they came for him one winters night
arrested he was bound
they said thered been a robbery
his pistol had been found
they marched to the station house
he waited for the dawn
and as they led him to the dock
he knew that hed been wronged
you stand accused of robbery
he heard the bailiff say
he knew without an alibi
tomorrows light would mourn his freedom
over the hills and far away
for ten long years hell count the days
over the mountains and blue seas
a prisoners life for him therell be
he knew that it would cost him dear
but yet he dare not say
where hed 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 will return one day
far from the mountains and blue seas
back in her arms he swear hell be
over the hills 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 hell 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 he swears shell be
over the hills and far away
he swears he will return one day
over the mountains and the seas
back in her arms is where hell be
over the hills and far away
she prays he will return one day
as sure as the rivers reach the sea
back in his arms is where shell be
over the hills
over the hills and far away
over the hills
over the hills and far away
