Islay

may i take the high road
– and you (i) take the low –
well you might be faster
– and i (you) may be slow –

i will take the high road
oh i hear you call
– you (i) may see the ocean –
but me, i see all

if i took the low road
– and you (i) took the high –
i might stop at the airport
– and wave you (me) goodbye –

but i will take the high road
oh there is no harm
– you (i) may hear the seagulls –
but i hear the calm

a-ha-ye a-ha-ye
stony bumpy narrow empty
o-ho-oh o-ho-oh
fly by hasty sea loch peat bog
broad road fast mode straight on so long

so i drive the high road
– while you’re (i’m) on the low –
we leave the port behind us
i take my final bow
more and more the high road
will slope and settle down
i’ll tell you at the crossroad
i made it on my own

a-ha-ye a-ha-ye
stony bumpy narrow empty
o-ho-oh o-ho-oh
fly by hasty sea loch peat bog
broad road fast mode straight on so long