The mist was hanging on the hill The sun was still deciding The old piper called the tune And I was on my way I called out your name So loud you could have heard me And the snow goose flies in the northern sky From Greenland Darkness comes with winter speed They journey far from home Always struggling to survive Ever more to roam They come back to Scotland We're brothers you and I And the snow goose flies in the northern sky From Greenland Seize the day, for life is short Live it while you can I've never seen the highland hill I didn't want to climb But I will stop to watch the clouds That race across the moon And the snow goose flies in the northern sky From Greenland And the snow goose flies in the northern sky From Greenland