Over The Hills And Far Away by Gary Moore
They came for him one winter's night.
Arrested, he was bound.
They said there'd been a robbery,
his (1)____________ had been found.
They marched him to the station house,
he waited till the dawn.
And as they led him to the dock,
he knew that he'd (2)________ wronged.
"You stand accused of robbery,"
he heard the bailiff say.
He (3)________ without an alibi,
tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
for ten long years he'll count the days.
Over the mountains and the seas,
a prisoner's life for him there'll be.
He knew that it would cost him dear,
but yet he (4)________ not say.
Just where he'd been that fateful night,
a secret it must stay.
He had to fight back tears of rage.
His heart beat like a drum.
For with the wife of his best friend,
he spent his final night of freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
he swears he (5)________ return one day.
Far (6)________ the mountains and the seas,
back in her arms again he'll be.
Over the (7)__________ and far away.
Over the hills and,
over the hills and,
over the hills and far away.
Each night within his prison cell,
he looks out through the bars.
He reads the letters that she wrote.
One day he'll know the taste of freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
she prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
back in his arms again she'll be.
Over the hills and far away,
he swears he will (8)____________ one day.
As sure as the river reach the seas,
back in his arms is (9)__________ she'll be.
Over the hills and far away,
she prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the sea,
back in her arms is where he'll be.
Over the hills,
over the hills and far away.
Over the hills,
over the hills and far away.
Arrested, he was bound.
They said there'd been a robbery,
his (1)____________ had been found.
They marched him to the station house,
he waited till the dawn.
And as they led him to the dock,
he knew that he'd (2)________ wronged.
"You stand accused of robbery,"
he heard the bailiff say.
He (3)________ without an alibi,
tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
for ten long years he'll count the days.
Over the mountains and the seas,
a prisoner's life for him there'll be.
He knew that it would cost him dear,
but yet he (4)________ not say.
Just where he'd been that fateful night,
a secret it must stay.
He had to fight back tears of rage.
His heart beat like a drum.
For with the wife of his best friend,
he spent his final night of freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
he swears he (5)________ return one day.
Far (6)________ the mountains and the seas,
back in her arms again he'll be.
Over the (7)__________ and far away.
Over the hills and,
over the hills and,
over the hills and far away.
Each night within his prison cell,
he looks out through the bars.
He reads the letters that she wrote.
One day he'll know the taste of freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
she prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
back in his arms again she'll be.
Over the hills and far away,
he swears he will (8)____________ one day.
As sure as the river reach the seas,
back in his arms is (9)__________ she'll be.
Over the hills and far away,
she prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the sea,
back in her arms is where he'll be.
Over the hills,
over the hills and far away.
Over the hills,
over the hills and far away.
Answers:
(1) pistol(2) been(3) knew(4) dare(5) will(6) from(7) hills(8) return(9) where