Old Ways Lyrics

The song Old Ways is performed by Loreena McKennitt in the album named Live in Paris and Toronto in the year 2006 .



The thundering waves are calling me home to you
The pounding sea is calling me home to you

On a dark new year's night
On the west coast of Clare
I heard your voice singing
Your eyes danced the song
Your hands played the tune
T'was a vision before me.

We left the music behind and the dance carried on
As we stole away to the seashore
We smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair
And with sadness you paused.

Suddenly I knew that you'd have to go
Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so
Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time
And I wondered why.

As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea
A vision came o'er me
Of thundering hooves and beating wings
In clouds above.

As you turned to go I heard you call my name,
You were like a bird in a cage spreading its wings to fly
"The old ways are lost," you sang as you flew
And I wondered why.

The thundering waves are calling me home to you
The pounding sea is calling me home to you

The thundering waves are calling me home to you
The pounding sea is calling me home to you

The thundering waves are calling me home to you
The pounding sea is calling me home to you




Loreena McKennitt - Live in Paris and Toronto

Dec 2006

  1. Prologue
  2. The Mummers' Dance
  3. Skellig
  4. Marco Polo
  5. The Highwayman
  6. La Serenissima
  7. Night Ride Across The Caucasus
  8. Dante's Prayer
  9. The Mystic's Dream
  10. Santiago
  11. Bonnie Portmore
  12. Between The Shadows
  13. The Lady Shallott
  14. The Bonnie Swans
  15. The Old Ways
  16. All Souls Night
  17. Cymbeline
  18. Santiago
  19. Bonny Portmore
  20. Between the Shadows
  21. Lady of Shalott
  22. Bonny Swans
  23. Old Ways
  24. All Souls Night
  25. Cymbeline


Old Ways