From the cradle of england <br />To a foreign exchange <br />Thorough the clamour of long years away <br />I never lost sight of <br />The reason that I left you: <br />To return to you one day <br />From the bleak and familiar <br />To the tropical strange <br />Through the glamour of empires abroad <br />I never abandoned <br />The hope of reclaiming <br />My legitimate reward <br />When you thought of me <br />If you had the time <br />You never would have known <br />The mountains I'd climb <br />I won't be without again, woman <br />You won't drive me out again, woman <br />And as you come to learn <br />All that *i've done was for you <br />You'll see what obsession can do <br />Woman <br />So the unschooled outcast <br />The irascible youth <br />Has become all the things you desired <br />I took all they offered <br />And learned their deceptions <br />All relentlessly acquired <br />And the eyes of the traveller <br />See an obvious truth <br />You've become all the things you've denied <br />And the loss of ambition <br />Was colouring your reason <br />As the pleasure in you died <br />When you thought of me <br />Had me on your mind <br />You never would have dreamed <br />Of the riches I'd find <br />I won't be without again, woman <br />You won't drive me out again, woman <br />And as you come to learn <br />All that I've done was for you <br />You'll see what obsession can do <br />Woman <br /> <br /> <br />Writer: John Farrar <br />Writer: Tim Rice
