Back in his arms is where she'll be
Over the hills and
She prays he will return one day
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills and
Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom
He heard the bailiff say
Over the hills and far away
Just where he'd been that fateful night
Over the hills and far away
He reads the letters that she wrote
Far from the mountains and the seas
Over the hills
As sure as the rivers reach the seas
They marched him to the station house
Over the mountains and the seas
They said there'd been a robbery
He waited till the dawn
For with the wife of his best friend
But yet he dare not say
Each night within his prison cell
His heart beat like a drum
He had to fight back tears of rage
Back in her arms is where he'll be
He knew without an alibi
A prisoner's life for him there'll be
Over the hills and far away
"You stand accused of robbery"
His pistol had been found
As sure as the river reach the seas
He spent his final night of freedom
One day he'll know the taste of freedom
Over the hills and far away
She prays he will return one day
For ten long years he'll count the days
Over the hills and far away
A secret it must stay
He looks out through the bars
As sure as the rivers reach the sea
He knew that it would cost him dear
And as they led him to the dock
Over the hills
Back in his arms again she'll be
He knew that he'd been wronged
Over the hills and far away
He swears he will return one day
Over the hills and far away
Back in her arms again he'll be
He swears he will return one day
