At Lane's End

There’s a path of the town road,
for a mile it twists and bends
up through the woods and to the hilltop, above the ruckus and the din
on the hillside stands a castle,
pointing upward to the sky
candles burn in every window
for every pilgrim passing by
Chorus:
Here at lanes’ end is where you’ll find me where I feel happy where I feel free sanctuary from the journey
it’s the only place I long to be
I chose longing not belonging
I lived to take the angels’ dare
those city lights could never hold me or ever wish to hold me there
until I saw you in the clearing a gentle light upon the glen slowly ebbing across the valley like no place I’d ever been.
Chorus:
Here at lane’s end is where you’ll find me where I feel happy where I feel free sanctuary from this journey
it’s the only place I long to be
I have summered I have wintered the fleeting days that shall remain before the hearth and by the fire we will sing this song’s refrain
Here at lanes end
(It’s Tuesday I’m in Houston)
is where you’ll find me
(Tomorrow in Santa Fe)
where I’m happy
(There’s no distance that’s too great) where I feel free
(I’m coming home I’m on my way) sanctuary
(There’s a path off of the town road) from the journey
(It comes to rest here at lane’s end) It’s the only place I long to be.