ithaca

beatenberg

when i was 19

there were places that i wanted to see

when i was 20

cornell university

and kefalonia

didn't mean anything to me

i read the classics

but i didn't read thoroughly

when i go to ithaca

when i come back

from america

you'll be with me

you found freedom

in a chamber of the library

you pull the roots up

with the old etymology

in kefalonia

and the blue ionian sea

the way i know ya

is like an old old olive tree

when i go to ithaca

when i come back

from america

you'll be with me

when i go to ithaca

when i come back

to south africa

you'll be with me