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