm   Mmm   Mmm      I've returned   Oh   Oh      I've returned      Mmm   Mmm   Mmm