I was born on the holy ground A running boy in fields of clover I was Living in the grandeur of my father's land By the side of the swirling sea I spent the days of childish wonder and The rocks i held in my young hands I never felt them slip away The sun shone bright upon the waves The wind blew high as i was leaving and I sailed so far away Looking for adventure... But i would not stay where the city streets Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavour Though music is a pretty thing, In fine company And the wilderness took my breath away Under a sun that never falters A man has to find his way Where no-one ever goes It was in the south where my new home lay The dark eyed girl and wild horses, Hummingbirds and roses there, In Old Mexico And the wilderness took my breath away Under a sun that never falters A man has to find his way where Noone ever goes... The winds of change they blew so far Liberty and revolution and, Seemed that each man heard in his breast, the Drumming of a nation And on the fields where the guns did play I fell there with many another Where sage brush grows And the desert wind Is blowin' free... I was born on the holy ground A running boy in fields of clover; I was living in the grandeur of My fathers love By the side of the swirling sea I spent the days of childish wonder and The rocks i held in my young hands I never felt them slip away