[Verse 1]

I chase your every footstep

And I follow every whim

When you call the tune, I'm ready

To strike up the battle hymn

My lady of the meadows

My comber of the beach

You've thrown the stick for your dog's trick

But it's floating out of reach

[Chorus]

The long road is a rainbow

And the pot of gold lies there

So slip the chain and I'm off again

You'll find me everywhere

'Cause I'm a rover

[Verse 2]

As the robin craves the summer

To hide his smock of red

I need the pillow of your hair

In which to hide my head

I'm simple in my sadness

Resourceful in remorse

Then I'm down straining at the lead

Holding on a windward course

[Chorus]

The long road is a rainbow

And the pot of gold lies there

So slip the chain and I'm off again

You'll find me everywhere

'Cause I'm a rover

[Verse 3]

Strip me from the bundle

Of balloons at every fair

Colourful and carefree

They're designed to make you stare

But I'm lost and I'm losing

The thread that holds me down

And I'm up, hot and rising

In the lights of every town

[Chorus]

The long road is a rainbow

And the pot of gold lies there

So slip the chain and I'm off again

You'll find me everywhere

'Cause I'm a rover