Long Way To The Light Lyrics - Singles - Mike Scott

I'm sitting in my bedroom 

Overlooking Findhorn Bay 

Cluny Hill in the distance 

Summer on the way 

Blue skies and sailing boats 

Like a picture in a book 

I can't believe I got here 

Or how long it took 

Living one step at a time 

Putting one foot in front of the other 

It sure feels right 

Healing on my mind 

Been a long way 

Been a long way to the light 

I'd made it to Manhattan 

Built myself a nest 

I meant to get right back to doing 

Exactly what I do best 

Plugging in an electric guitar 

Leading a band 

Well, if you want to give God a laugh 

Tell him your plans 

Summer in the city 

Wilting in the heat 

Buzzing up and down to Bearsville 

And back to Hudson Street 

I learned meditation 

And how to visualize 

Just breathing, being still 

Never felt more alive 

Living one step at a time 

Putting one foot in front of the other 

It sure feels right 

Healing on my mind 

Been a long way 

Been a long way to the light 

I spent the fall in transit 

Circling the moon 

Like a cat on a hot tin roof 

Like a fiddle without a tune 

I found what I was searching for 

In Mrs. Caddy's book 

I had to go there straightaway 

Have myself a look 

I flew back to Scotland 

Anticipation in my bones 

The old country welcoming me 

Like a prodigal coming home 

I knelt and kissed the tarmac 

In the wild Atlantic rain 

Felt the fiery Gaelic blood 

Rising in my veins 

Living one step at a time 

Putting one foot in front of the other 

It sure feels right 

Healing on my mind 

Been a long way 

Been a long way to the light 

I spent the night in Glasgow 

Flew to Inverness 

I found the place and at the first 

I was not impressed 

Nobody said hello 

The faces left me cold 

Back then how was I to know 

All that would unfold? 

I entered the Sanctuary 

Heard the voice of a girl 

Sending out a circle of light 

Clear across the world 

I shuddered in the Power 

Like a seedling in a storm 

I've been traveling to this place 

Since the moment I was born 

I flew back to New York City 

Singing the big city blues 

The sand of Findhorn Bay 

Still clinging to my shoes 

Tried to restart my life 

But the life I knew was gone 

I had to let go everything 

But that's another song 

Living one step at a time 

Putting one foot in front of the other 

It sure feels right 

Healing on my mind 

Been a long way 

Been a long way to the light 

A long way to the light 

So I'm sitting in my bedroom 

Overlooking Findhorn Bay 

Cluny Hill in the distance 

Summer on the way 

I'm watching the sailing boats 

Bobbing to and fro 

Time to hit the road 

The only way I know 

Living one step at a time 

Putting one foot in front of the other 

It sure feels right 

Healing on my mind 

Been a long way 

Been a long way to the light