Around the strangers moved
The shouts I felt within
New panoramas seen
(I loved it as it was)
Forests of pylons built
The scaffolding is raised
And how the men pursue their work
They act convinced of freedom
Crossed over by the bridge
The brook was running ill
We recognized the place
Places we knew as children
We wept upon the sight
And progress tore our hearts
Fences divide the land
Homes boxed like rabbit hutches
Goodbye to the village
Goodbye to the village
Where soil will not provide
No king and land are one
Monopolize the holy ground
All that we hold as sacred
No harvest moon shall rise
No valley homestead seen
And now the cities never end
And how the cities stretch forever
And in the morning promise me
Great times will come again
And the homelands in our hearts
Will never fade away
Let the legends promise me
The earth shall rise again
And homelands in the hearts of men
Shall never fade away
Goodbye to the village
Goodbye to the village
Goodbye to the village
Goodbye to the village
I'll never, never see my home
I'll never, never see my home
You'll never, never see your home
You'll never, never see your home