I'm just a man but I know that I'm damned

All the dead seem to know where I am

Till it began on the night of my birth

We'll be done in a turn of the earth



Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand

I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave

Every eye on the coast ever more

Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore



Under the waves and the earth of an age

Lie a thousand old northerners graves

Deep in the night when the moon's glowing bright

They come rising up into the night



Die if I must let my bones turn to dust

I'm the Lord of the lake and I don't want to leave

All who sail off the coast ever more

Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore



I'm goin' away for a long time

I'm goin' away for a long time



Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand

I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave

Every eye on the coast ever more

Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore



Die if I must let my bones turn to dust

I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave

All who sail off the coast ever more

Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore



I'm goin' away for a long time