How can I desert you?
How to tell you why?
Coachmen, hold the horses
Stay, I pray you
Let me have a moment
Let me say goodbye

To bridge and river
Forest and waterfall
Orchard sea and sky
Harsh and sweet and bitter to leave it all
I'll bless my homeland till I die

How to break the tide?
We have shared our tears
And shared our sorrows
Though the scars remain
And tears will never dry
I'll bless my homeland till I die

Never to return

Finally breaking free

You are all I know
You have raised me

How to turn away?
How to close the door?

How to go where I have never gone before?

How can I desert you?
How to tell you why?
Coachmen, hold the horses
Stay, I pray you
Let me have a moment
Let me say goodbye

Aah (ooh)
Aah (ooh)

Harsh and sweet and bitter to leave it all
I'll bless my homeland till I die

I'll bless my homeland

I'll bless my homeland

I'll bless my homeland till I die

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