A/N: This is one of the two songs in Fiddler that really clicked with Lord
of the Rings, when I read it there was no question who was going to sing
it. Really, I didn't have to do too many things with this one. What I did
do, however, was tricky and thus may be confusing. If you have any
suggestions of how to make it less so, please tell me!
How can I hope to make you understand
Why I do what I do,
Why I cannot travel to a distant land,
Far to the home I love.
Once I was happily content to be
As I was, where I was,
Close to the people who are close to me,
Here in the home I love.
Who could see that a Man could come
Who would change the shape of my dreams
Helpless now I stand with him,
Watching older dreams grow dim.
Oh, what a melancholy choice this is,
Wanting home, wanting him,
Closing my heart to ev'ry hope but him,
Leaving the home I love,
There where my heart had settled long ago
I must go, I must go, I must go,
Who could imagine I'd be wand'ring so
Far from the home I love
Yet there with my love, I'm home.Elrond:
How can she think we wouldn't understand
Why she does what she does,
Why she must travel to a distant land,
Far from the home she loves.
Once she was happily content to be
As she was, where she was,
Safe in the bosom of her family,
Here in the land she loves.
Who could see that a Man could come
Who would change the shape of her dreams
Hopelessly now she stands with him,
Watching older dreams grow dim.
Oh, what a melancholy choice this is,
Wanting home, wanting him,
Closing her heart to ev'ry fate but his,
Leaving the home she loves,
There where her heart had settled long ago,
She must go, she must go, she must go,
Who could imagine she'd be wand'ring so
Far from the home she loves
Yet there with her love, she's home.