I see the light across the bay
I see the light not far away
And I hear music all around
I'm coming home to Portland town
Oh mother why won't you make my bed
I see the light of Portland head
I see the light, and I'm coming round
I'm coming home, upon the town
Some years ago, on my own
I stood across, for parts unknown
Leaving behind, both friend and foe
Leaving behind, all I'd come to know
Oh, I watch the armor fade away
And bid farewell to Glasgow Bay
And my heart has brought me home again
I see the light across the bay
I see the light that's far away
And I hear music all around,
I'm coming home to Portland town
Oh mother, won't you make my bed,
I see the light up Portland head
I see the light, and I'm coming round,
I'm coming home to Portland town
she's still the first place I know
She works the sea, and farms the land,
Nowhere to go, move her out her past,
here comes the future for the last
Here comes that peak across the sky
And my home ahead of time
I see the lights across the bay
I see the light not far away
And I hear music all around
I'm coming home to Portland town
Oh, Mother, won't you make my bed?
I see the light of Portland Head
I see the light, and I'm coming round
I'm coming home to Portland Town