Already Are-Dear Reader

Marie will you come with me I’m headed for a land that’s free We’ll take my horse and travel North Will you come with me? Oh everywhere a man can go There are some above and some below Some before and some behind It won’t be different this time Oh I know but I have got to try And I could never bear to leave you behind Will you be my guiding star? You know that you already are I cannot stay, I am not free I heed a crown across the sea And she cares not a thing for me Will you come with me? Is there a place a man can go Where he might simply be alone Elude the ambit of the law I have sailed the seven seas In search of land and liberty They cannot take away from me I will travel high and low Until I find a place on God’s green earth to call my own Oh everywhere a man can go (Marie will you come with me) There are some above and some below (I’m headed for a land that’s free) Some before and some behind (We’ll take my horse and travel north) It won’t be different this time Oh I know but we have got to try And I could never bear to stay behind (And I could never bear to leave you behind) Will you be my guiding star? You know that you already are