My baby's been away so long,
Now the shades of evening are gone,
My baby's been away so long.
The abyss lists the letters I sent,
Fortunes gained and portions spent,
I hear an echo in a light blue dawn,
And I go see but I know she is gone.
My baby's been away so long,
You can take whatever food that you want,
I'm not hungry now that my honey is gone.
Some inconcievable, medeival wrong,
Has cast itself upon my home,
I am the hair of an Ishmaelite,
You are the feather of a bird in flight.
My baby's been away so long,
Now the shades of morning have come,
My baby's been away so long.