dann russo: CANE conference 2010

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Ulysses – Dann Russo © 2010 Dann Russo/Mousse Dog Music (ASCAP)

I went off to battle
To fulfill a solemn vow
They needed my muscle my ships and my knowhow
But oh how I’d rather at home for to be
Lay in your arms again
Underneath the olive tree

No one could bring this war to end
Not by a show of force
I had to use intelligence and crept inside a horse
But my faith was forgotten and I had to pay a price
My men and my voyage home
Became my sacrifice
Many roads I have travelled
Many waves have I been tossed
Many men have I commanded
Many men have I lost

All around the Med’terranean
To islands far and wide
Monsters and temptations
I barely did survive
And at home still faithful
You remained all alone
In the dining room half of Ithaka
Trying to steal away our home

Penny Penny darling
I had promised to be true
For the sake of my salvation had to break that promise 2
But in all of my wandering I was just trying to be
At home in your arms again
Underneath the olive tree
Many roads I have travelled
Many waves have I been tossed
Many men have I commanded
Many men have I lost

And now the final chapter
I’m home once again
Disguised as a beggar you treated me as friend
But a fool you sure aren’t
You had me to know
‘twas I with the knowledge
About the olive bough

And I finally At home for to be
And lay in your arms again underneath the olive tree