"...and now I'm going home"

Efter 5 timmar på pass i olika diskar här på biblioteket avslutar jag dagen med Skottlands inofficiella nationalsång - Caledonia med good old Dougie Maclean.

Stålsträngat, melankoliskt, vackert och lugnt. Och en röst som är som långsamma Atlantdyningar in mot gråa dimmiga klippstränder.



I don't know if you can see, the changes that have come over me
In these last few days, ive been afraid that I might drift away
And I've been tellin old stories, singing songs
That made me think about where I came from
Thats the reason why I seem so far away today.

But let me tell you that I love you
And I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're callin me and now I'm goin' home
But if I should become a stranger
You know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had.

Well I have moved on, kept on moving
Proved the points that I needed prooving
Lost the friends that I needed loosing
Found others on the way
I have kissed the ladies and left them crying
Stolen dreams yes there's no denying
I have travelled hard with coat-tails flying
Somewhere with the wind

But let me tell you that I love you
And I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're callin me and now I'm goin' home
But if I should become a stranger
You know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had.

Now I'm sitting here, before the fire
The empty room the forest choir
The flames that couldn't get any higher
But they've withered now they've gone
But I'm steady thinking my way is clear,
And I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands have shaken and the kisses flown I will dissapear.

But let me tell you that I love you
And I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're callin me and now I'm goin' home
But if I should become a stranger
You know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had.