Where a new life can be waiting
For those with courage not to blow
The few chances that life sends us
To face the future’s great unknown
Where the shores of the saints are peaceful
Where the fresh North Sea air blows
Where the sands of time shift slowly
And the ancient castles groan
Where double rainbows stretch unbroken
Where God paints in colours bold
Where roads to endless beauty
While winter nights chill to the bone
This is God’s Country
North of the Undiscovered County
But I never felt so much like I was in Hell
I never felt so alone
Where the tall oak trees stand proudly
Where succulent blackberries grow
Where the gardens always are well-tended
And the whole land is one great show
Where the cattle and the ponies graze
Where a little boy throws stones
And laughs to see them plop and settle
Into the river of the swans
This is God’s Country
North of the Undiscovered County
But I never felt so much like I was in Hell
I never felt so alone
There’s a house on the borderlands
Where the heart and home
Lie fractured and bleeding
Into wet crumbling stone
That’s where my heart was broken
That’s where my dreams were blown away
That’s where I now feel dead and empty
That’s why I can no longer stay
In God’s Country
North of the Undiscovered County
For I never felt so much like I was in Hell
I never felt so alone
No, I never felt so much like I was in Hell
(Gary Miller)
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