Caravanserai - Max Roach

caravanserai
music and lyric: loreena mckennitt
this glancing life is like a morning star
a setting sun, or rolling waves at sea
a gentle breeze or lightning in a storm
a dancing dream of all eternity
the sand was shimmering in the morning light
and dancing off the dunes so far away
the night held music so sweet, so long
and there we lay until the break of day
we woke that morning at the onward call
our camels bridled up, our howdahs full
the sun was rising in the eastern sky
just as we set out to the desert’s cry
calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
the tents grew smaller as we rode away
on earth that tells of many passing days
the months of peace and all the years of war
the lives of love and all the lives of fears
calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
we crossed the river beds all etched in stone
and up the mighty mountains ever known
beyond the valleys in the searing heat
until we reached the caravanserai
calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
what is this life that pulls me far away
what is that home where we cannot reside
what is that quest that pulls me onward
my heart is full when you are by my side
calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
calling, yearning, pulling, home to you