Land of Green Lyrics

I was sitting in a station bar,
Somewhere in America
When an old man came to me
He said: "Can I sit next to you?",
And I had nothing else to do
So he sat down and drank his beer

He told me 'bout the rocks and hills,
About the autumn and it's chill
About the valleys and the rain
And then he spoke of former times,
About his children and his wife
And about what yet remained

Suddenly he said: "My son,
Do you know the land,
Where i've come from
And he asked

Do you know the land of green,
Its rough and stormy sea
Do you know the island of the rain
Do you know the land of green,
Its wondrous scenery
Do you know the island of the rain

Many of us had left their homes,
Never felt the westwind blow again
He said with lonely eyes
They once had worked upon the land,
That now is in some stranger's hands
He said with angry eyes

The more he spoke, the more he drank
The more he kept
On telling 'bout his land and he said

Do you know the land of green,
Its rough and stormy sea
Do you know the island of the rain
Do you know the land of green,
Its rough stormy sea
Do you know the island of the rain

Even though the bar was full of noise,
The man began to lower his voice
And stood up without a word
Although it is five years ago I swear
That I exactly know
Every word that he had said

I still can see his trembling hands,
As he told the story 'bout his land

Do you know the land of green,
Its rough and stormy sea
Do you know the island of the rain
Do you know the land of green,
Its wondrous scenery
Do you know the island of the rain

Do you know the land of green,
Its rough and stormy sea
Do you know the island of the rain
Do you know the land of green,
Its wondrous scenery
Do you know the island of the rain
The land of green.