Alas, fare thee well It's time to go The city of light Is calling me Down to the coast And over the sea Or else I will sleep Eternally Alas, fare thee well It's time to go The city of light Is calling me Down to the coast And over the sea Or else I will sleep Eternally On From the edge Of the world To see the reflections of light I have seen In my dreams To keep me from worry and sighs Clear the sky Cast away The chaos that falls all around Hands of time And its days They're calling me now The Jewel City The city of light A pilgrim's progress On through the night So good to be moving So eager to see What is yet to come The changing horizons To rest in the sun While my thoughts still run The blood and the roses The journey of life To leave earthbound shackles behind To further perceptions And opening minds And glimpses of paradise On Through the age Of the world To see the reflections of life We believe To have been To search for whatever we find Rays of light That will stay And walls that will fall by a sound Reason's time And its place They're calling us now The Jewel City The city of light A pilgrim's progress On through the night Why should I be idle Grow whiskers and stop Singing my own song Why cling to the comfort And stay in brick walls While the hills still call So clear is the colour Yet few is the number To stick to its glow in the end On to the fountain Run to its light The one thing that heaven has sent